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The Philippines, government authorities etc.

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that gives “full opportunity to our people to properly observe [All Saints’ Day] with all its religious fervor which invariably requires them to travel to and from different regions of the country.”

Philippine Proclamation No. 265

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Beliefs - Superstitions

Life & Culture - Traditions - Rituals - Customs - Heritage - Etc.

Many, many Traditions, Beliefs & Practices e.g.:

PREGNANCY
DELIVERY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
PUBERTY AND ADOLESCENCE
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
DEATH PRACTICES AND BELIEFS
PREPARING THE BODY
DURING THE WAKE: PRACTICES, TABOOS AND REASONS
THE SPIRIT WORLD

Many, many Traditions, Beliefs & Practices e.g.:

ALBASIA (MEDIATOR)
MAIKASING/MAITANI (Parental marriage)
DAWAK (Grand Wedding Celebration)
PATIAM/ RAMBAK (Common Wedding Celebration)
BEGNAS
BURIAL PRACTICES AND BELIEFS:
LEGLEG
THE SAPANGOT
PAMUMPUNAN
OP-OPPOG AND PINALABI
DAMAAN

• The Philippines Then and Now
• Filipinos Unique Traditions
• History of the Filipino Language
• Philippine Wedding Culture & Superstitions
• Philippine Fiestas & Holidays

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geeblaire wrote on Jul 13, 2011: I'm not so good in grammar and all but this will be the start of my "talking-about-random-stuff videos"..^_^ This is a credit to those people who are striving hard to preserve our Filipino-arts

Catholic Baptismal, First Communion  & Confirmation

(The first 3 Sacraments)

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Baptism, First Communion & Confirmation

(The first 3 Sacraments)

in The Roman Catholic church

Many good informations e.g.

Requirements for Parents

Requirements for Godparents

What is the First Communion & Confirmation?

Namegiving - "Baptismal" outside the catholic church

Traditions, Rules, Registrations, Requirements, Rituals etc.

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Filipino Names

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Birthday, general

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Birthday, general & "The Debutante"

www.Birthday.FilipinoTraditions.ph

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Philippine Birthday Traditions

by Annie
(Sabang San Jose Camarines Sur, Philippines)

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"The Debutante"

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Birthday, general & "The Debutante"

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Here is a very simple explanation of the Philippines Debut Tradition explained with some photos of Debutantes who has celebrated A Debutante's Ball in the past. Enjoy!

 Special Note: The song is one of the most popular debut songs - "Sing Me A Song Again Daddy" by Filipino Legend Jose Mari Chan.

Kix Manas' 18th birthday celebration coverage at the Coconut Palace Manila

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Filipino Gestures Conversation

UNDERSTANDING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION OF FILIPINOS

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Graduation Rites

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Graduation (Filipino: Pagtatapos) is the award or acceptance of an academic degree or diploma

a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, primarily tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those that have been admitted to a university degree (or similar) or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities).

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Engagement - Courtship & Wedding - Marriage

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Dating in the Philippines

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Wedding - Marriage to a Filipino - Filipina :-)

Courtship, Wedding & Marriage in the Philippines

Filipino Courtship - Filipino Wedding - Filipino Marriage

• Wedding Culture - Marriage in the Philippines and - or to a Filipino - Filipina
• Culture, Paperwork, Rules, Guidelines &Requirements
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• Thoughts on Marriages between Muslims and non-Muslims
• Dating & “Live-in” relationship

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The Philippines - Early marriage - putting lives at risk

Muslim Courtship & Wedding - Rituals & Marriage

Ethnic Courtship & Wedding

Ethnic Filipinos - Indigenous groups - Etc.

Courtship & Wedding - Rituals & Marriage

Valentine's Day in the Philippines

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Valentines Day - a Pagan Celebration

"Christianity Took Over Valentines Day"

The Romans celebrated a Pagan holiday on February 14th to honor Juno Fructifier, Queen of the Roman gods and goddesses as well as goddess of marriage. In one ritual, women would submit their names to a common box and men would each draw one out. These two would be a couple for the duration of the festival (and at times for the entire following year). Both rituals were designed to promote not only fertility, but also life generally.

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How do Real men Care? Real Men Surprise Their Dates. - Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012

Leap Year February 29.

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Leap Year has been the traditional time that women can propose marriage.

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Thanksgiving Day in the Philippines

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(NOT the same as the above, more like the below)

in the Philippines has no specific date or month unlike here in America. People here is prepared of what they do during thanksgiving day but for Filipinos, any day of the year can be a thanks giving day to those who have special happening in their lives they want to be thankful for.

St. John's - San Juan's Eve and Feast day

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Celebrating of St. John's - San Juan's Eve

The evening of June 23, St John's Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of St John the Baptist.

Pista ng Bayan ng San Juan

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November is Halloween Season - All Hallow's Eve or Halloween - is one of the most important and looked-after holidays in the whole world including Asian countries like the Philippines. Different countries though celebrate Halloween quite differently and we can see this in the different cultures' varying customs and traditions being observed during Halloween (or Halowin or Undas or the Day of the Dead.)

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Upon interviewing Filipino women, we have come to see that many of these women still uphold some traditions from previous generations, but have since transitioned into a more modern approach regarding their maternity experience.

