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HAPPY WOMEN'S
MONTH!
Bb. Pilipinas 2017 Candidates enjoy History Art Exhibit @ Gateway Mall March 15, 2017 Finals set on April 30 |
The forty beautiful candidates of Bb.
Pilipinas 2017 got to look back in time and a brief course of Philippine past
through a viewing of historic images, heroes’ portraits and recorded events
depicted in a collection of murals and paintings displayed at the Gateway Art
Gallery Museum in conjunction with the celebration of National Women’s Month.
The Gateway Gallery which is open
to the public at the 5th floor of Gateway Mall, Araneta Center is a unique
showcase of our country's rich, colorful and dramatic history. A visit to the
gallery provides an opportunity to rediscover ourselves by going through the
different pages in our country, the significant events and heroism that shaped
our history and made us proud as Filipinos.
“I felt proud to be Filipino after
seeing this exhibit which I found more in-depth and detailed, from the
different groups of people, the Chinese, Spanish, Americans and Japanese during
the colonial periods and also the Martial Law period,” the articulate but soft-speaking
Maria Angelica De Leon, daughter of Christopher De Leon and Sandy Andolong, said
in a brief interview.
“This exhibit draws us closer to
our history and to understand more about our past, which Filipinos, especially,
the young, tend to disregard,” Charmaine Elima opined.
“It’s like viewing our history in
the different perspective of the paintings,” Jessica Ramirez. “It expands our
knowledge on our history like the Martial Law period,” Joselle Mariano added.
Bb. Pilipinas, Charities, Inc. chairperson
Madam Stella Marquez-Araneta accompanied the candidates at the gallery which
followed the beauties’ visits at the newly opened modern Araneta Center Bus
Port and the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) to encourage volunteering
and advocacy in the promotion of humane treatment of animals. Words and photos by Eton B. Concepcion
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