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Pauline Lloyd Doroteo

🌴ISLAND: Luzon
🌴PROVINCE: Masbate

🌴Culture/s: Rodeo Festival is an annual event which takes place in Masbate City which showcases skills in livestock handling, such as lassoing, wrestling, and riding cattle. It is celebrated every April 9-13.

🌴Belief/s: Beliefs on God, the soul and the afterlife are strongly held by Masbateños. It is estimated that Masbate is 91% Roman Catholic (2014, Diocese). Other religions include Protestantism, Islam, and Iglesia ni 🤬.

🌴Tradition/s: There are annual rituals like the Lapay Bantigue Dance Festival which draws devotees of Saint Felomina from the Visayan provinces, pabasa, and Flores de Mayo.

🌴Custom/s: The most common dialect in Masbate is Masbateño. At first, it sounds like Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) with a mixture of Waray-Waray, but if you pay more attention to details, it is almost similar to Cebuano but many words use the letter “R” instead of “L”.

Another most used dialect is Hiligaynon or Ilonggo. Most of the terms in Masbateño are derived from this dialect. This is commonly used in the southwestern part of the peninsula which is pointing towards Panay group of islands.

Another most used dialect is Cebuano. It is commonly used in the southern part of the peninsula which is pointing towards Cebu.  While most people in Burias speak Bicolano, some of them speak Cebuano.

Finally, although quite a few only speaks in this language, one of the most used dialect is Bicolano,  The Bicolano language comes in many forms but the most commonly used in Masbate is similar to that in Legazpi City, Albay.

If you are new in Masbate like me, Masbateños are fluent in tagalog and english so you won’t have a hard time communicating with them.

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✨Giana Ryzel S. Collado ✨

Island: Luzon
Province:Nueva Ecija

🐧Culture🐧

Nueva Ecija is dominantly a Tagalog-speaking province. A majority of 75% of the population speaks Tagalog and 22% speaks Ilocano, while the remaining 3% speaks in Pampango and various dialects from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Nueva Ecija is endowed with rich cultural heritage
Nueva Ecija is the center of agricultural research and production in the Philippines. It is known as the “Rice Bowl of the Philippines” with rice, corn and onion as its main agricultural products.
The sprawling and varied geological features of the land now known as Nueva Ecija, includes plains, mountains and rivers, all the requisites for the birth and sustenance of life itself. The land's very first settlers came upon three mountain ranges to the East, North and West and vast southern plains

🐧Beliefs🐧

People in the nueva Ecija is always believed in the word if weather is Good the money will grow more

🐧Traditions🐧

Every town has a flamboyant fiesta celebration that exhibits the people's humility and devotion in their patron saints. This is best shown in Bibiclat, Aliaga where the famous Taong Putik or Nagsa San Juan ritual is celebrated during the Feast of Saint John the Baptist every June 24.

🐧Custom🐧

Nueva Ecija is the center of agricultural research and production in the Philippines. It is known as the "Rice Bowl of the Philippines" with rice, corn and onion as its main agricultural products. The area also grows mango, banana, eggplant and garlic.

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Nathalie R. Del Mundo

Island: Luzon
Province: Bicol

💟Culture/s: To suit the tropical climate, the Bicolanos use light material for their houses; others now have bungalows to withstand the impact of strong typhoons. Light, western styled clothes are predominantly used now.

💟Belief/s: Bula, one of the oldest towns in the Bicol Region, has rich arrays of beliefs, traits, customs, and cultural practices that have existed since time immemorial and are still present. The owing beliefs are the presence of lost souls, miraculous deeds of Patron Saints, after death, curses, and misfortune for graduating students attending excursions, a celebration of the Feast of Saints; and saying “tabi apo, di makaigo” when passing by a river and a huge tree.

💟Tradition/s: The Bicolanos observe an annual festival in honor of the Virgin of Penafrancia every third Sunday of September. The towns of Naga comes alive. During the celebration, a jostling crowd of all-male devotees carries the image of the Virgin on their shoulders to the cathedral, while shouting Viva La Virgin! For the next seven days people, mostly Bicolanos, come for an annual visit light candles and kisses the image of the Virgin.

💟Custom/s: Some persisting traditional practices are the pamalay, pantomina and tigsikan. Beliefs on god, the soul and life after death are strongly held by the people. Related to these, there are annual rituals like the pabasa, tanggal, fiestas and flores de mayo

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Rueleen Asne
Island: Luzon
Province: Masbate

🍒Culture/s: In Masbate most people speak in Minasbate/Masbateño dialect. But some part of masbatr like in Cataingan and Dimasalang they used waray waray . Part of our culture is being religious. We used to celebrate Lapay Bantigue Dance festival every 30th day of September or 9- 12 date. Masbate City is known as capital of Rodeo and we celebrate it every April 9-13.

