Word: barong
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Frangipani Blossoms. As President Nixon sought to convey a new shading of American policy to the leaders of Southeast Asia last week, his passage was marked by delicate Eastern ceremonial. In Manila there was an embroidered barong tagalog for him to wear; in Djakarta, white-costumed Javanese dancers strewed frangipani blossoms in the presidential path...
Politics in the Philippines is as much a battle of bullets as ballots. As they campaign for the countrywide Nov. 14 elections for mayors, provincial governors and one-third of the 24-man Senate, the candidates are packing .45 automatics under their loose-fitting barong tagalog shirts, or are escorted by bodyguards who carry submachine guns. The precautions are sensible-but not always effective. In one two-day period last week, seven political killings took place throughout the archipelago, bringing to 21 the number of reported political murders in recent weeks. Some 50 other persons have been wounded since...
...barrio fiesta, modeled after a village festival, that was held on the grounds of Malacanang the night the conference ended. Beneath gold lanterns that swung gently from broad acacia trees strolled 2,000 guests. All the visiting statesmen save General Park, unrelenting in a business suit, sported elaborately embroidered barong tagalog shirts worn outside the trousers; the ladies were supplied by Imelda with butterfly-sleeved balintawak and patadyong dresses...
...from Hong Kong, stand side by side with gun shops that sell everything from matchbox-sized pistols to M-16 automatic rifles. Manila's private citizenry owns more weapons (365,000) than the entire military and police forces, and it is a rare Filipino whose frilly barong tagalog shirt does not bulge with hardware. Nightclubs, bars, and even the Supreme Court mount signs reading: "Check Your Firearms Before Entering." No self-respecting lawless Filipino would think of complying...
...shouted not only for immediate removal of all U.S. military bases but also for things clearly beyond U.S. control, including an increase in the minimum wage (currently $1 a day for industrial workers). Then a soft rain began to fall, and the demonstrators, mindful of their frilly barong tagalog shirts, hastily dispersed...