Mano (Hand Kissing): Filipinos’ sign of respect

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Pagmamano or hand kissing or placing an elderly’s hand on the forehead along while uttering the words “MANO PO” is still a strong culture to Filipinos worldwide. Young individual show their respect to an elderly through “Pagmamano” as they greet …

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Dr. Jose P. Rizal: the Philippine’s national hero

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The Philippines has numerous heroes but Dr. Jose P. Rizal was the one hailed as the country’s national hero. Born in Calamba, Laguna, Rizal is a Chinese Filipino and is the seventh of the eleven children in the family. The …

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Adarna Books: a storage of Filipino short stories

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Filipinos are fond of reading books particularly those cute and full of moral lesson short stories from Adarna books. Name those stories you heard in your childhood like Alamat ng Lanzones, Si Langgam at si Tipaklong and more, they are …

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Harana: Filipino’s way of winning a woman’s heart

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Although it has started to vanish, Harana is one of the Filipino’s ways of winning a woman’s heart. Harana is an act when a man serenades a girl with love songs to show his love. They sometimes do the Harana …

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Happy Fiesta

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Fiesta celebration is one of the traditions in the Philippines that is still strongly practiced up to this very point in time. This is the time when people celebrate the feast of their church or town’s patron saint. This January, …

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Thaipusam 2009 – An Indian Festival in Singapore

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