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Reposted from our social media. We look at and talk about the illustration titled "Tagals", showing how Tagalog people dressed wearing the Barong Tagalog and other filipiñiana clothing and accessories. This drawing is from the historical album “Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l’Inde et de Chine de la Corvette de la Majesté La Favorite” (1835), which documented Captain Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace’s trip around the world, including his visit to the Philippines from September to November 1830.

Reposted from our social media. We discuss another French voyage to the Philippines in the 19th century by Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace and the historical album documenting those travels. We also look at and discuss the illustration produced during this voyage titled “Manille: Tagals homme et femme”, 1835, and how the Tagalogs dressed wearing barongs and other filipiñiana clothing and accessories.

Reposted from our social media. We look at and discuss “En Cul De Lampe. Départ D’indiens Tagals pour la Chasse.”, an illustration by French artist Vicomte M.E.B. de la Touanne from 1828 that depicts a scene of Tagalog hunters in Bataan wearing barongs and other filipiñiana clothing and accessories.

Reposted from our social media. We discuss France's exploration and voyages to the Philippines in the 19th century and the art that was produced during those visits by French artists. We look at and discuss “Village Tagal de Bacor, sur la route de Cavite à Manille” by Vicomte M.E.B. de la Touanne from 1828 and its depiction of locals wearing the Barong Tagalog and filipiñiana clothing and accessories.

Reposted from our social media. We discuss the beginnings of photography in the Philippines, the first photography studio and this photo of a young lottery ticket vendor in his work barong.

Reposted from our social media. We discuss the origins of guitar music in the Philippines and its place in the culture. We also look at and discuss three paintings, from the 19th and 20th centuries, of guitar players and how they wore barongs with their everyday clothes.

Reposted from our social media. We discuss and look at photos of cockfighting culture in the Philippines in the early 20th century. We also talk about the mode of dress for common Filipino men in those times, which usually included the Barong Tagalog or camisa de chino.

Reposted from our social media. We discuss the card game Panguingue and its place in Philippine culture in the 19th century. We also look at art from that period depicting the game and how Filipinos dressed at that time in filipiñiana - barongs and baro't saya.

We discuss the sport and culture of cockfighting in the Philippines and look at how cockfighting and the Barong Tagalog appear in 19th century Philippine art

We look at and discuss the 1857 sketch "Marriage Procession in Manilla" and the people, barongs and other filipiñiana clothing portrayed in it.

We recap, discuss and look at the principalia class and how they wore the Barong Tagalog

We look at some of the many monuments, tributes and images in memory of the 7th president of the Philippines, the very much beloved Ramon Magsaysay. Since he established the Barong Tagalog as formal wear during his inauguration and presidency, naturally all these images show him in a barong.