The filipino culture

The filipino cultureMarydel c. cadiente

philippinesA sovereign island in Southeast Asiasituated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,107 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions:Luzon,Visayas, andMindanao. Its capital city is Manila. the country is bordered on the west by the South China Sea, on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the south by the Celebes Sea, and on the north by the Luzon.With a population of about 100 million people, the Philippines is the seventh-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world.

The islands are volcanic in origin. Because the country is volcanic, the small islands have a mountainous center with coastal plains. Luzon has a broad central valley in the northern provinces along the Cagayan River and plains in the midlands near Manila, the capital. Mindanao and Panay also have central plains. Northern Luzon has two major mountain ranges: the Sierra Madres on the eastern coast and the Cordilleras in the center. The highest peak is Mount Apo in Mindanao at 9,689 feet (2,954 meters).

luzonThe economic and political center of the Philippines, being home to the country's capital city, Manila.> Divided into several ethnolinguistic groups. These groups inhabit different areas of the island.> Ilocanos predominate in the northern portion of Ilocos and the region of Cagayan Valley, Pangasinense primarily inhabit Pangasinan, while the Kapampangans primarily live in Pampanga, and Tarlac. Meanwhile, Tagalogs are the majority in Bulacan, the rest of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, and Metro Manila, while Bicolanos predominate in Bicol. Other ethnic groups are also present such as the Aeta ofZambales, the Ibanag of Cagayan, and the Igorot of the Cordilleras.

visayasThere are three administrative regions in the Visayas: Western Visayas, Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas. The early people in the Visayas region were Austronesians and Negritos who migrated to the islands about 6,000 to 30,000 years ago.> Residents are known as the Visayans.The major islands of the Visayas arePanay,Negros,Cebu,Bohol,Leyte, andSamarCentral blueEastern- greenWestern- redmindanaoMindanao is named after the Maguindanaons who constituted the largest Sultanate historically. It suggests that the name was used to refer to the island by the powerful natives at the time. In prehistoric times the Negrito people arrived. Sometime around 1500 BC Austronesian peoples spread throughout the Philippines and far beyond. Mindanao Island is also a sacred home of Raja Bantogen the Meranaw largest non-Muslim and Subanon Tribe; the aborigine of the Zamboanga Peninsulas Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Island of Basilan, and northern provinces of Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, and Misamis Oriental.

PHILIPPINES Brief history overviewNATIONAL SONG

Lupang Hinirang (Tagalog, Chosen Land) is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its music was composed in 1898 by Julian Felipe, and the lyrics were adapted from the Spanish poem Filipinas, written by Jos Palma in 1899. On February 12, 1998, Republic Act No. 8491, officially set out Tagalog lyrics as the National Anthem.One of the Visayan Folk SongsclimateCLIMATEThe weather is hot because of the country's closeness to the equator. The temperatures are constant except during typhoons. The dry season is from January to June; the wet season with monsoon rain is from July to December. Temperatures are cooler in November through January, dropping below 30 degrees Celsius (85 degrees Fahrenheit). The summer months of April and May have temperatures in excess of 39 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit). Typhoons occur from June through November.

communicationThe Philippines has a sophisticated cellular phone industry and a high concentration of users. The official languages are Filipino, which is based on Tagalog with words from other native languages, and English. English is used in colleges, universities, the courts, and the government. The country's seventy to eighty dialects are derived from Malay languages. Three dialects are of national importance: Cebuano in the southern islands, Ilocano in the north, and Tagalog, the language of the National Capital Region.

FOODFilipinos do not consider it a meal if rice is not served.> The food is eaten from a spoon. The traditional method of placing food on a banana leaf and eating with one's hands is also used throughout the country. It is acceptable to eat food with one's hands at restaurants as well as in the home.> At midmorning and in the afternoon, people eat merienda. Since Filipinos are fond of sweet foods, a mixture of instant coffee, evaporated milk, and sugar may be served.

Fruits are abundant all year. Several kinds of banana are eaten, including red and green varieties.Mangoes, the national fruit, are sweet and juicy. A fruit salad with condensed milk and coconut milk is very popular on special occasions.Vegetables are included as part of a soup or stew. Green beans and potatoes are commonly eaten foods. The leaves of camote, a sweet potato, are used as a salad and soup ingredient. Ube, a bland bright purple potato, is used as a colorful ingredient in cakes and ice cream. Halo-halo, which means "mixture," is a popular dessert that consists of layers of corn kernels, ice cream, small gelatin pieces, cornflakes and shaved ice. Patis, a very salty fish sauce, is placed on the table to be added to any of the dishes.

