Hanggang ngayon ay usap-usapan pa rin sa social media ang suot na alahas ng Kapuso actress na si Beauty Gonzalez sa GMA Gala 2023 noong Sabado, July 22.
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Sa panayam ni Beauty sa PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal), ibinahagi nitong ang suot niyang century-old gold necklace at earrings ay gawa mula sa "excavated eye and mouth covers from distant places like Butuan and Surigao."
Nasa 800 to 1,000 taon na raw ang tanda nito ng mga ito .
Pagbabahagi ni Beauty, "Well, I just wanna showcase, like, a Philippine gold so I'm wearing a Philippine ancestral gold right now.
"This is like 800 to 1000 years old, pre-colonial, excavated. And you can see this at Ayala Museum and National Museum in the Philippines, and it really speaks of who I am since... I am really into Philippine antiques and contemporary.
"I'm proud to be Pinoy, so I've been collecting this for years."
"EXHIBITING IMPUNITY AND CRASSNESS"
Sa kabila ng mga papuri sa suot na gold jewelry ni Beauty ay pinuna ito ng cultural critic and independent curator na si Marian Pastor Roces.
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Sa Facebook post ni Roces nitong Martes, July 25, 2023, sinabi niyang ang suot na alahas ni Beauty ay “grave robber stuff" o nakaw mula sa gamit ng mga sinaunang namayapang tao.
Mababasa sa kanyang post (published as is), "Someone tell this woman that the orifice covers she is paying "homage" to are grave robber stuff.
"Because if these were legally excavated, the pieces would belong to the National Museum or the Bangko Sentral.
"Or: if the pieces were excavated decades ago and therefore privately owned by sensible collectors before current restrictions, the question still remains: why death masks as necklace?"
Ayon sa National Museum of the Philippines, ang pagtatakip sa mata, ilong, at bibig ng mga namayapang sinaunang tao ay nakagawian na noon pa man sa parte ng Kabisayaan.
Ang paglalagay raw nila ng gold coverings sa mata, ilong, at bibig ang kanilang mga yumaong mahal sa buhay ay bilang proteksiyon laban sa evil spirits na gustong umokupa sa katawan ng namatay.
Ang kinang ng ginto ay pinaniniwalaan nilang nagtataboy sa evil spirits.
Ayon pa kay Roces, hindi niya nakikitang fashion ang pagsusuot nito lalo na't, para sa kanya, ang pagsusuot ng "archaeological gold death pieces at flaunting excess" ay “odious” o kasuklam-suklam.
Saad niya, "Sure, the owners have been dead for a thousand years. BUT.
“This fashion victim is wearing mouth and eye covers: around 10 of them. Which is to say that the necklace was fashioned from excavations of many individuals. That is an astounding number of desecrated graves!
“How on earth is this an homage, exhibiting impunity and crassness?” she added. “Ignorance (blended with arrogance) can’t possibly be fashionable.”
Habang isinusulat ang artikulong ito ay wala pang inilalabas na komento o reaksiyon si Beauty patungkol sa mga pahayag ni Roces.
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