MY CULTURE TALK

A Look at the Philippines

By Isabella Alpert

WHERE IS THE PHILIPPINES?

The Philippines is located in Southeast Asia. There are seven thousand one hundred seven islands that

make up the Philippines. There are eighty four million people that live in the

Philippines. The capital of the Philippines is Manila.

This is a picture of Manila.

This is a picture of a jeepney. A jeepney is a type of Filipino bus which can be found all over the city of Manila.

This is a Filipino beach.

This is a picture of a volcano in the Philippines, called Mount Pinatubo. It last erupted in 1991

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES

In the year of 1521,a famous explorer named Ferdinand Magellan, claimed the Philippines for Spain. Ferdinand named the Philippines after King Philip the Second.

The red line shows the path Ferdinand took. He was killed in the Philippines by an angry Filipino mob.

MORE INTERESTING FACTS

Tinikling is a Filipino dance that involves two people beating and tapping bamboo poles. While one or more people dance over the poles.

TINIKLING VIDEO

FILIPINO ARTIFACTS Many Filipinos decorate their kitchens or

dining rooms with giant fork and spoon. This symbolizes good heath and a happy family.

FILIPINO CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD

The Filipinos created the yoyo. The yoyo was originally created as a hunting tool.

The helped Filipinos created karaoke. Robert Del Rosario invented the karaoke machine. Filipinos love karaoke.

FAMILY PHOTOS These are pictures of my

family at my tita’s and tito’s 50th wedding anniversary. A tita is an aunt and a tito is an uncle. The men are wearing barongs. A barong is a pineapple leaf fiber shirt that men wear on special occasions.

PHOTOS OF FILIPINO FOOD These are pictures of Filipino

food. On the right we have lechon. Lechon is a whole roasted pig. On the bottom from left to right is Filipino deserts, pancit, and persimmons. Pancit is a noodle dish that sometimes made with egg, shrimp, carrots, beef. Every Filipino party has to have pancit because the long noodles symbols long life.

MY FILIPINO FOOD SAMPLE Pan De Ube is a sweet bread made out of:

Enriched Flour, Yam, Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin, Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Water, Sugar, Egg, Powered Milk, Milk Protein, Concentrate, Nonfat Dry Milk, Lactose, Yeast, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Soybean, Cottonseed, Palm, Coconut, Salt, FD, C Yellow 4 and 5, and Soy.

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