tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597817245101254838.post6126840127881308476..comments2024-03-26T23:23:32.134-07:00Comments on TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: IMAGES OF THE FILIPINA IN LITERATURECecilia Manguerra Brainardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17168990584147721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597817245101254838.post-70302781442623422008-01-18T06:34:00.000-08:002008-01-18T06:34:00.000-08:00Hello Ma'am,I would just like to point out that th...Hello Ma'am,<BR/><BR/>I would just like to point out that the context of De Morga's account of Filipinos wearing shoes and slippers is that the Spanish brought this culture into the land. The complete phrase should have read;<BR/><BR/>"After the Spaniards came to the land, many native men ceased to wear gee-strings and instead they wore baloon-trousers made out of the same blanket and clothes, also hats on their heads...and many of them wear shoes. Likewise, the principal women were curiously shod and many of them wear velvet shoes with gold trimmings, also white sheets as undershirts.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597817245101254838.post-45650125243246684602007-11-11T00:23:00.000-08:002007-11-11T00:23:00.000-08:00Miss Gemma Cruz , Miss International .Miss Gemma Cruz , Miss International .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com