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Sungka is a Philippine mancala game popular in the diaspora; e.g. in Macau, Taiwan, Germany, and the United States. Like the closely related congkak, it is traditionally a women's game. Sungka is used by fortunetellers and prophets, also called bailan or maghuhula, for divinatory purposes. Older people hope to find out through the game, with ...
The oldest mancala game boards were found in a ruined fort of Roman Egypt and date back to the 4th century AD. [3] The original route of dispersal of mancalas into Southeast Asia is unknown. It may have originally entered Southeast Asia via Austronesian trading routes with South Asia. [1] [4] [5] [6]
The "5" naming was reinstated in 2021 for TV5's current slogan, "Iba sa 5". One TV (cancelled; 2020): Originally planned for rebranding on April 13, 2020, and later rescheduled for July 20, 2020, One TV was ultimately cancelled due to viewer confusion and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, thus making the network revert to the TV5 branding.
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.
The indigenous peoples of the Philippines are ethnolinguistic groups or subgroups that maintain partial isolation or independence throughout the colonial era, and have retained much of their traditional pre-colonial culture and practices. [1] The Philippines has 110 enthnolinguistic groups comprising the Philippines' indigenous peoples; as of ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s decision to allow U.S. forces indefinite access to two Philippine air force and naval bases in Cagayan province near Batanes under a 2014 defense pact ...
DWGT-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the government-owned People's Television Network. The station maintains studios and hybrid analog/digital transmitting facility at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Brgy.
Sep. 18—The U.S. Interior Department announced a plan Monday to protect more than 4,000 acres in an Indigenous area of southern Sandoval County known as Buffalo Tract, partly by barring new oil ...