Charisse is a cultural worker, main mover for Culturaid, and founder of The Manila Collectible Co., a museum, gift shop and heritage tour/workshop provider that focuses on Philippine prehistory and indigenous culture. She seeks to create an environment that empowers indigenous communities and local artisans to continuously develop their heritage.
Charisse Aquino Tugade goes with ANTHILL Fabric Gallery to see their work—and the lives they touched—in one of their partner communities in Abra.
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From athletes overcoming summits and seas to conservationists guarding our national heritage, here are the modern odysseys of Filipinos approaching the limits of what is possible.
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The craft that produces religious statues all over the world begins in a modest workshop in the town of Paete.
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Biologist Klaus Stiefel goes deep into Mabinay, the Caving Capital of the Philippines, to explore the dynamics between the creatures of the night and the subterranean.
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This August 16 to 20, join Jacob Maentz and his team at the Homelands exhibition and book launch in Manila for talks honoring the Indigenous peoples of the archipelago.
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