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Streetprint Manila is a research project that is part of a larger research endeavour called “Six Continents and Between”. Initiated by Prof. Gary Kelly of the University of Alberta, 6CAB seeks to investigate popular print culture across various geographical, sociocultural, and ethnolinguistic contexts. More specifically, it aims to look at reading patterns and preferences of the Filipino Everyman, or those whom we would largely consider members of the “masa” class.
Filipinos take religion and their accompanying rituals quite seriously. Religious associations are essential in forging kinship ties and other relationships outside the nuclear family. For example, godparenthood, enacted through baptism or marriage, typically becomes a strong basis for patron-client bonds that propagate the padrino system.
