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Bu-lat-lat (boo-lat-lat) verb: to search, probe, investigate, inquire; to unearth facts Volume 3, Number 39 November 2 - 8, 2003 Quezon City, Philippines |
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Bu-lat-lat (boo-lat-lat) verb: to search, probe, investigate, inquire; to unearth facts Volume 3, Number 39 November 2 - 8, 2003 Quezon City, Philippines |
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Post-All Saints’ Day Photo Essay
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two-part photo essay deals with the issues of inequality and poverty. The first part shows how inequality persists even after
death. The second part shows how poverty pushes people to be “creative” and
live on the dead. TEXT
AND PHOTOS BY ROWENA CARRANZA Part I: Unequal, Dead or Alive Death is the great equalizer. Or so they say. In the Philippines, not even death could make the rich and the poor equal. The following pictures show the stark realities of death – and, therefore, of life – for the poor.
VERTICAL GRAVES? There are no acacia trees to shield this woman from the hot sun, only her deformed umbrella, as she offers her prayer for her child, buried in the apartment-type graves, children’s section of the North Cemetery. According to government officials, for lack of space soon there would be vertical graves to accommodate the dead’s increasing need. Bulatlat.com We want to know what you think of this article.
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