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  2. Muay Thai - Wikipedia

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    Muay Thai is related to other martial art styles of the Indian cultural sphere such as Musti-yuddha, [7] [8] Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran, Muay Lao, Lethwei, Benjang [9] and Tomoi. [10] A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a Nak Muay. Western practitioners in Thailand are sometimes called Nak Muay Farang, meaning "foreign boxer". [11]

  3. List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines

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    Current logo for the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property. Declarations of National Cultural Treasures (NCTs) are regulated by the National Cultural Heritage Act. Designations are undertaken by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and related agencies such as the National Museum, the National Library, and the National Archives ...

  4. Culture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Philippines is characterized by great ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.

  5. Kinamutay - Wikipedia

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    Kinamutay / ˌ k iː n ə ˈ m uː t aɪ / (Cebuano: kinamutay, lit. "effeminate hand fighting"; Tagalog: kinamotay; Baybayin: ᜊᜒᜈᜋᜓᜆᜌ᜔), commonly but incorrectly orientalized kino mutai, [1] [2] is a specialized subsection of some martial arts that emphasizes biting, pinching, eye-gouging, and other forms of "dirty" fighting techniques.

  6. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in the Philippines

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    Hudhud is a tradition of narrative songs from the Ifugao region of the northern Philippine island of Luzón. Darangen epic of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao 2008 00159: Darangen is a Maranao epic poem from the Lake Lanao region of Mindanao: Tugging rituals and games + [a] 2015 01080: Aklan piña handloom weaving 2023 01564

  7. List of Muay Thai practitioners - Wikipedia

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    Alexey Ignashov – Belarus former kickboxer and multiple Muay Thai World Champion. Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu – American fighter who is the WBC Minimumweight Muay Thai World Champion and holds the record for most recorded fights by a foreign fighter in Muay Thai. She is also known for her work as a journalist and documentarian.

  8. Yaw-Yan - Wikipedia

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    Yaw-Yan, (from Filipino Sayaw ng Kamatayan, lit. "Dance of Death"), [1] is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon A. Fernandez and based on older Filipino martial arts. [2] Since its inception in the 1970s, it has dominated the kickboxing scene in the Philippines and has proven very effective against other stand-up fighting arts [citation ...

  9. Muay Thai in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Is a film about two talented muay Thai boxers, boyhood friends whose lives take divergent paths after they arrive in Bangkok. Master KIMs: 2007 The Nak Muay team appears in the final scene. [citation needed] Chocolate: 2008 Muay Thai fighters Yanin Vismitananda and Lim Su-Jeong star in this film. [16] [17] Down for the Count (Aukmen) 2009