Talk:Culture of the Philippines
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[edit] Language
Where do I find a list of Languages of the Philippines with number of speakers? -- Error 22:34, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC) -- World Almanac (for languages with >1m speakers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.131.113.154 (talk) 09:07, August 21, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] presidents
[edit] University of Santo Tomas
Anyone familiar with this university, please offer your opinions at Talk:University of Santo Tomas, regarding a long slow-motion edit war. -- Curps 00:14, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] No mention of their movies?
Are Filipino movies mentioned anywhere else? I'll make a stub mention here. Gronky 17:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Culture
Can someone please enumerate the myths regarding Philippine culture, such as the myth of the Barong Tagalog as a slave shirt?
[edit] Culture
I think you should have types of food that contains to their culture. 207.69.138.137 16:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC) Alexis —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.69.138.137 (talk) 16:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Belief section
Ninuno, or the ancient ancestors, were the people who taught Filipinos/tagalogs who will be in the future; they believed in the supreme God. The last statement "they believed in the supreme God" is very confusing. Does it apply to Ninuno or Filipinos/tagalogs or both? Also this section needs to be cleaned up a bit so that its chronological order is seamless. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Getonyourfeet (talk • contribs) 11:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC).
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- this is really stupid there is no good information here now i have to go back to google!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Un-academic. Rigged with biases. An abuse of freedom of speech. Irresponsible. A total waste of time.
- Some sections has no relevant content especially the arts, culture and music section. Other sections contain confusing generalization or are very confined to limited information. I suggest historians from our universities to spend some time fixing this article. The world is reading this article to know about our culture. Please give this article the sufficient information for everybody's sake. UST, UP, PLM, La Salle, Ateneo, can you read this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.217.41.28 (talk) 07:56, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
- thank you for wasting my time...............this web is really a waste of time and very stupid......................fuck you..........will please close this stupid website.......it is such a waste.........eat my butt.......
[edit] Request expansion for arts, culture and music
I know it's been along time since the television, movie, music section has been updated but it does need to be filled up or consolidated. I see a lot of potential like examples of Filipino comedy and game shows and romantic videos. Try to provide a teaser into larger section. — 6etonyourfeet\t\c 05:12, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Changes to lead section
I've made some cleanup changes to the lead section:
- Changed "The culture of the Philippines reflects the complexity of the History of the Philippines through the blending of pre-Hispanic indigenous civilizations and the culture of Spain and Mexico, imparted during Spain's 333 year colonial rule of the islands, mostly from Mexico City, the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain." to "The culture of the Philippines reflects the complexity of the History of the Philippines through the blending of the culture of pre-Hispanic indigenous civilizations with characteristics introduced via foreign influences." and broke the paragraph after this introductory sentence.
- Continued in a new paragraph: "Spanish colonization of the Philippines, governed from Mexico, lasted for more than three centuries, thus there is a significant amount of Spanish-Mexican influence in many facets of the Filipino custom and tradition."
- Changed "Hispanic influence are most visible ..." to "Hispanic influences are most visible ...". Alternatively, it could be "Hispanic influence is most visible ...".
- Changed "Most of the present celebrated religious traditions ..." to "Most of the presently celebrated religious traditions ..."
- Changed "... mixture of both Roman Catholic, Pagan and indigenous religious rituals" to ... "mixture of Roman Catholic, Pagan and indigenous religious rituals"
- Changed "As an example, each year, towns from around the country hold major festivities known as Barrio fiestas which commemorate the patron saints of each town, villages or regional districts." to "As an example, towns from around the country annually hold major festivities known as Barrio fiestas to commemorate local Catholic patron saints."
- Changed "The festival season is celebrated with church ceremonies, with street parades (in honor of the patron saints." th "The festival season is celebrated with church ceremonies and with street parades in honor of the patron saints." and broke the paragraph after that sentence.
- Removed sentences which read "Many Filipino customs are of Indian origin. Among them are the following: placing a sampaguita flower garland around the neck of a visitor upon his arrival and departure as a symbol of hospitality and friendship; before marriage, a groom gives a dowry to the bride's parents and renders domestic services to his future in-laws; when the guests throw rice on the bride and groom after the wedding; and when a childless couple goes on a pilgrimage to a holy shrine, believing that the god of shrine will grant their prayer for fertility. A perfect example of this is the 'Sayaw sa Obando'." — I don't understand what this is trying to say.
- Changed "American influence are evident in the use of English language and contemporary pop culture such as fast-food, music, movies and basketball." to "American influences are evident in the use of English language and in contemporary pop culture characteristics such as fast-food, music, movies and basketball."
- Changed "The Southern island of the country where most of the followers of Islam are located, celebrate their own customs and traditions." to "The people of Mindanao, the southern island of the country where most of the followers of Islam are located, celebrate their own customs and traditions."
- Changed "While Chinese Filipinos living in the country also follow their own cultural production." to "Chinese Filipinos living in the country also follow their own cultural production."
-- Boracay Bill (talk) 01:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Corruption, Crab Mentality, Melodrama, Soapboxing, Class segregation and Ignoring Road Rules
These five attributes are DEFINITELY an ingrained part of the culture, as all Filipinos grudgingly would have to admit, however there's no mention about them in the article.
BTW some countries may not recognise education qualifications from any Filipino (especially in the health and engineering fields) because apparently you can buy your piece of paper over there if you have cash and or you know someone. I'm not saying it doesn't happen anywhere else but it happens more in the Philippines. Signal Buster (talk) 15:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- That does happen everywhere else. Human nature and all that. Let's ignore Wikipedia's rules and make a drama out of this.--Anss123 (talk) 19:13, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- On the contrary, I think their medical certifications are quite well accepted - especially coming from a country of their wealth.
- As for melodrama, if you watch their television programs, this is not too unlike Spanish or Japanese culture (Filipinos themselves often complain about their celebs "over acting" on TV).
