Recent Posts Tagged With 'Culture'

• Pork Adobo

  Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 01:53 in Culture, food, foods, philippine, filipino recipes, pork adobo

  Ingredients: 1 kilo pork picnic or side bacon belly cut into cubes 1 cup white vinegar 1 garlic head finely chopped 1 medium size red onion finely chopped (optional) 3 pcs. bay leaves ½ cup soy sauce 1 cup water 1 teaspoon peppercorn 3 tablespoons o...

• Barong Tagalog

  Posted on Sunday October 19th, 2008 at 05:22 in Culture, beauty, filipino, history, pilipinas, tagalog, barong, philippines tradition, baro, dress in the philippines

  Q. What is a Barong? A. Barong is actually short for Barong Tagalog, which describes the formal men’s wear of the Philippines. It is properly referred to as the ‘Baro ng Tagalog’ (dress of the Tagalog). Contracting the first two wor...

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  Posted on Sunday October 19th, 2008 at 05:12 in Culture, events, filipino, pilipinas, november, Festivals, kultura, festival of lights, bonifacio day, lavandero, piyesta, harana sa makati

  November Events MALITA TO MATI MT. BIKING November 00 | Davao-Davao del Sur-Davao Oriental Adventure challenge for adventure crossing the various destinations of Davao del Sur and Davao Province and Davao Oriental TIKHAW AND MAJAWJAW November 00...

• Philippine Culture

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 08:11 in Culture, filipino, Chinese, american culture, philippine culture, kultura ng pilipinas, hispanic influence, impluwensya ng ibang bansa

  Philippines Culture By Richard Romando The culture of the Philippines is based mainly on the various native religious groups, which have different cultural backgrounds and traditions. These groups include the Tagalogs, Ilokanos, Bikolanos, and others...

• Philippine Mythical Creature Part 1

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 06:45 in Culture, filipino, facts, pilipinas, myths, beliefs, duwende, kapre, dwarfs, folklores, goblins, aswang

  Amalanhig Hiligaynon believe in a certain being called Amalanhig. They are Aswangs who failed to transfer their monstrosity causing them to rise from their graves to kill humans by biting their necks. In order to escape from the Amanlanhigs, you need...

• Pandanggo sa Ilaw

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 04:06 in Culture, beauty, filipino, fandango, folk dance, lubang, filipino dance, osiiwas, pandanggo sa ilaw, philippines culture and tradion

  Pandanggo sa Ilaw is commonly liked dance of grace and balance from Lubang Island, Mindoro Occidental. The term pandanggo is derives from the Spanish word fandango, a dance described by lively sterps and clapping that changes in rhythm in three-fourt...

• Maglalatik

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 04:05 in Culture, beauty, filipino, folk dance, filipino dance, binan laguna, magbabao, malalatik, philippines tradition and culture

  Maglalatik or Magbabao is a war dance representing in a picture a battle between the Moros and the Christian over the latik, the remainder left after the coconut milk has been boiled. At sometime in the course of Spanish rule, with coconut shells as ...

• Binasuan

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 04:04 in travel, Culture, beauty, filipino, pangasinan, folk dance, bayambang, binasuan, philippines traditions and culture, with the use of drinking glass

  Binasuan is a dance full of life from Bayambang, a town located at the southern part of Pangasinan province. This dance having remarkable color displays proudly the balancing skills of the dancers who turn rapidly in circles move by turning over and ...

• Bahay Kubo

  Posted on Sunday October 5th, 2008 at 08:53 in Culture, Lyrics, songs, bahay kubo, philippines culture, kantang pilipinas, philippines songs, traditional song

  Bahay Kubo Lyrics Bahay kubo, kahit munti Ang halaman doon ay sari-sari. Singkamas at talong, sigarilyas at mani Sitaw, bataw, patani. Kundol, patola, upo’t kalabasa At saka mayroon pang labanos, mustasa, sibuyas, kamatis, bawang at luya sa pa...

• Funerals

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 04:04 in Culture, filipino, funeral, beliefs, libing, kultura sa pilipinas, lamay, mga kasabihan, philippines culturea and traditions

  Funerals consist of two aspects: social and spiritual. On the social side of the coin, relatives and acquaintances will gather at the funeral home and socialize with the deceased’s family and with each other. This socializing may involve food, ...

• An Introduction to Filipino Cuisine

  Posted on Saturday September 27th, 2008 at 22:35 in Culture, opinions, foods, filipino food, an introduction to filipino cuisine, pagkain sa pilipinas, philippines tradition, recipes in the philippines

  An Introduction to Filipino Cuisine (Excerpted from Filipino Cuisine: Recipes from the Islands by Gerry G. Gelle) Filipino cuisine is a blend of the exotic and familiar. Just as the Filipino people are part Malay, Chinese and Spanish, so is the coo...

• Pre-hispanic Culture

  Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 05:00 in Culture, God, facts, philippines, muslim, history, language, Islam, indians, chines, alipin, datu

  The Filipinos lived in settlements called barangays before the colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards. As the unit of government, a barangay consisted from 30 to 100 families. It was headed by a datubarangay came from the Malay word balanga...

• Festivals and Fiestas

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 02:29 in Culture, beauty, filipino, facts, davao, places, fiesta, feasts, naga city, bacolod city, kadayawan, masskara festival

  Here are the list of Fiestas that we Filipinos celebrate: ATI-ATIHAN Kalibo, Aklan 13-19 January spacer The Ati-Atihan Festival commemorates the 13th century land deal between 10 migrating Bornean chieftains and the aboriginal Ati King Marikudo. It a...