^
+ Follow BASI REVOLT Tag
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1416292
                    [Title] => A shot of ‘basi’ with Bob Feleo
                    [Summary] => 

I don’t believe in inspiration,” dismisses Bob Feleo.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133531 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804862 [AuthorName] => Igan D’Bayan [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150126/Bob-Feleo.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 32206 [Title] => For the love of basi [Summary] =>

If there’s a singular drink that the Ilocanos cannot do without in their long history as a people, it is basi, a sugarcane-based wine infused with a tree bark called samak. It is as equally indispensable as sukang iloko, also infused with samak.

[DatePublished] => 2007-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236973 [AuthorName] => Claude Tayag [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279718 [Title] => The ritual power of art [Summary] => As a young boy in the mid-Seventies, I didn’t spend much time in the playground, nor did I cavort with the neighborhood kids. Who needed that? When I had my very own lair where I could run amuck, tumbling over the baskets, hiding under the colorful, geometric patterned weavings, and tinkering with the wood and brass thingamajigs my parents purveyed at their now-defunct Lahi Crafts bric-a-brac shop on 1418 A. Mabini St. in Ermita.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133534 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1139269 [AuthorName] => ARTSPEAK By Ramon E.S. Lerma [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231102 [Title] => Why are Filipino men afraid of skirts? [Summary] => The new-age guru of the ’70s, Alan Watts, said that the most comfortable men’s garment in the world was the Philippine salwal. He was referring to a very loose pair of pants, gathered around the waist. It is cut so generously that when you wear it, you look like you are wearing a skirt. I think Watts’ criteria involved the fact that salwals were free-flowing as well as roomy and yet one could still chase a bus while wearing them.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1359365 [AuthorName] => Ino Manalo Director, Metropolitan Museum of Manila [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) ) )
BASI REVOLT
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1416292
                    [Title] => A shot of ‘basi’ with Bob Feleo
                    [Summary] => 

I don’t believe in inspiration,” dismisses Bob Feleo.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133531 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804862 [AuthorName] => Igan D’Bayan [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150126/Bob-Feleo.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 32206 [Title] => For the love of basi [Summary] =>

If there’s a singular drink that the Ilocanos cannot do without in their long history as a people, it is basi, a sugarcane-based wine infused with a tree bark called samak. It is as equally indispensable as sukang iloko, also infused with samak.

[DatePublished] => 2007-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236973 [AuthorName] => Claude Tayag [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279718 [Title] => The ritual power of art [Summary] => As a young boy in the mid-Seventies, I didn’t spend much time in the playground, nor did I cavort with the neighborhood kids. Who needed that? When I had my very own lair where I could run amuck, tumbling over the baskets, hiding under the colorful, geometric patterned weavings, and tinkering with the wood and brass thingamajigs my parents purveyed at their now-defunct Lahi Crafts bric-a-brac shop on 1418 A. Mabini St. in Ermita.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133534 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1139269 [AuthorName] => ARTSPEAK By Ramon E.S. Lerma [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231102 [Title] => Why are Filipino men afraid of skirts? [Summary] => The new-age guru of the ’70s, Alan Watts, said that the most comfortable men’s garment in the world was the Philippine salwal. He was referring to a very loose pair of pants, gathered around the waist. It is cut so generously that when you wear it, you look like you are wearing a skirt. I think Watts’ criteria involved the fact that salwals were free-flowing as well as roomy and yet one could still chase a bus while wearing them.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1359365 [AuthorName] => Ino Manalo Director, Metropolitan Museum of Manila [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) ) )
abtest
Are you sure you want to log out?
X
Login

Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. Sign up now!

Get Updated:

Signup for the News Round now

FORGOT PASSWORD?
SIGN IN
or sign in with