The first thing that foreigners are known to the Filipino culture is our passion party holiday, or locally known as “track”. The list of the Philippines and the unusual habit of starting Christmas party. And carols can be heard on the radio, since last September, the decor pop-up in October after a short break for Halloween (Pinoy fashion) in November, the current Christmas, Pinoy style for 9 days ( or night, or dawn, or whatever) in December with the Simbang Gabi, ending with dinner on Christmas Eve “Eve”. But wait, there’s more, the Christmas season does not end until January next year, coinciding with the celebrations of New Year and, finally, the Feast of Three Kings.
During the summer, it is Easter and Easter, a Christian holiday that begins with Palm Sunday, followed by Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, and finally culminates with Easter Easter Sunday. The celebration is marked with a week full of out of school and work, which is why the best time for Filipinos to return to their provinces and spending time with their families, as part of Filipino culture and tradition.
Then in May comes the Flores de Mayo or Santacruzan. The Flores de Mayo is a Catholic holiday in honor of the Virgin Mary. This festival culminates in the Santacruzan or Sagala, a fashion show presented as Queen Helena and Constantine found the true cross of Jesus in Jerusalem. For the Filipino culture, the Sagala was carried out in relation to that act to show only the most beautiful ladies of all barangay.
Besides the usual festivities, all the regions in the Philippines is home to several local festivals that reflect their history, religion, nature, people and wildlife. Not the Ati-atihan of Aklan, the Pahiyas Festival in Quezon, the Painted Festival Leyte, Davao Kadayawan Festival and Dinagyang Festival of Ilo-Ilo.
This year’s celebration culminates with the feast of All Saints and All Souls Day in November. It s an age where Filipino families pay tribute to family and friends began to visit the cemeteries and the prayers they say about the dead. This is a tradition well known, even in the context of Filipino culture.
- Religions
Being a nation of different ethnic groups, it also follows that the Philippines is a country of diverse religious beliefs. Different religious beliefs have been included in the Filipino culture as well. The Anito worship the first pre-Spanish era are now replaced by devout Catholics. Add to that the South Islam and Protestant religions various actions brought by the U.S. occupation, along with Buddhism in China. Filipinos are in religion, to the point that we have our own headquarters of the Christian faith, the Philippine Independent Church or the Aglipayan Church.
- Food
Filipino cuisine consists of foods and dishes of indigenous Hispanic, Chinese and Americans adapted ingredients.Probably the most popular dish is the Filipino pig, whole hog barbecued suckling. Some other popular dishes and Filipino are the following:
• Longganisa, the Philippine version of a sausage
• Tapa, thin sliced beef, cured in salt and spices
• cakes, pancakes with various ingredients
• Adobo, chicken and / or pork braised with garlic, vinegar, oil and soy
• Kaldereta, beef stew in tomato sauce
• Mechado, shredded beef in soy sauce and tomato sauce
• Pochero, beef in tomato sauce and banana
• Afritada, chicken and / or simmered in a tomato sauce with vegetables
• Kare-kare, oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce
• Crisp-pata, fried pork leg
• Hamonado pork sweetened in pineapple sauce
• Sinigang, meat or fish in sour brooth
• Tinola, chicken in tamarind broth
• pansit, Filipino-style fried noodles