The arrival of the Spaniards in 1565 brought Spanish culture and language. The Spanish conquerors established a strict class system that was based on race and soon imposed Roman Catholicism on the native population. Augustinian and Franciscan missionaries, accompanied by Spanish soldiers soon spread Christianity from island to island. Their mission was made easier by the forced relocation of indigenous peoples during this time, as the uprooted natives turned to the foreign, structured religion as the new center of their lives. The priests and friars preached in local languages and e ...

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Written and oral Iloko literature is believed to have started even before the Spaniards arrived in the Ilocos region in 1572. The ancient Ilokano poets expressed themselves in folk and war songs as well as the dallot, an improvized, versified and at times impromptu long poem delivered in a sing-song manner. During the Spanish regime, Iloko poetry was generally patterned after Spanish models. In fact, the earliest known written Iloko poems were the romances translated from Spanish by Francisco Lopez, an Augustinian friar who, in 1621, published his own Iloko translation of the Doctrina ...

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Balagtas learned to write poetry from Jose dela Cruz (Huseng Sisiw), one of the most famous poets of Tondo. It was Jose dela Cruz himself who personally challenged Balagtas to improve his writing. In 1835, Kiko moved to Pandacan, where he met Maria Asuncion Rivera, who would effectively serve as the muse for his future works. She is referenced in Florante at Laura as 'Celia' and 'MAR'. Balagtas' affections for Celia were challenged by the influential Mariano Capule. Capule won the battle for Celia when he used his ...

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Born in the town of Bigaa (now Balagtas), in the province of Bulacan, Francisco Balagtas was the youngest of the four children. His parents were the blacksmith, Juan Baltazar, and his wife, Juana dela Cruz. He was nicknamed Kiko, while his siblings were named Felipe, Concha, and Nicholasa. Balagtas was eleven years old when he moved to Tondo, Manila. His aunt, Doña Trinidad, was impressed with his diligence, and sponsored his studies at Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Colegio de San Jose. In 1812, he graduated with degrees in Crown Law, Spanish, Latin, Physic ...

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The Customs and Traditions of the Philippines are strongly influenced by the culture of Spain, Mexico and the Roman Catholic religion. Each year, Filipinos from around the country hold major festivities known as Barrio Fiesta which commemorate the patron saints of the town, villages and regional districts. The festival season is celebrated with church ceremonies, street parades in honor of the patron saints, fireworks, beauty and dance contests for generations of old and new, and cockfighting tournaments. Culture of the ...

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Although the greatest linguistic impact and wordloans have been from Spanish to the languages of the Philippines, the Filipino languages have also loaned some words to Spanish. The following words can be found in the DRAE, "Diccionario de la Lengua Española, Real Academia Española" (Diccionary of the Spanish language, Royal Academy of the Spanish Language). carabao barangay yoyo abaca cogon - a grass. sampaguita- a flower gumamela - a flower baguio - typhoon ...

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Since the Philippines was administered by New Spain (Mexico) rather than Spain herself during the colonial period, the Spanish language as it was once spoken in the Philippines had a greater affinity to Mexican Spanish (ie. Spanish as spoken in Mexico) rather than that of European Spanish (as spoken in Spain) and indigenous Philippine languages. Spanish in the Philippines - Phonology. There are tendencies to Raise the mid vowels /o/ and /e/, Insert a glottal stop [/] before stressed s ...

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Ilokano writers have also published their works in foreign countries. One of the most popular authors of Ilocano ancestry abroad was the late Carlos Bulosan, a California immigrant born to Ilokano parents in Pangasinan. And currently, the most internationally translated Filipino author is an Ilokano from Rosales, Pangasinan--Francisco Sionil Jose, popularly known as F. Sionil Jose. He is famous for his Rosales saga, a five-novel work about an Ilokano clan, virtually documenting Philippine history from Spanish time to the years of the Marcos administration. The novels, ...

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Main article: GUMIL Filipinas On October 19, 1968, GUMIL Filipinas (Ilokano Writers Association of the Philippines) was organized in Baguio City. Arturo M. Padua, then mayor of Sison, Pangasinan, was elected president. The officers took their oath of office before President Ferdinand E. Marcos. GUMIL Filipinas or Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas, Inc., was incorporated and ...

