Bamboo poles, check. Beautiful Muslim costumes, check. Big fans and umbrella, check check. What you have here are the makings of the Singkil, a dance originating from Mindanao Island. There are different legends that could provide for the source of Singkil but both involve a woman avoiding the effects of the earthquake by gracefully dancing across the landscape.

Heavy Rotation - The Rise of Filipino Hip Hop and R&B is a bi-monthly 1-hour podcast show featuring today’s and tomorrow’s Filipino Hip Hop and R&B artists as well as DJs, event coverage, live music, interviews and discussions about socially related issues that impact Filipinos and their community. There mission is to provide Filipinos with a media outlet to increase visibility in the music industry and to be recognized through music, not ethnicity. Heavy Rotation is the music, the vision and the voice of Filipinos worldwide.

The three stars and sun of the Filipino flag represents the three main divisions of the country - Luzon, Mindanao and Visayas. The Philippines flag was officially adopted on May 19, 1898.

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A tribute to Jose Rizal - An intellectual, artist, a writer, world traveler, and even a ladies man, Jose Rizal was a jack-of-all-trades. To his friends he was a “gem of a man” while his enemies considered him to be a great threat, and rightly so, for he became one of the most influential leaders of the Philippine Revolution. Persecuted for his beliefs, Rizal was made a martyr in 1896 and is considered a national hero.

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Hopie Spitshard is an upcoming Bay Area Filipina emcee. She’s ready to let people know she’s witty and she has major flows. Hopie Spitshard has been nominated for URB Magazine’s Next 1000. URB Mag releases an annual Next 1000 issue which showcases 1000 up and coming artists. Please go to urb.com/promotions/next1000 to vote for Hopie Spitshard.

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