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The art of constellation and cosmic reading and interpretation is a fundamental tradition among all Filipino ethnic groups, and the stars are used to interpret for communities to conduct farming, fishing, festivities, and other important activities.
Motto. Sport and martial art. Tree. Philippines portal. v. t. e. The Philippines is home to several folk dances such as Tinikling, Pandanggo, Cariñosa, and Subli. Dance has integrated itself in Philippine society over the course of many years and is imbedded in Philippine culture.
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area. [1] The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
Samaon Sulaiman, a Filipino musician who is a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award (Philippines). Zacaria Candao, a Filipino politician who served as the first governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Zamzamin Ampatuan, a Filipino career bureaucrat. Datu Amir Baraguir, twenty-fifth Sultan of Sultanate of Maguindanao.
Blaan people. A Blaan woman from Sarangani playing the jew mouth harp. The Blaan people, [9][a] are one of the indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao in the Philippines. Their name could have derived from "bla" meaning "opponent" and the suffix "an" meaning "people". According to a 2021 genetic study, the Blaan people also have Papuan admixture.
Philippine folk music. Harana band a traditional way of serenade in the Philippines. The traditional music of the Philippines reflects the Philippines' diverse culture, originating from more than 100 ethnolinguistic groups and shaped by a widely varying historical and sociocultural milieu. [1]
Spanish depiction of the tattoos of the Visayan Pintados ("the painted ones") of the Philippines in the Boxer Codex (c. 1590), one of the earliest depictions of native Austronesian tattoos by European explorers. Traditional tattoos on a Kalinga woman. Batok, batek, patik, batik, or buri, among other names, are general terms for indigenous ...
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.