🍒Belief/s: We believe in god ,the soul and adterlife ate strong held. It is estimated that 90% + over 100% are Roman Catholic and  some are have different religions.We also believe in such as kalag(spirit),aswang,duwende,tawo sa dulom,at mambabarang.Yiuu shouldn't play in big tress to avoid illness or we called it ( makatin-o) that cause illness that only hilot can only can cure.

🍒Tradition/s:Our annual rituals are to dance Lapay Bantigue dance festival every September which draws devoted of Saint Felomina our beloved saint.

🍒Custom/s:
-We celebrate Christmas and festivals
-As a Roman Catholic I believe in Jesus is our god and Saviour.
-There are some popular  place in Masbate like in Buntod reef marine sanctuary,Mangrove Park,Bat-ongan Cave,Busay De Gracia Falls.

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Robin Angelo V. Manuel

ISLAND: Luzon
PROVINCE: Pangasinan

CULTURE: Pangasinan has been largely known for its ‘bagoong’ (fermented fish) or monamon and its brand name maniboc made possible through the aid of ‘asin’ found in the coastal areas, there is little information about the bamboo culture of the interior Caboloan. Most of houses and funitures are made with bamboo/rattan/buri/coc

BELIEF:  The story of a farmer on his way home from the fields who was being called (‘mantatawag’) by a beautiful Lady none other than the Blessed Virgin Mary herself and requesting him to build a church on the apparition site, is a powerful narrative of folk appropriation of the Image of the Blessed Virgin and of Catholic Christianity.One of the most popular pilgrim destinations in the country is the Shrine of the Nuestra Señora de Manaoag located at the center of the town of Manaoag

TRADITION: Kabayawasan tradition, from the root word “bayawas” (bayabas: guava). It is said that children in the barrios would gather under the “bayawas” tree -- to hear myths and legends from their elderly folk. Examples of Pangasinan folk forms as part of the Kabayawasan tradition are the following: diparan (proverbs), bonikew (riddle), tambayo (lullaby), cansion (songs) and tongtong (narrative)

CUSTOMS:  Love to watch Zarzuela of anacbanua.anacbanua as an Austronesian term, he states that anacbanuas were native children of the soil (‘anac’: child + ‘banua’: land). But this Austronesian word ‘banua’ was supplanted by the word ‘baley’ (literally shell of an egg or a crab, etc.) that would later refer to a more expansive land occupied by a larger community of people. Hence, Pangasinan folk nowadays would use ‘baley’ to refer to a town, and ‘cabaleyan’ to refer to someone coming from the same place

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🏞️Island: Luzon
🏞️Province: Pangasinan

🎋CULTURE
•Their sense of humor and gaiety are reflected in the folk songs and celebrations found in both fishing (coast) and farming (interior) cultures.
🎋BELIEF
• People of Pangasinan practiced pagan animism.
🎋TRADITION
• Mango-Bamboo Festival is a yearly week-long festival every April 20-27 in San Carlos City, Pangasinan.
🎋CUSTOM
• Honor their dead on All Saints Day, November 1, and All Souls Day, November 2.

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Anna Margarita C Rufin

🎭Culture

An example of rich culture Laguna is the sculpting in Paete, Laguna. They create sculptures that depict the rich history of the Philippines.

🧚‍♀️Belief

An example of belief in Laguna is about a myth in Mt. Maria Makiling, where the mountain manifests itself as a fairy.

🥳Tradition

Anilag festival occurs every April. It is about the celebration and gratification of a bountiful harvest.

✅Customs

A well-known fact about laguna is that it's great for sightseeing. Laguna has numerous hots springs, waterfalls, and other tourist attractions.

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🙂 Ma Bernadette Lacerona

📍ISLAND: Luzon
📍PROVINCE: Bicol

📌CULTURE
We use Bikol and Tagalog as our dialect.

📌BELIEF
Most Bicolano's are Catholic.

📌TRADITION
We celebrate Tinagba Festival every February 11.

📌CUSTOM

We have devotion to our traditions.

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🦋What do you call the people of Surigao?

• The Surigaonon people are an ethnolingustic group who inhabited on the eastern coastal plain of Mindanao, particularly the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands.

🦋 Surigao City is popularly known as the City of Island Adventures  Or Surfing capital in the Phillippines and is considered a haven of leisure and adventure because it has 17 panoramic islands with long stretches of pristine white sand beaches, mystical caves, vast mangrove forest and under water sceneries.

