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- Title:
- Woman in Black
- Date Created:
- 2021-05-16
- Description:
- After 150 years of persistence, missionaries were seeing a sense of Spanish Catholicism in Filipinas. The long black veil (cobija) with which to cover one’s entire body and white petticoat were added to the tapis (overskirt) for modesty’s sake. Slippers embroidered in silk and gold rather than shoes or going barefoot when going out was common. In towns, native men used a frock coat, breeches, stockings, shoes. Tattoos were a thing of the past among Bisayans. Chocolate beverage made the Spanish way (not the Aztec style) had become popular and was served in “naturally small size” coconut shell cups. Cups, dishes and glasses of coconut shell were “finely carved”. The coconut shells were shipped to New Spain to be encased in silver where they were in demand. Palo Naga wood was carved into cups. To cure indigestion, one drank water turned blue by the wood. The Spaniards had come to like native “snacks” that would require “a large catalogue,” wrote San Antonio. Yet the common native meal was not Hispanized. Wheat bread never replaced rice served in dishes. Tustus, the layer of burned rice at the bottom of a cooking pot was placed atop rice being cooked. Tustus did not swell or cause the stomach to bloat from overeating.
- Subjects:
- Spain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Religious life and customs Clothing and dress -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Philippines -- Commerce -- Spain Spain -- Commerce -- Philippines Rice
- Exhibition:
- J San Antonio
- Source:
- Statue of Woman with traditional black dress (Las Cobijadas) at Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz. Photographer: Renato Bordoni / Alamy Stock Photo
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Woman in Black", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll215.html