Special occasionsLchon, a suckling pig that has been roasted until the skin forms a hard brown crust, is served at important occasions. Strips of the skin with attached fat are considered the best pieces. The importance of the host and the occasion are measured by the amount of lchon served. Blood drained from the pig is used to make dinuguan Sticky rice prepared with coconut milk and sugarcane syrup is wrapped in banana leaves. Glutinous rice is grown especially for use in this traditional dessert. Gin and beer are available for men and are accompanied by balut, a duck egg with an embryo.

LIFESTYLE

> In a traditional Filipino family, the father is considered the head and the provider of the family while the mother takes responsibility of the domestic needs and in charge of the emotional growth and values formation of the children. They both perform different tasks and being remarked separately by the children. Children see their mothers soft and calm, while they regard their fathers as strong and the most eminent figure in the family.

Because of this remarkable closeness, parents sometimes have difficulties letting go of their children and thus results to having them stay for as long as they want. For this somehow explains why grandparents are commonly seen living with their children in the Philippines. Unlike the way people grow old in the west where they are provided with outside homes and care giving, Filipino elderly enjoy their remaining lives inside their houses with their children and grandchildren looking after them. Inside the family, the parents are expected to receive the highest respect from the children along with the elder siblings; as they are given more responsibilities to look after younger siblings when parents are not around. Children fighting back or addressing parents or elder siblings with arrogant tone are not at all tolerated. They are also not allowed to leave the house without their parents permission. Upon arriving home, conservative families expect children to practice the kissing of hands or placing their parents or elder family members hand to their foreheads with the words mano po as a sort of greeting.

Another trait Filipinos made themselves exceptional from others is their strong respect for elders. Children are taught from birth how to say po and opo.More over, Filipinos keep close connection with other relatives.People believe that it is one's duty to keep things operating smoothly. Time consciousness and time management are not important considerations. A planned meeting may take place later, much later, or never. HospitalityResilient, the adability to adapt to changesWarm smiles and optimisticBelief in the most High (God)

CULTURAL BELIEFS

These beliefs have come from the different saying and superstitions of our ancestors that aim to prevent danger from happening or to make a person refrain from doing something in particular.PregnancyAn expectant mother should not act as sponsor in a baptismal ceremony to avoid difficulty in delivering her baby or to avoid the death of the fetus or of the newly baptized child.Taking pictures of a pregnant woman will cause an abortion or a difficult delivery.A visitor must not sit or stand on the ladder or at the door, but come inside so that delivery will not be hard.

pregnancyAn expectant mother should not participate in funeral activities. Doing so would endanger the mother and the baby during delivery. If a pregnant woman wears clothes which were hung overnight, the fetus will be affected.It is believed that when denied the food a pregnant mother likes, her child will salivate profusely and will be prone to vomiting.A pregnant woman should eat all the food on her plate, so that when she delivers, everything will come out, leaving her womb clean.A comb is submerged in coconut milk with sugar to make the mother's breast full of milk.

General:

Sleeping after taking a bath during daytime or at night will result in blindness.Let a dog lick your wounds, and the wounds will be healed.Sleeping with wet hair makes one crazy.When one is wounded during high tide, much blood will ooze out.Taking a bath at night will cause anemia or low blood pressure.Taking a bath on New Years Day and/or Good Friday will cause one to get sick.Asthma can be cured by putting a cat near the throat and the chest and at the same time reciting a prayer.Sore eyes can be cured by washing the eyes with the first urine early in the morning.weddingBrides shouldnt try on their wedding dress before the wedding day or the wedding will not push through.Knives and other sharp and pointed objects are said to be a bad choice for wedding gifts for this will lead to a broken marriage.Giving an arinola (chamberpot) as wedding gift is believed to bring good luck to newlyweds.Altar-bound couples are accident-prone and therefore must avoid long drives or traveling before their wedding day for safety.The groom who sits ahead of his bride during the wedding ceremony will be a hen-pecked husband.Rains during the wedding means prosperity and happiness for the newlyweds.

Rains during the wedding means prosperity and happiness for the newlyweds.Throwing rice confetti at the newlyweds will bring them prosperity all their life.The groom must arrive before the bride at the church to avoid bad luck.Breaking something during the reception brings good luck to the newlyweds.The bride should step on the grooms foot while walking towards the altar if she wants him to agree to her every whim.A bride who wears pearls on her wedding will be an unhappy wife experiencing many heartaches and tears.Dropping the wedding ring, the veil, or the arrhae during the ceremony spells unhappiness for the couple.

The member of the couple stands first after the ceremony, will die ahead of the other.A bride who cries during the wedding will bring bad luck to the marriage.It is bad omen for the newlywed couple if their parents cry during the wedding.Upon entering their new home, the couple should go up the stairs alongside each other so that neither one will dominate the other.An unwed girl who follows the footprints of a newlywed couple will marry soon.If a woman is widowed during the new moon, she will marry again.A person who habitually sits at the head of the table during meals will never marry.

