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  2. Mano (gesture) - Wikipedia

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    President Rodrigo Duterte extends his hand to skater Margielyn Didal who showed a gesture of respect to the President on September 12, 2018. Mano is an "honouring-gesture" used in Filipino culture performed as a sign of respect to elders and as a way of requesting a blessing from the elder. Similar to hand-kissing, the person giving the greeting bows towards the hand of the elder and presses ...

  3. Cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In Laszlo Legeza's "Tantric elements in pre-Hispanic Philippines Gold Art", it is mentioned that gold jewelry of Filipino origin was found in Ancient Egypt. [49] According to Antonio Pigafetta , the people of Mindoro were skilled in mixing gold with other metals, giving it a natural appearance that often deceived even skilled silversmiths.

  4. Albularyo - Wikipedia

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    An albularyo is a "folk doctor" [3] commonly found in the more rural areas of the Philippines who heals people using herbs and traditional practices such as hilot or massage. Their services are considered either as a first or as a last resort for addressing illnesses. [ 4 ]

  5. Solutrean - Wikipedia

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    Analysis of genomics of Solutrean-related individuals has found that they are unrelated to ancient or modern Native Americans and are instead related to earlier Western European Cro-Magnons, particularly earlier Gravettian-producing individuals from France and Spain, as well to the producers of the subsequent Magdalenian culture.

  6. Kapampangan people - Wikipedia

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    The oldest artifact ever found in the Province of Pampanga is a 5000-year-old stone adze found in Candaba. It is said to be a tool used in building boats. Earthenware and tradeware dating back to 1500 BC have also been found in Candaba and Porac. [8] Farming and fishing were the main industries of the Kapampangan people.

  7. Solutrean hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Solutrean culture originated in present-day France, Spain and Portugal, from roughly 17,000 to 21,000 years ago. The Solutrean tool manufacturing epoch can be considered as the transitional stage between the flint tools of the Mousterian and the bone tools of the Magdalenian epochs, respectively. Solutrean tool-making employed techniques not ...

  8. Zamboangueño people - Wikipedia

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    The Zamboangueño or Chavacano people have their own kinship family system, cultural heritage including fiestas and siestas culture, which are hispanized in nature due to colonialism. There are still Subanon traits in their heritage, which is the basis for their ancestral roots.

  9. French people - Wikipedia

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    Henceforth, contrary to the German definition of a nation based on objective criteria, such as race or ethnic group, which may be defined by the existence of a common language, among other criteria, the people of France is defined as all the people living in the French nation-state and willing to do so, i.e. by its citizenship.