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babybuchug wrote on Jun 14, 2010: Here are some pregnancy beliefs or pregnancy sayings that I have heard from the elders in our country. Majority of modern Filipinos do not believe in them but they are nice to share with everyone. - I got the dates mixed up! All the while I thought that June 12 is this Monday because it's a holiday! :)) Ooopsy! I blame it on too much bed rest haha :)

Mother´s day - Mother´s & Father´s day and other family-related events

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is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world. It complements Father's Day, a celebration honoring fathers.

While Filipinos mark Mother's Day in May, the official celebration should be on the first Monday of December. This is because of Proclamation No. 58, issued in 1998 by then President Joseph Estrada, which declared the first Monday of December as Mother's and Father's Day.

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A special tribute to all the Wonderful Mothers in the world

Smokey Mountain was a Filipino singing group formed by musical director, composer, and conductor Ryan Cayabyab.

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Mother - original song / Featuring Charice and Mom Racquel

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The Grand Tribute to Mothers

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Father´s day

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Father's Day is not an official holiday, but it is widely observed on the 3rd Sunday of June. Most Filipinos born in the 1960s and 1970s did not celebrate Father's day, but Filipinos now follow this tradition and other American holidays, most likely due to the influence of the United States through television and the internet.

In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph, March 19, though in certain countries Father's Day has become a secular celebration. It is also common for Catholics to honor their "spiritual father," their parish priest, on Father's Day.

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The Grand Tribute to Fathers

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Father's Day is celebrated in the Philippines on the third Sunday in June

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Easter - Semana Santa "Holy Week" - Lenten rituals & Whitsun - Pentecost (opens in new window)

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also called “common-law marriage“

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Gifts for different traditions

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 in the Philippines

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Many good descriptions of the different games

Here, you can find more games that are played “Only in the Philippines”.

These are agawang sulok, araw-lilim, bulong pari, iring-iring, kapitang bakod, lawin at sisiw, luksong-tinik, patintero, palo-sebo, piko, presohan, pusa at aso, taguan, takip-silim, tawanan and viola.

Filipino children are a lively bunch. This is most obvious in the types of games they play. You can always hear their warm laughter as they indulge in any of these games. The loser is usually made to face consequences dictated by the kids he/she plays with.

Traditional Games - a symbol of our national identity and pride.

Upon the desire of the Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports (BPESS) to foster patriotism, nationalism and appreciation of traditional games among the youth, it embarked on a difficult but fruitful task to search and record the traditional games from the different regions of the country.

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The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) together with ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and Philippine Soft Tennis Association (PSTA) is promoting Tribal Games for Indigenous Tribes in the Philippines with its objective to protect our Natural Heritage. The video is created and directed by Bala Tamayo

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  Many different examples of traditional games

Sungka is a Philippine mancala game which is today also played wherever Philippine migrants are living; e.g. in Taiwan, Germany, and the USA. Like the closely related congkak it is traditionally a women's game. Sungka was first described outside of Asia in 1894 by the American ethnologist Stewart Culin. Although the sungka rules are not much different from those of congkak, sungka is perceived as a genuinely Philippine game by native players.

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  A Pinoy parlor game seldom or never played at all in big cities anymore. It´s called kadang-kadang.

(also known as Pukpok Palayok)

is a fun game played during Filipino fiestas and traditional parties. The Tagalog words hampas and pukpok mean 'to hit.'

This is how it's played. - A traditional earthen pot called a palayok is filled with goodies (wrapped candies, coins...) and suspended in the air. A player is blindfolded and then spun around to disorient her. A stick is put in her hand and she is told to walk in a straight line towards where the pot is hanging and try to hit it. The crowd shouts out instructions at her. "Go straight, to the left, to the right, stop!" She gets one attempt to hit it hard enough to break. If she doesn't break the pot, another guest at the party gets his turn. If she breaks it, it's a free-for-all and everyone in the crowd goes for the goodies. The player who successfully smashes the palayok is given a prize.

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"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older."

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So many good examples of traditional games!

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Etiquette, Customs, Protocol  & Do's and Don't's in the Philippines

The Gift - It's Polite to be Late - The Ritual Gesture - Getting Accepted -  Gastronomically - Bagoong and balut - Eyebrow Talk - Evil Eye - When you're smiling - Awkward Situation in Smiling - Dating Etiquette - Curfew - Permission - Kissing - Matchmaking - The Filipino English Accent

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PROTECTION against & STOP:

Human Trafficking, Sex tourism, Prostitution & Pornography in Philippines

General informations & Law - Codes & Rules

Filipino Riddles

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COLLECTED AND EDITED
BY/FREDERICK STARR

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Sexuality in Philippines

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Professor Susan Russell
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Understanding Ancestor Reverence in the Benguet Tradition

by/Leonila L. T Taray, Saint Louis University, Baguio City

Keywords: Indigenous people/tradition/religion, Igorot, dialogical stance, mutuality, partnership, beliefs, ritual practices

Old Philippine alternative medicine

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The Soul Boat and the Boat Soul

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The ethnic weapons and way of life of Filipinos in prehispanic times up to the recent past

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