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It’s only been a month since school in the Philippines resumed, but requests for more Filipino riddles (bugtong) have been pouring in our inbox. See, it’s one of the most popular assignment, it’s quite fun (sometimes easy) to guess, and the 100 riddles we have in stock don’t seem enough.
So, here are more […]
Just like the proverbs of King Solomon, the Philippine version of proverbs (salawikain) have been used since time immemorial to teach wisdom to the young and those who go astray.
Here are some more Philippine proverbs and the Tagalog translation. I alos added some explanations where needed.
1. Gaano man ang tibay ng piling abaka, […]
The new version of the Panatang Makabayan (Philippine patriotic oath) retains many of the original lines. Some words have been changed, and it seems shorter in general.
I miss the last lines of the old version:
Sisikapin kong maging isang tunay na Pilipino,sa isip, sa salita at sa gawa.
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Here’s how the old version of Panatang Makabayan, the Philippine patriotic oath, sounds. This video is reportedly shown in movie houses all over the Philippines.
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When I was a student, the singing of the national anthem was invariably followed by a recitation of the Philippine patriotic oath, “Panatang Makabayan“. This is the Panatang Makabayan as I recited it then:
Panatang Makabayan (old version)
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas.Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan.Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi.Ako’y kanyang kinukupkop at tinutulungan,Upang maging malakas, […]
A number of you have asked us for the lyrics and notes to the Philippine National Anthem, Lupang Hinirang. We have the lyrics here, and the rendition here. And you’ll find the notes if you click the image below:
via David’s National Anthems
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The Philippine school year is well under way. Classes in schools under the Department of Education started on June 10. All others, including colleges and universities, may vary but not by many days.
The start of classes was always a fun time for me. I love the smell of new pencils and notebooks. The clean […]
June 10, 2008 is the official start of the new school year in the Philippines. Millions of schoolchildren will be trooping back to their classrooms for another year of learning. I hope they had a good summer vacation and look forward to a productive year ahead.
Back to school sales are the norm at this […]
Come mid-June, the school year is about to resume in the Philippines. These days, students are checking off their lists like crazy, and buying notebooks, pens, crayons, pad papers. They would be hunting for used books or borrowing from older friends and neighbors. Parents would be going to Divisoria to buy school uniforms for their […]
May is just around the corner. With its coming, little girls and lovely ladies are all a-twitter, as they prepare for the month-long celebrations collectively known as Flores de Mayo (Flowers of May).
The religious celebration is a big event for many towns. Traditionally, it is a way to give thanks to God and to the […]
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