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Ibong Adarna, also known as The Adarna Bird, [1] is an early 19th century Filipino epic poem that centers around a magical bird of the same name. During the Spanish era, the longer form of the story's title was Korrido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan ng Tatlong Prinsipeng Magkakapatid na anak ni Haring Fernando at ni Reyna Valeriana sa Kahariang Berbanya ' ("Corrido and Life Lived by the Three Princes ...
Taotao carvings sold in a souvenir shop in Siquijor Island. Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the Indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present, although the term itself may have other meanings and associations depending on the Filipino ethnic group.
Manaul – In some Tagalog accounts, Manaul pecked the bamboo from which the first humans sprang. In other accounts, the bird was Amihan, deity of peace. [ 60 ] In Bisaya mythology, a different bird with the same name was the horrible king of the birds who fought the wind deity Tubluck Laui.
The Tagalog title "laka" (lakan) come from Java "raka" "lord" found in the Kalasan inscription dated S'ka 700/22 March 779 (Juan Francisco 1971:151) [Potet, T customs, 37]. According to Francisco Colin (1663), the title " Lacan or Gat " is the equivalent to the Spanish "Don" , and that the Don (Doña) of women is not Lacan or Gat but "Dayang ...
Banaag at Sikat [1] or From Early Dawn to Full Light [2] is one of the first literary novels written by Filipino author Lope K. Santos in the Tagalog language in 1906. [3] As a book that was considered as the "Bible of working class Filipinos", [3] the pages of the novel revolves around the life of Delfin, his love for a daughter of a rich landlord, while Lope K. Santos also discusses the ...
K–16 is a movement in the United States to bring together the various levels of education for younger students, namely between the K–12 and the post-secondary education systems, and create aligned policy and practice in examination practices, graduation requirements, admissions policies and other areas.
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The predecessor of the Buwan ng Wika was the Linggo ng Wika ('Language Week'), which was established by President Sergio Osmeña through Proclamation No. 35 in 1946. From 1946 to 1953, the Linggo ng Wika was celebrated annually from March 27 to April 2. The end date was selected due to being the birthday of Tagalog litterateur Francisco ...