Blog Posts on filipino culture
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Encountering an Aswang by The Pinoy Warrior on Feb 5, 2012I don't want to meet an aswang. I bet many don't want to either. Walking alone at night on a dark "eskinita" then suddenly an aswang appears scenario is something that doesn't happen very often especially nowadays in the metropolitan cities. Aside fr...
Most Exposed Filipino Movie Artists by The Pinoy Warrior on Feb 4, 2012Jose Nepumuceno, Father of Filipino MoviesWe Filipinos love movies. This love for movies is something very interesting about the Philippines. For decades since the movie industry of the country started, it has been a great source of entertainment for...
All About Agimat by The Pinoy Warrior on Jan 28, 2012There is something about the Philippines that we share with all the other cultures in the world. Man has always been fascinated by the supernatural and have longed to harness its powers. It has been believed that thru certain rituals, a supernatural...
Spanish-Philippine Caste System by The Pinoy Warrior on Jan 23, 2012In India, the caste system is very inconvenient. You have to die and get reincarnated before you can either move up or move down the caste. There's hope if you believe in reincarnation, but what if you don't? In the Spanish times here in the Philippi...
Spanish-Filipino Caste System by The Pinoy Warrior on Jan 23, 2012In India, the caste system is very inconvenient. You have to die and get reincarnated before you can either move up or move down the caste. There's hope if you believe in reincarnation, but what if you don't? In the Spanish times here in the Philippi...
travel tip: we don't say hello. by travel junkie manila on Jan 16, 2012“We don’t really say hello,” I’d answer when asked how to say that seemingly universal greeting in Filipino. “We nod or we smile. There is no direct translation. What we do, instead, is ask how you are. Kamusta ka?” After giving this expl...
Teka, Di ba Ako ang Nauna? by Definitely Filipino on Jan 14, 2012Teka, Di ba Ako ang Nauna? Napabulalas ako isang araw no’ng ako’y pumila sa isang drugstore doon sa Avenida Gumising ng maaga upang bumili ng vitamins para sa aking asawa. May isang Ale na pumunta sa una, malakas ang boses, tinawag ang ka...
The Feast of the Black Nazarene! by The Rock Land on Jan 9, 2012This is the actual scenario taking place every 9TH day of January in Quiapo Church, Manila:The place seems like a sea of million people!Every year, million devotees gather around the church of Quiapo for the annual feast and procession of the Black N...
Top Things To Do in Manila by Filipina Explorer on Jan 9, 2012I must've said Manila will always be home to me a hundred times - regardless if all my IDs already says "Bulakenya". Despite its flaws - streets in disarray, the countless peddlers and its poverty-and-corruption-tinged reputation - I would alway...
Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo » Faith or Fanaticism? by Yodisphere.com on Jan 9, 2012"When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band. He said, "Son, when you grow up, would you be the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned?" He said "Will you defeat them, your demons, and all the non believ...
