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At Expo 2025 Osaka, the Philippines showed up not with spectacle, but with soul. The “Woven” Pavilion — designed by multidisciplinary artist-architect Carlo Calma — is a living, breathing ode to Filipino identity, built with bamboo, rattan, AI, and ancestral pride.
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