🦋 CULTURE/S 🦋

• Culture Surigao is home to the Mamanwa ethnic tribe. Their dances are showcased in a local festival called "Bonok-Bonok", held at the feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino which is held annually on September 10. The Bonok-Bonok depicts the native folks' merry-making to show gratitude to God for bountiful harvest and good health.

🦋 BELIEF/S 🦋

the people of Surigao believe that there are many monsters and if you meet someone who is bent over and can't look at you directly, it's not us but it's a ghost. that is just one of the beliefs of the people of Surigao.

🦋 TRADITION/S🦋

•EVERY PEOPLE IN SURIGAO REQUIRE OR ALWAYS US A "PO" AND "OPO" TO GIVE A RESPECT TO THE OLDERS.

Just like other places in the Philippines, Surigao also celebrates festivals whole year round. Here are four major fiesta celebrations in Surigao that you should not miss.

•Sto. Niño de Bad-asay Fiesta. It’s a celebration for the  feast of the holy child Jesus Christ

•Sakay-Sakay Abayan Festival (June 1)
A procession at sea in honor of the Patron Saint of Barangay Taft, Virgen de la Paz y Buen Biaje.

•Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival (September 10)
Bonok-bonok maradjaw karadjaw festival is an award-winning cultural-religious festival highlighted by a street dance parade depicting the legends and lifestyle of the indigenous Mamanwa Tribes.

🦋 CUSTOM/S🦋

•IF SOMEONE HEAR USING A BISAYA WORD THEY WILL CALL YOU "KABABAYAN" AND HE/SHE WILL TREATS YOU LIKE A FAMILY.

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CULTURE

The culture is basically Visayan. The Waray-Waray are often stereotyped as brave warriors, as popularized in the tagline, “basta ang Waray, hindi uurong sa away” (Waray never back down from a fight.)

BELIEFS

The tribal Waray believed in many deities, or diwata. There were almost 50 gods or goddesses in Waray mythology, for everything from rainbows, greediness, time, flying creatures, and poison, to different worlds. There were also many rituals, since they believed there were spirits in everything around them.

Most Warays are Catholic, with a minority professing Protestantism, Islam, traditional Waray beliefs, or having no religion.

TRADITIONS

Fiestas are celebrated with prayer, food/drinking dance and music. Many Waray-Waray traditions can be traced to pre-colonial times. For example, the Kuratsa dance is a very popular traditional dance of the Waray-Waray at many social gatherings, especially weddings. It is very common throughout Samar.

The municipality of Jiabong celebrates the Tahong Festival every 17th day of May. Aside from its thriving mussel industry, Jiabong is also home to quite a number of cave systems. The most popular of which are the Panaghoyan Cave and the Lobo Cave.

CUSTOMS

It is rather apt to advocate that the Waray is imbued with courage, which is a quality of being brave. We are very well-known to have the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action.

Waray-Waray is one of the ten officially recognized regional languages in the Philippines and used in the local government. It is spoken throughout the islands especially in the Eastern Visayas region. But it is also spoken in some parts of Mindanao, Masbate, Sorsogon and Metro Manila where Warays went to.

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Alleah Marie Sano

💟Culture/s:
◾The essential components of Ilonggo culture are language, oral literature ,songs and dances, handicrafts, old churches and houses, and famous delicacies.

◾Iloilo also called "THE CITY OF LOVE " because Iloilo is home to the most loving, friendly, kind-hearted, and soft-spoken people.

◾The Dinagyang Festival is a famous and religious and cultural festival in Iloilo city.

◾The Ilonggo language is basically Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a.

💟Belief/s:

◾ RELIGION. Among the Hiligaynon, a pre-Christian belief system coexists with the Catholic one brought by the Spaniards. The two exert mutual influence on each other, as when the Santo Niño, the image of the Child Jesus as World Sovereign, is bathed to summon rain or attract good luck.

💟Tradition/s:
◾The Dinagyang Festival is one of the famous tradition in Iloilo city. The festival, which usually takes place on the fourth week of January.

◾Iloilo tradition to celebrate the religious feasts like the patronal fiestas, Flores de Mayo and Santacruzan.

💟Custom/s:
◾The Ilongos observed certain customs and traditions about birth, baptism, courtship and marriage, death and burial.

◾One of the most popular places in iloilo is "GARIN FARM" because it is customary for people to visit there especially during holy week and Christmas Vacation, because its all about passion of Christ.

