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    An exhibit at the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City is displaying various traditional Filipino amulets and talismans called "agimats" and "anting-antings" that were used before the arrival of Spanish colonizers. The exhibit features items made of materials like wood, metal, and ivory bearing both Christian and animist symbols. It aims to showcase these "Pinoy power packs" alongside colonial religious art and contemporary artwork interpreting the cultural practices. Talks will also provide more background on the role of these charms in Philippine history and culture.

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    An exhibit at the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City is displaying various traditional Filipino amulets and talismans called "agimats" and "anting-antings" that were used before the arrival of Spanish colonizers. The exhibit features items made of materials like wood, metal, and ivory bearing both Christian and animist symbols. It aims to showcase these "Pinoy power packs" alongside colonial religious art and contemporary artwork interpreting the cultural practices. Talks will also provide more background on the role of these charms in Philippine history and culture.

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    1/22/24, 12:24 AM Pinoy ‘power packs’: Anting-anting and agimat on display | GMA News Online

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    and agimat on display
    Published August 18, 2015 6:24pm

    An exhibit of agimat and anting-anting—amulets and talismans used by the inhabitants of these islands way
    before the arrival of the Spaniards—is currently on display at Yuchengco Museum in Makati City.

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    Photos: Yuchengco Museum

    The exhibit, entitled "Pinoy Power Packs: Agimat, Anting-Anting, and the Stories They Tell," features an
    array of items that bear Christian imagery alongside animist symbols; are made of wood, metal or ivory; and
    come in a variety of shapes.

    According to the museum in a statement, the exhibit juxtaposes late 19th- to mid-20th-century talismans with
    colonial-era religious sculpture as well as contemporary art by artists such as Ang Kiukok, BenCab, Santiago

    https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/533430/pinoy-power-packs-anting-anting-and-agimat-on-display/story/ 1/2
    1/22/24, 12:24 AM Pinoy ‘power packs’: Anting-anting and agimat on display | GMA News Online

    Bose, Roberto Villanueva and Leeroy New.

    Lending their agimats to the exhibit curated by Floy Quintos are collectors such as Romeo Allanigue, the
    Bose family, Jaime Laya, Richard and Sandra Lopez, Ramon Lucas, Lisa Ongpin Periquet, and Dennis
    Villegas.

    Talks will also be held at the museum to shed more light on the anting-anting and agimat in Filipino culture
    and history. — BM, GMA News

    The exhibit "Pinoy Power Packs: Agimat, Anting-Anting, and the Stories They Tell" is on view at Yuchengco
    Museum ((632) 889-1234), RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue, Makati until November 7, 2015.

    Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. For more information, call (632) 889-1234.
    Tags: agimat, filipinoculture, yuchengcomuseum, amulets, antinganting

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