GROUP 1 MRNT S OF THE PHIL IPPINES AND T HE

THE CUL TURA L E LE

IDENTIFY THE USA
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• FILIPINO
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• ENGLISH
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• RELIGION IN THE PHILIPPINESA CHRISTIAN SHRINE IN THE PHILIPPINES (LYNG883/FLICKR)BY JACK MILLERTHE
PHILIPPINES PROUDLY BOASTS TO BE THE ONLY CHRISTIAN NATION IN ASIA. MORE THAN 86 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION IS ROMAN CATHOLIC, 6 PERCENT BELONG TO VARIOUS NATIONALIZED CHRISTIAN CULTS, AND
ANOTHER 2 PERCENT BELONG TO WELL OVER 100 PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE CHRISTIAN
MAJORITY, THERE IS A VIGOROUS 4 PERCENT MUSLIM MINORITY, CONCENTRATED ON THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF
MINDANAO, SULU, AND PALAWAN. SCATTERED IN ISOLATED MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS, THE REMAINING 2 PERCENT
FOLLOW NON-WESTERN, INDIGENOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES. THE CHINESE MINORITY, ALTHOUGH
STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT, HAS BEEN CULTURALLY INFLUENTIAL IN COLORING FILIPINO CATHOLICISM WITH
MANY OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF BUDDHISM, TAOISM, AND CONFUCIANISM.
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THE LARGEST RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES; MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF AMERICANS IDENTIFY AS
CHRISTIANS. A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF US IDENTIFY AS PROTESTANTS, ABOUT 23 PERCENT AS
CATHOLIC AND ABOUT 2 PERCENT AS MORMON.
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• CHICKEN ADOBO: THE FAMOUS FILIPINO DISHCHICKEN ADOBO IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FOODS TO
TRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, KNOWN AND LOVED BY EVERYONE.

• BALUT: THAT DUCK EMBRYO STREET FOOD SNACKNOW THIS BAD BOY ALWAYS RAISES EYEBROWS
WITH EVERY FOREIGNER.
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• APPLE PIETHE SAYING IS "AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE" FOR A REASON: THIS SWEET TREAT IS A NATIONAL INSTITUTION.
FORGET ANYBODY WHO WILL TRY TO TELL YOU PECAN OR KEY LIME IS BETTER, BECAUSE THEY ARE LYING. THE
SIMPLE COMBINATION OF SUGAR, BUTTERY PASTRY AND TART SLICED APPLES PRODUCES A DESSERT SO
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE HAVE DEVOTED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES TO PERFECTING IT. FOR A PARTICULARLY EXCELLENT
EXAMPLE, TRY THE APPLE PIE WITH ADDED GREEN CHILIES AT THE PIE-O-NEER, IN PIE TOWN, NEW MEXICO.

• THE HAMBURGEREVERY SINGLE AMERICAN WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA ABOUT WHERE TO FIND THE BEST
HAMBURGER IN THE COUNTRY, RANGING FROM FAST FOOD ON THE WEST COAST (IN-N-OUT BURGER) TO FINE
DINING IN NEW YORK (THE SPOTTED PIG). BUT ONLY ONE PLACE IS RECOGNISED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS
BEING THE BIRTHPLACE OF HAMBURGERS
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• KUBING THIS IS A JAW HARP MADE WITH BAMBOO AND IS ONE OF THE MORE WELL KNOWN TRADITIONAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. FOUND ALL THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES, THE DESIGN AND NAME OF THE
INSTRUMENT CHANGES FROM REGION TO REGION. MERANAO AND OTHER GROUPS IN SOUTHERN
MINDANAO CALL IT THE KUBING, WHILE THE TAGALOGS CALL IT BARMBAW. IT’S THE KULÁING FOR THE
KAPAMPANGANS, AND KINABAN FOR THE HANUNOO MANGYANS. THE IBALOI AND KALINGA CALLS IT
KODING, WHILE IT’S KNOWN AS THE ARODING IN PALAWAN. THIS INSTRUMENT IS KNOWN TO BE USED
AS A WAY FOR OUR ANCESTORS TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH SONG, ESPECIALLY DURING COURTSHIP.
THE KUBING IS PLAYED BY PLACING THE INSTRUMENT BETWEEN THE LIPS AND THE END IS PLUCKED TO
CREATE DIFFERENT NOTES AND SOUND, DEPENDING ON THE TEMPO AND RHYTHM OF THE PLUCKING.
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• PIANO IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT 21 MILLION AMERICANS PLAY THE PIANO! NO WONDER IT IS NUMBER 1 ON
OUR LIST. THE PIANO IS POSSIBLY THE MOST VERSATILE OF ALL INSTRUMENTS BECAUSE IT IS PLAYED IN ALMOST EVERY
GENRE AND CAN BE ACCOMPANIED OR PLAYED SOLO. IT WILL TAKE PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION TO PLAY WELL, BUT
ONCE YOU MASTER IT, YOU MAY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT PURSUING A CAREER! IF YOU CHOOSE TO PLAY PIANO, MOST
EXPERTS WILL ADVISE STARTING WITH A MORE TRADITIONAL PIANO OVER AN ELECTRIC ONE. IF YOUR CHILD IS
INTERESTED IN PIANO, STARTING AT AGE 6 IS THE BEST

• GUITARTHE GUITAR COMES IN AT A CLOSE SECOND BECAUSE OF ITS OWN VERSATILITY, COST, AND THE FACT THAT IT CAN BE
ACCOMPANIED OR PLAYED SOLO. WHILE THE PIANO HAS BEEN POPULAR FOR GENERATIONS, THE RISE OF ROCK AND POP
MUSIC HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO THE POPULARITY OF THE GUITAR. YOU CAN PLAY ACOUSTIC, ELECTRIC, OR BASS GUITAR.
AND LIKE THE PIANO, EXPERTS ADVISE AGE 6 AS THE BEST STARTING AGE FOR LEARNING TO PLAY.
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• TINIKLING IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE PHILIPPINES' NATIONAL DANCE. THE DANCE'S
MOVEMENTS IMITATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE TIKLING BIRD AS IT WALKS AROUND THROUGH TALL
GRASS AND BETWEEN TREE BRANCHES. PEOPLE PERFORM THE DANCE USING BAMBOO POLES. THE
DANCE IS COMPOSED OF THREE BASIC STEPS WHICH INCLUDE SINGLES, DOUBLES AND HOPS. IT
LOOKS SIMILAR TO PLAYING JUMP ROPE, EXCEPT THAT THE DANCERS PERFORM THE STEPS AROUND
AND BETWEEN THE BAMBOO POLES, AND THE DANCE BECOMES FASTER UNTIL SOMEONE MAKES A
MISTAKE AND THE NEXT SET OF DANCERS TAKES A TURN.
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• .BALLETBALLET DANCERSCEDRIC RIBEIRO / GETTY IMAGEBALLET ORIGINATED IN THE 15TH CENTURY,

FIRST IN ITALY AND THEN IN FRANCE. OVER THE CENTURIES, BALLET HAS INFLUENCED MANY OTHER
STYLES OF DANCE AND BECOME A FINE ART FORM IN ITS OWN RIGHT. THERE ARE THREE BASIC STYLES:
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• LUPANG HINIRANG
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