blair+fiddyment

philippines By: Blair Fiddyment



The population of the Philippines in 2010 was 93,260,798. The money used in the Philippines is Resos. The main religion is catholic. The main languages spoken are English and Pilipino. Over 2000 people enter the Philippines every day.



Traditional clothing

Women wear dresses when it’s hot .Men wear shorts, shirts and thongs.

Food Their favourite foods are vegetables and seafood. They cook on fire and wooden stoves. They eat chicharon-deep fried pork/chicken, bibingka-rice cake, ensaymado-sweet roll.

The Arts

Tinkling dance is a folk dance with bamboo sticks. The skilling dance is used in accompaniment with steps being performed. The music styles in the Philippines have a European (Spanish) and American influence. Hip hop to pop music. Filipino rock and Filipino reggae also have a major following. Traditional forms of painting based on the 17th Century painting style. Weaving and Pottering also are common. Also, Wooden art.

Festivals and Celebrations They celebrate Christmas, Lent, Holy week, Ati Atihan, fiestas, independence day, palm Sunday, good Friday, Ramadan, Hari Ray,Paya Day, sarisidro Day. Rituals, Customs and Beliefs Philippine people plant three rows of corn each week at sundown. Sticks are never used when planting cassava. Sport and Leisure Activities Basket ball, boxing, golf, bowling, jai alai (a type of handball game), sipa (trying to keep the ball in the air) and pado seb. Conclusion Goorgies – restaurant the buffalo club and clothing shop dressage. The Philippines’ influence Australian cooking. **Bibliography:- ** Google images <span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: en-au; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: 'times new roman'; msobidifontsize: 26.0pt; msobidilanguage: ar-sa; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: calibri; msofareastlanguage: en-us; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin;">[|www.buzzle.com]media type="youtube" key="XwCv51zsN58" width="425" height="350"