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Maria Barrios
Click
here to read the research essay, “Homesickness”,
by Chynna Zarate
Click
on the links
below to view video segments from an April 2010 interview by
Chynna Zarate with Maria Barrios,
who compares life between the
Maria Barrios
Table of
Contents:
1. Life in the Philippines
2. Diaspora
3.Maintaining Filipino customs
4. Homesickness
Segment 1
Life in the Philippines
Maria describes her childhood in the
A picture of San Fernando, Pampanga in the
Philippines
Segment 2
Diaspora
She describes more about the Sister to
Sister Petition, first impressions of the
A picture of the city
she was staying in when she arrived in the United States
Segment 3
Maintaining Filipino Customs
She discusses her opinion about
maintaining Filipino customs, obstacles that were faced in
Segment 4
Homesickness
(click
here to hear audio segment)
She describes about what she misses most about the
She talks about her ties she maintains
with the
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