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WorksheetsCustoms and Traditions 3rd
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 20mins
(a) are ideas and beliefs that are passed down from generation to generation.
(a) are habitual, accepted everyday behaviors. People have been doing them for a very long time.
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Celebrated on January 9
A million devotees come to Quiapo to show their PANATA (vow) to the Lord.
People take part in the procession that usually take 18 hrs to touch the Black Nazarene.
Touching the Black Nazarene brings miraculous and bring healing and answered prayers.
It was carved from mesquite wood by a Mexican sculptor so the image was dark skinned.
Traditional celebration in Cebu City held every 3rd Sunday of January.
This is to honor the Santo Nino de Cebu (Baby Jesus)
Status of baby Jesus give to Rajah Humabon of Cebu in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan.
Cebuano word "sulog" which means "like water current movement"
It depicts the forward-backward step of the Sinulog dance.
Ati-Atihan means “to imitate Ati” the local
This was a pagan celebration to commemorate the Barter of Panay.
Aeta accepted gifts from Datu to escape a cruel ruler
Show grateful to exchange for being allowed to dwell in Aeta's lands.
Festival held in honor of Santo Nino every 3rd Sunday of January
Held in Kalibo, Aklan
Annual flower festival in Baguio City celebrated in Feb
“panagbenga” means “season of blooming.”
Floats that are decorated with flowers
a month-long celerbation promoting Commerce and Cultural Development
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festival held on Holy Week on Marinduque
Longinus, roman soldier who was blind eye pierced the side of Jesus
Blood of Jesus fully restored his sight.
Longinus converted to Christianity.
Farmers and Fishermen dressed in colorful Roman costumes and masks as a form of penitence.
cultural-religious celebration in Tacloban
based on the
body-painting traditions of the ancient tattooed “pintados” warriors.
Merrymaking and thanking their gods for a good harvest.
Procession of masked participants reenacting the passion of Christ.
Tradition includes the use of wooden swords and shields.
Festivities culminate in a dramatic play depicting the life of Longinus.
re-conceptualizing the festivity to honor Child Jesus
a week-long festival held each year in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental province
festival features colorful parades and colorfully-masked dancers.
“mass” meaning “many” and “kara” meaning “faces”
Festival of Many Faces
Bacolod known as the City of Smiles - parades many smiling masks
festival held annually in Angono, Rizal
hundreds of giant paper mache puppets are paraded
Parade represents people's mockery of the bad land owners during Spanish rule.
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yearly festival celebrated in December, on a Saturday in San Fernando, Pampanga.
a competition of giant parol lanterns
Lanterns are transformed like gigantic glowing stars with rotors that plays Christmas melodies
San Fernando is known as “Christmas Capital of the Philippines
celebrated in honor of a feast day of a town’s patron saint.
A grand mass is celebrated and there are parades or processions around the town.
People prepare huge feasts, and visitors from near and far come together in celebration
starts on n Palm Sunday and Easter
the most solemn, most quiet time of the Year.
People did not listen to music, did not work, and would not even bathe during good Friday
welcome the new year with sparklers, firecrackers, and ‘torotot’
Children jump as high as they can hoping they will get taller
prepare 12 round fruits at dinner to symbolize money and prosperity.
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two people are united in marriage.
people used to throw rice at newlyweds after their wedding as a sign of good fortune.
Guests usually throw petals
Held in churches, gardens, and beaches
hold wakes for a long period of time
hold prayers and masses
observe the 9 th day and the 40th day after the death of a loved one
Christians believe on those days the spirit of our dead beloved goes up to heaven.
(a) is a gesture used in Filipino culture performed as a sign of respect to elders and as a way of accepting a blessing from the elders.
(a) literally means “ (b) ” and it refers to a fundamental aspect of Filipino culture: working together as a community to achieve a common goal.
(a) is to ensure that their visitors feel at ease during their stay. " (b) " is an expression of hospitality by Filipinos towards their guests, offering or inviting them to eat. This simply means "Eat first“.
