TY - BOOK AU - Ordoñez, Rudy. TI - The Kapampangan mystique SN - 9789715065467 AV - DS 688.P19 .Or26 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Manila PB - UST Publishing House KW - Pampanga (Philippines) N2 - culinary arts and fashion expressions nuanced by the Kapampangan character, and much more. This carefully researched reference is worth reading and sharing with those of kindred spirits. The author's personal insights and interpretation of events and personalities points to the so-called mystique that characterize the Kapampangan region and its people.--- Fr. Pompeyo De Mesa, O.P., Regent, Faculty of Pharmacy, U.S.T; The Kapampangan Mystique is one of U.S.T.s contribution to local scholarship as the University approaches its 400th founding anniversary. It is one of 400 titles planned to commemorate this grand event in 2011. The book compiled personal anecdotes and works of leading writers, from and about Pampanga. It treats the reader to a variety of topics, from serious to the mundane: Its people, language, pre-history and colonization, culture and politics ER -