Mom-Finds from Baguio City

Mom-Finds on a Monday? I know, I know... there's a first time for everything, right? We went to Baguio last weekend and I had so many drafts lined up that I was not able to prepare for my usual last-Friday-of-the-month post. Belated feature na lang ito but I promise you fresh finds from the city of pines. Uy, it rhymes, heehee! I attempted to do mobile blogging but my Blogger app on iPad and iPhone failed! So I'll keep this short and share what I've spotted and brought home during our recent long weekend trip to the summer capital. 

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Kid-Style: Best in Filipiniana 2014

Noong panahong ako ay isang mag-aaral, ipinadiriwang ang Linggo ng Wika tuwing buwan ng Agosto sa buong bansa. Ang paggamint ng wikang Filipino ay simbulo ng pagkakaisa sa pamamagitan ng komunikasyon. Ito ay isang pagkakataon upang ipagmalaki ang ating mayamang kultura at pagkakakilanlan. Mula 1997, ang dating Pangulong Fidel Ramos ay gumawa ng Proklamasyon Bilang 1041 at ginawang Buwan ng Wika ang Agosto.  Ito ay bilang pagkilala rin sa tinaguriang "Ama ng Wikang Pilipino", ang dating pangulong Manuel Quezon, na ipinanganak sa buwan ng Agosto, at siya ring nagsulong ng paggamit ng wikang Filipino. Sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika, maraming kaganapan sa mga paaralan tulad ng balagtasan, pagtutula, pagsasayaw, at kabilang na rin ang masaya at makulay na parada ng mga kabataang naka-kasuotang Pilipino.

M is her traditional kimona at patadyong and tsinelas last year.

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Kid-Style: Best in Filipiniana

Five Fridays for August... today is the fourth... time for Freestyle Friday!

I can't believe I have not posted a special Kid-Style feature in over a year!

Since August is also the National Language Month - "Buwan ng Wika", schools celebrate with cultural programs with kids garbed in their best Filipiniana costume.  It used to be just Linggo ng Wika (national language week) in my time, but now the commemoration is the whole month of August.  Why August?  It's the birth month of former president Manuel L. Quezon (August 19), who is considered the father of the national language (Ama ng wikang pambansa), so it's like a tribute to him as well.

In line with Buwan ng Wika, KID-STYLE presents these adorable children in their most creative, most formal, traditional, and fabulous Filipiniana attire. =)

From the Cordilleras... an elegant Kalinga / Ga'dang-inspired ensemble

X, 7 y.o.

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