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Sampaguita garland vendors outside a Catholic school in Pateros, Manila. Its most widespread modern common name "sampaguita" is derived from the Philippine Spanish sampaguita; from Tagalog sampaga ("jasmine", a direct loanword from the Indian sanskrit word campaka), and the Spanish diminutive suffix -ita.
Philippines: Jasminum sambac is the national flower. Adopted in 1935, it is known as "sampaguita" in the islands. It is usually strung in garlands which are then used to adorn religious images. [36] Thailand: Jasmine flowers are used as a symbol of motherhood. [37] Tunisia: The national flower of Tunisia is jasmine.
Maria Teresa Alfonso, also known as Tessy Alfonso and better known by her stage name Sampaguita, is a Pinoy rock singer from the Philippines, active during the 1970s and 1980s. Sampaguita had released several albums and songs that went successful and are now considered classics. She is also dubbed as the "Queen of Filipino rock music."
The poems were written in the Spanish language by Pedro Paterno, a Filipino poet, novelist, politician, [1] and former seminarian. [2] The Tagalog word sampaguita (uses the Spanish-style spelling of "sampagita") in the title of the book refers to the Jasminum sambac, a species of jasmine that is native to the Philippines and other parts of ...
O! paraluman, mutyang Sampaguita, Larawang mistula ng mga dalaga; Ikaw ang tanging bituin Hiraman ng kanilang ganda. Ang iyong talulot Ang siyang tunay na sagisag Ng sa dalagang puso'y wagas, Kayumian at pagkamatapat. Lovely bloom of the Sampaguita By my Philippine maid beloved, Not a flow'r in the world is sweeter As you circle her lovely brow!
In 2004, a motion was filed in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to declare the waling-waling as the country's national flower, replacing the sampaguita. [9] [10] In 2013, a bill was passed by the Philippine Senate declaring the waling-waling as a national flower alongside the sampaguita. [11]
Sampaguita" (also known as "La Flor de Manila"), a 19th-century musical composition by Dolores Paterno. Sampaguita (singer), a female rock singer from the Philippines. Sampaguita, a song from Limasawa Street, the debut album of a Filipino band Ben&Ben. Sampaguita, a single of a Filipino band juan karlos featuring Gloc-9.
Manila sound is styled as catchy and melodic, with smooth, lightly orchestrated, accessible folk/soft rock, sometimes fused with funk, light jazz and disco.However, broadly speaking, it includes quite a number of genres (e.g. pop, vocal music, soft rock, folk pop, disco, soul, Latin jazz, funk etc.), and should therefore be best regarded as a period in Philippine popular music rather than as a ...