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Filipino values are, for the most part, centered at maintaining social harmony, motivated primarily by the desire to be accepted within a group. [dubious – discuss] The main sanction against diverging from these values are the concepts of Tagalog: hiya, roughly translated as 'a sense of shame', and ' amor propio ' or 'self-esteem'. [4]
Pakikisama is an abstract psychological concept in Filipino culture that is considered a key value of Filipino society. [1] Pakikisama is translated literally to “get along with,” or to “to go along with” other people. [2] Additionally, the concept of pakikisama is often interpreted as having an interpersonal relationship where people ...
Chinese Filipinos of this background typically have Philippine Hokkien as a heritage language, though just as any Chinese Filipino may also normally speak Philippine English, Filipino/Tagalog or other Philippine languages (such as Visayan languages) and may also code-switch any and all of these languages, such as Taglish, Bislish, Hokaglish, etc.
Harmony. Barbershop quartets, such as this US Navy group, sing 4-part pieces, made up of a melody line (normally the lead) and 3 harmony parts. In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. [1] Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by ...
Nakaluluwag or nakakaluwag (variants: nakakaluwang or nakaluluwang) is a Filipino ethic wherein the well-off are socially and morally obligated to help those in need. In Hiligaynon, the term is nakaalwan. It comes from the blending of the Chinese concept of wo (peace and harmony), [1] the Malay culture of familiarity even to distant relatives ...
Bato, officially the Municipality of Bato (Rinconada Bikol: Banwāan ka Bato; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bato), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,155 people.
Filipinologists. Experts on Filipinology or Philippineology are called filipinologists or philippineologists (Spanish: Filipinologista) (Tagalog: Pilipinolohista ); literally “experts in Philippine culture”. According to Rosa M. Vallejo the "foremost non-Filipino filipinologist" is the Spaniard bibliographer Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa.
Owing to the unique history of the Philippines, its legal system is an equally unique blend of civil law ( Spanish law ), common law ( American law ), and, especially in Mindanao, Shariah law. Below is a list of Philippine legal terms : A case brought under administrative law in the form of a quasi-judicial proceeding by an agency of a non ...