Date: 2017.08.

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From: C. N. Zayas, PhD. instructor
To: SEA 30 Tuesdays & Thursdays classes
Foot tour: To be undertaken between September 1 & 30, 2017
Deadline of Reports: October 1, 2017

Memo: As part of your Asian Emporium studies, I want you to take the Pasig Ferry from Guadalupe and
Escolta Station. Then proceed to the following places: The National Museum of the Philippines on Padre
Burgos Drive, City of Manila, Philippines, and Fort Santiago. When done, write your observations having
in mind the significance of the sea in the Malay world. If you become tired, go home and visit the sacred
places next time. There are four sacred places where you can feel and experience what we call the Asian
Emporium. If you will notice, various cultural traditions, i.e. religion, objects, food, people ideas, etc. are
in constant flux. Choose one and immerse yourself.

Site Address Images

Khalsa Diwan Sikh 1350 U.N.Ave.Paco, Manila
Temple Phone (02) 563 2934

Preferred day: Sunday

Manila Golden Mosque, Manila Golden Mosque and

or Masjid Al-Dahab Cultural Center
Globo De Oro Street, Quiapo,
Manila
Preferred day: Sunday, Tel. (0928) 465-5552 | (0917)
Friday 950-1925

Quiapo Church Basilika Menor ng Itim na

Preferred day: Sunday and Nazareno (Parokya ni San Juan
Friday Bautista)
Quiapo, Manila

Seng Guan Buddhist Narra St. Tondo Manila

Temple

Anyday

What to do:
(1) Write a diary of your trip in your note book.
(2) In your chosen religious site, observe the rituals before, during and after leaving the building.
Outside look around and check what the things are being sold or peddled within the vicinity of the
building, innumerate them and take photographs too. As much as possible walk around talk to
people, eat food sold in the area. They will be serving food appropriate for the parishioner’s cultural
or ethnic origin. Tell me about it.
(3) There will be two reports to be written in your diary: (a) diary, and (b) reportage - impressions
of the landscape, food, objects, people, rituals, etc. as if you were a 15th century traveler in Manila.

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