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Aila Mae Mendoza

💟Culture/s: Pampanga is known as passion food because they can really cook, so that they call it as Culinary Capital of the Philippines.

💟Belief/s: Most kapampangan people are religious and love the good life. They can’t last a week without “malling,” movies and mahjong. They believe that when they have Nilagang pata to serve on the table when having an event that means they have a good life.

💟Tradition/s: Giant Lantern Festival dancing lights are being judge and display every Saturday before Christmas. The Sabuaga Festival in the town of Santo Tomas in Pampanga is an annual gathering of townsfolk where petals and confetti literally rain on the parade.

💟Custom/s: Kapampangans talk loud when they’re together. They enjoy listening to themselves and to the sound of their language.

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"Ganito kami sa Ilo-Ilo" - Anne Angeline F. Dangca

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"Ganito kami sa Ilo-Ilo" - Anne Angeline F. Dangca

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CULTURE
·Iloilo City prides itself on having a vibrant cultural and artistic ecosystem.The Dinagyang Festival —a religious spectacle featuring dancers with elaborate costumes and headdresses attracts tourists within and outside the Philippines who want to experience the Ilonggo version of merrymaking.
·The Ilonggo language is basically Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a, the latter with its numerous variations in the interior sections of the province.

BELIEF
·The Ilocanos have traditionally believed that most of man's illnesses are caused by spirits.

TRADITION
·Ilocanos have their own unique way of honoring their dead. The Ilocano Ritual of “Atang” is known as a food offering that is intended to drive away evil and malevolent spirits.

CUSTOM
·Also called as Iloilo’s “Aduana”, the Customs Building in Iloilo was built during the American colonial period. It is the second biggest Customs House after Manila’s.

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“KALIBO, AKLAN”

Culture

Celebrate the feast of the Sto. Nino every 3rd sunday of January.

People celebrate the Kalibo food festival.

People used to join the procession of the carozzas during holy week.

Search for the “Mutya ag lakan it Ati-atihan” as a pre-celebration for the Ati-atihan festival.

People used to go to church at dawn or “Simbang Gabi” during the Christmas Season.

People commemorate the heroism of the 19 martyrs of aklan who consecrated their lives in the cause of freedom against the colonizers.

Traditions of the Community:

From the historical point of view as far is tradition is concerned, the Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival in honor of the Sto. Niño is a pagan festival raised to the level of Christianity where human established customs and traditions were transformed in a collective display of faith.

Beliefs of the People

Long before the Ati-Atihan Festival was identified with the Sto. Niño, the Filipinos share a common belief in the redemptive role of the Sto. Niño in the life of a Christian.

The Diocesan Shrine of Kalibo dedicated to the Sto. Ninño becomes the center of the faith of the Aklanos and devotees every third Sunday of January each year.

Various practices such as thepalapak and the pahalik draw a multitude of faithful and believers to the shrine to venerate the image of the Holy Child, who, over the years, has become the image of God’s fatherly love to His children. The Holy Child’s innocent image brought comfort to countless souls in search of repose and solitude. And most of all, we, Filipinos have found refuge in the caring arms of a child who holds the world in His hands.

The Sto. Ninño in his simplicity reminds us subtly that in order for us to go to heaven, we must be like little children who are innocent from sin, oblivious to the wicked ways of this temporal world, and full of hope and trust in God, the Father of us all.

Celebrations of the Community

The Ati-Atihan Festival:

The Ati-Atihan Festival is a feast held annually in January in honor of the Santo Nino, concluding on the third Sunday, in the island and town of Kalibo, Aklan in the Philippines. The name “Ati-Atihan” means “to be like Aetas” or “make believe Ati’s.” Aetas were the primary settlers in the islands according to history books. They too are the earliest settlers of Panay Island where the province of Aklan is situated.

The festival consists of tribal dance, music, accompanied by indigenous costumes and weapons, and parade along the street. Christians, and non-Christians observe this day with religious processions.

Occasions of the Community

Kalibo Food Festival:

The food festival began in 1995 at Kalibo’s S. Martelino Street fronting the historic Kalibo Pastrana Park . Through the years, it has become a tourism come-on of the town, aside from the annual Señor Sto. Niño Ati-Atihan Festival every third week of January.

Products

Kalibo is also associated with piña cloth industry, perhaps the best example of superb handmade craft. Whatever fashioned into, handkerchiefs exquisitely embroidered, worn by women as delicate baro and protective panuelos sometimes with designs interwoven, or selected as ultra formal Barong Tagalog by the men, sheer piña immediately displays the fortitude and skill needed to leave together such fine fibers extracted from pineapple leaves.

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