RELIGION:

The Philippines is the only Christian nation in Asia. More than 85 percent of the people are Roman Catholic. The rosary is said in the home at 9 P.M. , just before the family retires for the night. Children are introduced to the statue of "Mama Mary" at a very early age.Each barangay has a patron saint. The saint's day is celebrated by a fiesta that includes a religious ceremony. Large amounts of food are served at each house. Friends and relatives from other barangays are invited and go from house to house to enjoy the food. A talent show, beauty contest, and dance are part of the fun. Carnival rides and bingo games add to the festivities.

Muslim provinces celebrate Islamic religious holidays as legal holidays. In smaller communities, Muslims gather in small buildings for services. Animism, a belief that natural objects have souls, is the oldest religion in the country, practiced by indigenous peoples in the mountains of Luzon. Animism, folk religion, and shamanism remain present as undercurrents of mainstream religion, through the albularyo, the babaylan, and the manghihilot.

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE

People who live far away ride a bus for hours to reach the hospital. Funds for ambulances are raised by lotteries within each barangay or are provided by congressmen and are used only for the people who live in that area. Private hospitals are considered superior to public hospitals. Paying patients are not discharged from hospitals until the bill is paid in full. Patients have kasamas (companions) who remain with them during the hospital stay. People tend to manage themselves first, or going to the albularyo, etc. before going to the doctorThe most prevalent health problem is "high blood" (hypertension). Tuberculosis is another health concern; Malaria and dengue fever are prevalent because there is no effective program for mosquito control. Use of Herbal Medicine25The natives.Aeta, Kalinga and Ifugao A Glimpse into Three Indigenous Cultures of the Philippines (In.mp4Mailap na Mangyan (Dokumentaryo ni Kara David) 1.mp4Mailap na Mangyan (Dokumentaryo ni Kara David) 2.mp4TBoli - TNALAK A Short Documentary about Tboli's emblem and Masterweaver Lang Dulay by JoeferTacardon.mp4Puerto Princesa's Sinika and Pangkat kalinangan performing Banwa Ko.mp4At Home Under The Water, Philippines on BBC Ocean Planet.mp4 - BADJAOmalayMalays are an ethnic group of Austronesian people predominantly inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, eastern Sumatra, southern most parts of Thailand, south coast Burma, island of Singapore, coastal Borneo including Brunei, West Kalimantan, and coastal Sarawak and Sabah, and the smaller islands which lie between these locations - that collectively known as the Alam Melayu. These locations today are part of the modern nations of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Burma and Thailand. The early Malay communities were largely animists, believing in the existence of semangat (spirits) in everything.igorotIgorot, or Cordillerans, is the collective name of several Austronesian ethnic groups in The Philippines, who inhabit the mountains of Luzon. These highland peoples inhabit the six provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga,Ifugao, and Mountain Province, as well as Baguio City. The Igorots may be roughly divided into two general subgroups: the larger group lives in the south, central and western areas, and is very adept at rice-terrace farming; the smaller group lives in the east and north. Prior to Spanish colonisation of the islands, the peoples now included under the term did not consider themselves as belonging to a single, cohesive ethnic group. They may be further subdivided into five ethnolinguistic groups: the Bontoc, Ibaloi, Isnag (or Isneg/Apayao), Kalinga, and theKankanaey.

Mangyan is the generic name for the eight indigenous groups found on the island of Mindoro, southwest of island of Luzon, the Philippines, each with its own tribal name, language, and customs.The ethnic groups of the island, from north to south, are: Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tawbuid (called Batangan by lowlanders on the west of the island), Buhid, Hanunoo. The Bajau ,also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Bajao, Bajo, Badjau, or Badjaw), and also known as Sama or Samal, are a Moro indigenous ethnic group of Maritime Southeast Asia. The Bajau live a seaborne lifestyle, and use small wooden sailing vessels such as the perahu and vinta.The Bajau are traditionally from the many islands of the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines, as well as parts of the coastal areas of Mindanao and northern Borneo. In the last 50 years, many of the Filipino Bajau have migrated to neighboring Malaysia and the northern islands of the Philippines, due to the conflict in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.tagbanuaThe Tagbanwa tribes, or "people of the world," are found in central and northern Palawan. They practice shifting cultivation of upland rice, which is considered a divine gift, and are known for their rice wine ritual called pagdiwata. Central Tagbanwas are found in the western and eastern coastal areas of central Palawan. Calamian Tagbanwa, on the other hand, are found in Baras coast, Busuanga Island, Coron Island, Linipacan Calibangbangan, a Cultural Preservation area (off limits to foreigners and the largest Contiguous grouping), and in some parts of El Nido.

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