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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 ...
Southeast Asian mancalas are a subtype of mancala games predominantly found in Southeast Asia. They are known as congkak in Malaysia; congklak (VOS Spelling: tjongklak), congkak, congka, and dakon in Indonesia and Brunei; and sungkâ in the Philippines. They differ from other mancala games in that the player's store is included in the placing ...
The channel primarily broadcasts programming relating to news, business, politics, and public affairs, along with other magazine religious and documentary-style programs. The network also airs programming sourced from ABS-CBN , ABS-CBN Regional , Kapamilya Channel , TeleRadyo Serbisyo , Jeepney TV , Metro Channel and The Filipino Channel .
Kapamilya Channel (lit. ' Family member channel ') is a 24-hour Philippine pay television network owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of the Lopez Holdings Corporation. Headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, it serves as the flagship television network of ABS-CBN Corporation.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...