Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
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Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa is a Filipino dancer and academic known for her studies and promotion of the pangalay dance tradition of the southern Philippines and is a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay A
Fernando-Amilbangsa in 2019
Two people performing pangalay, Fernando-Amilbangsa is known for her works on the form of dance.
Jolo
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Jolo is a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines and the primary island of the province of Sulu, on which the capital of the same name is situated. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
…met her future husband, Datu Punjungan Amilbangsa. Fernando-Amilbangsa visited in Sulu in 1969 where she saw a performance pangalay at a wedding in Jolo island. Pangalay (lit. "gift offering" or "temple of dance" in Sanskrit), a form of pre-Islamic dance practiced by the Badjao, Jama Mapun, Tausūg and Samal…
French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville visiting the Sultan of Jolo
1879 photo of Sultan Jamalul Azam, Sultan of Sulu from 1862 to 1881
The four-day Battle of Bud Bagsak in 1913
Tulay Central Mosque in Jolo