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I captured my classmate's dance presentation at our Christmas party, featuring the traditional Filipino dance maglalatik. Maglalatik is a cultural dance that symbolizes a mock war, with dancers wearing coconut shell halves on their bodies, creating rhythmic movements. Additionally, we have a tradition called "budol fight," where we eat without utensils using banana leaves.

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This picture was taken by me at Garbo sa Lapu-Lapu, which translates to "Pride of Lapu-Lapu" in English. The grumpy boy second in line is my little brother. This year's Garbo of Lapu-Lapu was participated in by younger children showcasing the pride of each district or place in Lapu-Lapu, honoring the Fiesta of Virgin sa Regla. Filipinos express their devotion and reverence for saints and divine beings through festive celebrations. It's not the only festival we celebrate here in the Philippines but there are so much more. I hope you all can see this magical event when you'll visit to the Philippines

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Taco are my favorite food

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Fast food restaurant that’s is popular in America. You can eat good food and also a play area for children

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Photo taken at Google link of ABS-CBN News Article.

There are plenty of things that us Filipinos enjoy whether we have occasions or not but one stays in our minds and will always be present, it is called "Videoke". It is commonly known as Karaoke and everyone is free to sing whether you can sing in-tune or out of tune. In fact, almost all Filipino households have videoke in their homes and as time passes it becomes more and more part of our identity, tradition and in our life as well so let's sing our ways and ride on the tunes of our destiny's melody. For music is our life and our choices lead us to the symphony of outcomes.

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Part of my culture is the sport basketball and going to the games and watching on tv. Most players made a name for themselves at a young age inspiring me.

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Hair is everything.🤎 Hair connects us to our African ancestors. Our hair helps us to define black identity. Slaves used to hide food in their hair to serve by using braiding styles when they would run away to freedom. But also rice can make our hair grow. Some people even use there hair as art just like in the picture.

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We eat meat

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This is my girls wrestling team

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As Christmas approaches, let me tell you about our cherished Filipino tradition called Simbang Gabi, meaning "Night Mass." Celebrated by Filipino Catholics for generations, this nine-day series of Masses honors the Blessed Virgin Mary and prepares hearts for the arrival of Christ.Tracing its roots back to the 16th century, Simbang Gabi originated from the Spanish "Misa de Gallo" ("rooster Mass"). Held at dawn, these early morning Masses were convenient for farmers and followed a tradition established by Pope Sixtus V for harvest season convenience. Over time, the Filipino iteration shifted to night-time Masses, allowing for community gathering and celebration. Today, Simbang Gabi fills churches with joyous anticipation, brimming with songs, prayers, and the warmth of fellowship.This beautiful tradition reflects the Filipinos' deep faith and love for Christmas.

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A wild big man is on the loose by watching tv at the lake talking about macdaddys for the culture of America🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Fishing is a big part of my culture and a big hobby

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I couldn't post a video of the dance but here is a photo.

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Here's the moment I captured when my friends were enjoying their meal, aren't they lovely? Yeah, bragging a bit. Anyways, this was during our Christmas party, and it's chow time! Glench and Kleia dashed to the line to grab food first, hahaha, while Khezia remained so chill. Meanwhile, I was playing the guitar. Both of them were my friends since elementary, but Kleia joined us in grade seven, yet it still feels like we've known each other forever. They inspire me to collaborate and share our Filipino culture with everyone, especially during festive moments like our Christmas party. Please join us! 🇵🇭👭🎉 #FriendshipGoals #FilipinoCulture #ChristmasParty#KleiaBusog

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"Filipino time" is a way people do things in the Philippines. It means they're not too strict about starting things exactly on time. Events often begin a bit later than planned because they value spending time together and being relaxed about schedules. It's like saying, "Hey, let's enjoy the moment and not worry too much about the clock!"

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My favorite food it is called grape leaves with stuffing. Made with rice meat and vegetables. We don’t make it often because it takes hours to make. You can order it from a chef but it is expensive. A plate probably costs 100$

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This is what my thanksgiving dinner looked liked when I went to beaufort sc to vist my big italian family.

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One of my favorite foods is a Cuban sandwich, due to how i was born in Cuba. It's made with thinly sliced roast pork, glazed ham, Genoa salami, and Swiss cheese along with dill pickles and yellow mustard, all on Cuban bread.

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Peruvian food and the flag 💁‍♀️

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This is my favorite Pueto rican desert that my mom and Aunt makes

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Fruit pizza is my favorite food it is made with a cookie crust with a cream cheese topping while including many sweet fruits placed on top of the pizza

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Us khaliji or u can call us Arabs , it’s our culture to buy a falcon and let him go after a bird , we love to train them

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This is a picture of the types of dresses girls would wear on their big party,when they turn 15 they normally get to have a quinceañera.

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Flan is my favorite Puerto Rican dessert that gets made in my house

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Hoopin

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American cars that aren’t over there

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In my culture we celebrate Christmas by giving food and gifts to our families they will open it in the morning of this day. We also give clothes to the homeless who need it cause they might not get anything

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In black culture, church is a really big thing. Not only is it because of the love and praying that we do but because of the tradition after. After Church its normal to have sunday dinner at Fried Church which usually consists of Chicken, Collards Greens, Mac& Cheese, and Cornbread.

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This is me after i won homecoming prince at Cleveland high school. The whole school had to vote on a winner for freshman sophomore junior and senior and i won as a junior.

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My culture is soccer bc we love playing

it.It is also a huge sport to us and we love supporting it and being there for it.It is also one of the highest played sports in the world.

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I love being with my friends and taking pictures of us

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American jazz in the 1900 was a big part of African American music culture in America

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My culture consists of a lot different skin tones because a lot of people vary off of how black people look different because of they skin complexion. A lot of people these days don’t look at how our culture come in different skin tones even when our parents are darker or lighter. A lof of people get our culture mixed up because most of us are fully black but don’t look like it because we lighter den what we should be.

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This is Lacrosse the fastest growing sport in America. Me myself I have played for 11 years And it is my main sport. This is a very common sport from where I am from here in America!!

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I’m Italian so part of my culture is pasta. Pasta is one of if not the biggest part of Italian food culture.

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listen to King Von on my air pods because he's the real OG of O block