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Polo y servicio was the forced labor system without compensation [1] imposed upon the local population in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. [2] In concept, it was similar to Repartimiento, a forced labor system used in the Spanish America.
The Sangguniang Barangay, known in English as the Barangay Council [note 1] is the local government of a barangay, the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. ...
Depiction of Lam-Ang, the protagonist of Biag ni Lam-Ang, an Ilocano epic.. Philippine epic poetry is the body of epic poetry in Philippine literature.Filipino epic poetry is considered to be the highest point of development for Philippine folk literature, encompassing narratives that recount the adventures of tribal heroes.
"Sa Ugoy ng Duyan" (literally in Tagalog: "In the Rocking of the Cradle"; official English title: "The Sway of the Baby Hammock" [1]) is a Filipino lullaby. The music was composed by Lucio San Pedro while the lyrics were written by Levi Celerio . [ 1 ]
Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs. [1] The lyrics of the kundiman are written in Tagalog.The melody is characterized by a smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals.
Halo-halo made in San Diego County, California. Halo-halo, also spelled haluhalo, Tagalog for "mixed", is a popular cold dessert in the Philippines made up of crushed ice, evaporated milk or coconut milk, and various ingredients including side dishes such as ube jam (), sweetened kidney beans or garbanzo beans, coconut strips, sago, gulaman (), pinipig, boiled taro or soft yams in cubes, flan ...
unás or sugarcane stalks. Basí is a traditional fermented alcoholic beverage with 10-16% alcoholic by volume produced by the Ilocano people in Northern Luzon, Philippines. . It is made from unás (), specifically bennál (sugarcane juice), combined with natural additives and a fermentation starter called gamú, a plant ingredients that make for fermenting as well as coloring agents in basi ...
The Palarong Pambansa (Filipino for "National Games") is an annual multi-sport event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines.The event, started in 1948, is organized and governed by the Department of Education.