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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, […]
Translated from Spanish for “within the walls”, the 400-year old city called Intramuros was once the seat of power in the Philippines. Within its walls, Intramuros displayed the best of Spain in the newly conquered archipelago of the Philippines.
Intramuros was designed after a star fort (very flat structure composed of many triangular bastions, specifically […]
Just look at these numbers!
Of the more than nine million registered users of Multiply, 2.2 million are Filipinos, outnumbering even nationalities with a bigger population base such as the United States, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brazil.
Of the two million photos uploaded to the Multiply every day, one million belong to Filipinos.
Of Multiply’s monthly page views […]
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On June 7, 2008, Filipino and Filipino-American writers whose works appear in the anthology will be at the Evanston Public […]
The best way I can explain the importance to you, is with this question: Can you imagine wanting to share a story, a thought or a belief with forty people and preparing what you had to say, choosing the right words and nervously approaching them and then saying what you had to say, you say […]
The People Power Revolution of 1986 is being remembered through a production in Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM). The play, called People Power, started on April 12 and will run through May 11, 2008. It is a collaboration between Carlos Bulosan Theatre and TPM.
The production stars writer/performers Leon Aureus, Rose Cortez, Nicco Lorenzo Garcia, Christine […]
Why is it that many Filipinos fear the English language? Students are intimidated by it. Graduates feel that they have to be perfect at it in order to be considered smart and educated.
We fear it, thus we elevate it. It has become a status symbol. Filipino beauty queens are expected to be able to […]
April 9 is celebrated in the Philippines as “Bataan Day“. Yeah I know, that was one day ago. But remembering it should not only be for that day, once a year.
Bataan Day, also known as the “Fall of Bataan” or “Araw ng Kagitingan” (Day of Valor), is an national holiday that relives the […]
This is from Victor, one of the active participants in our most popular post.
Enjoy the humor! Here are some English-Tagalog (mis)translations:
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