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This website is dedicated to the Filipinas Heritage Library's Filipiniana collection -- books, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs, slides, and transparencies on Philippine history and culture.
The Philippine National Anthem
There’s a story behind the song where we express our love of country and resolve to defend the freedom our heroes fought for so valiantly. Here are some highlights.
The Panatang Makabayan
The Department of Education has revised several key lines of the pledge of allegiance or "Panatang Makabayan". Education Secretary Raul Roco issued Department Order 54 revising "Panatang Makabayan" to inculate values of patriotism and citizenship in all Filipinos.
Click here to see the old and revised versions of the "Panatang Makabayan".
 Essays:
"Early records show that the Chinese referred to the Philippine islands as Ma'i."
Part of the Central Bank's Kayamanan Series, Ma'i--Panoramas of Philippine Primeval presents the peoples of the Philippines as they were in pre-colonial times. In a series of essays, author Gabriel S. Casal describes their belief system, their rites and rituals, as well as their relation to the material and spiritual world and to each other.
 Our Publications: This section contains a catalogue of our publications. Click here
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Featured Collection
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Writing Women of the 1920s
The works of Filipino women writers in English began to
flourish in the 1920s. In 1925, Paz Marquez Benitez’s
“Dead Stars”, widely regarded as the first modern
Filipino short story, was published in the Philippines
Herald Magazine. According to the Filipino Heritage Series,
the publication of the story ushered in “a period of greater
development in writing in English by Filipinos.”
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 A Filipiniana Album
A peek into our photo library, with a new gallery every month.
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 From books to bytes
A look at our CD-ROM titles, with ordering guide.
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 Online search
Filipinas Heritage Library's online catalogue of books and other materials.
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 Rare books
A preview of our rare-book collection. Also the full texts of selected pieces.
| | | TALAKAYAN | | | | Talk to us
This section is for the Filipiniana On-line discussion board community
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