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There are approximately 4,000 Spanish words in Tagalog, and around 6,000 Spanish words in Visayan and other dialects. The Spanish counting system, calendar, time, etc are still in use with slight modifications. Archaic Spanish words have been preserved in Tagalog and the other vernaculars such as pera (perra - coins), sabon [jabón (the j used to be pronounced as in French and Portuguese:'jsh' or roughly the j sound in beige or garage) - soap], relos [reloj (with the j sound) - watch], kwarta (cuarta), etc. The Spaniards and the ...

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Culture of the Philippines - Major festivals. The Black Nazarene procession in Quiapo and Manila. The Fiesta del Santo Niño de Cebu (Festival of the Child Jesús) and Sinulog in the Visayas and Mindanao region. The Ati-Atihan Carnival, also in Visayas region. The Peñafrancia Festival in Naga City, Bicol Region. Except for the Peñafrancia Festival which is celebrated on the thrid Saturday and Sunday of September, all are celebrated ...

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See also List of Filipinos. Chinese Filipino Japanese Filipino Filipino Americans * Filipino Canadians * Andres Bonifacio Antonio Fortich Apolinario Mabini Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. * ** Arturo Tolentino Benigno Aquino Benigno Aquino Jr. Benigno Aquino III Blas Ople Camilo Osias Carlos P. Garcia Carlos P. Romulo Claro M. Recto Corazon Aquino Datu Sikatuna < ...

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List of Philippine-related topics - Events and history. List of Philippine-related topics - Pre-colonial period. Pre-colonial Philippines Laguna Copperplate Inscription Datu List of Philippine-related topics - Spanish colonization. Battle of Mactan List of Philippine-related topics - Philippine Revolution. Cry of Pugad Lawin Battle of Manila Bay Spanish-American War Phi ...

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Filipinos cook a variety of national food influenced by both Castillian-Mexican and Asian cuisines such as: Adobo typically pork, slow-cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, crushed garlic, bay leaves, and black pepper corns lechon (whole roast pig) lechon baka (roast cattle) chorizo sausages asado menudo chicharon torta empanadas adobong baboy adobong manok tsokolate (chocolate) polvoron pan de sal (breadrolls) m ...

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Sipa and cockfighting are the national sports in the Philippines. Other popular recreational sports include boxing, billiard, basketball, chess, ten-pin bowling and soccer. Boxing, billiard, basketball and soccer are popular among Filipinos, with virtually every barangay or barrio in the country having at least one boxing ring , billiard table, basketball court and soccer field. The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was founded in 1975. The sports where the Filipinos have gained enormous international success are boxing, billiar ...

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Includes former regions. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bicol Region Cagayan Valley CALABARZON Caraga Central Luzon Central Visayas Cordillera Administrative Region Davao Region Eastern Visayas Ilocos Region Metro Manila MIMAROPA Northern Mindanao SOCCSKSARGEN Southern Tagalog Western Visayas Zamboanga Peninsula List of Philippine ...

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Main Article: Superstitions of the Philippines and Philippine Mythology Before the coming of the Spaniards and the introducing of Roman Catholicism, the indigenous inhabitants were adherents of animism, or the worship of nature. As in Roman Catholicism, their pre-Hispanic beliefs consisted of a hierarchy of gods, goddesses, and spirits which bear resemblance to that of Roman Catholicism, which is why the latter has been accepted easily by the inhabitants. Bathala was the supreme God of the Tagalogs, represented by the arawSee also:

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Ironically, a greater portion of Spanish literature by native Filipinos was written during the American commonwealth period because the Spanish language was still predominant for the Filipino intellectuals. One of the major Philippine writers (Claro Mayo Recto continued writing in Spanish until 1946. Other well know Spanish writers, especially during the American period were Isidro Marfori, Cecilio Apostol(Pentelicas, 1941), Fernando Ma. Guerrero (Crisalidas, 1914), Gaspar Aquino de B ...

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Compared to other Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines has very few artifacts that show evidence of writing. However literacy was widespread in Luzon when the Spaniards came in 1571 with a script called Baybayin or Alibata. The Spaniards recorded that people in Manila and other places wrote on bamboo and specially prepared palm leaves using knives and styli. They were using the ancient Tagalog script which had 17 basic symbols, three of which were the vowels a, i, and u. Each basic consonantal symbol had the inhere ...

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