Clothing Most men in modern Philippines usually like to wear T-shirts, shirts or local baronies. The "Baron" shirt is the national costume of the Philippines. This kind of shirt is traditionally made of silk and transparent white, so a short-sleeved T-shirt is usually worn on the inner layer. "Baron" is a shirt with openings on both sides, which is worn outside pants. "Baron" can be used in various formal occasions, wearing suits and trousers. Women like to wear collarless dresses all year round, or short-sleeved tops with "sarong" around their lower bodies. Muslim men wear tight jackets and wide trousers and use "sarong" as belts. Ladies wear tight short-sleeved vests, two rows of metal buttons, wide pants and tight ankles, or skirts.
prescribe a diet
70% Filipinos live on rice, and the remaining 30% live on corn. What people like best is rice cooked with coconut juice. As food, corn is dried, ground into powder, and then made into various foods. The representative dishes of this country mainly include curry chicken, roast suckling pig, roast pork leg, fried belly with banana heart, stewed garlic with meat, boiled soup with shrimp and so on. Seasonings such as balsamic vinegar, sugar and pepper are commonly used in cooking. Due to the long-term influence of modern Spanish cooking methods, Filipino food is not spicy, but it can be said that it is spicy and delicious, with moderate taste. Filipinos also like boiled eggs and duck eggs. I like to add pepper when frying papaya, onion and vegetables.
The eating habit of ordinary Filipinos is to grasp food with their hands. Nowadays, western food is popular in the city, the chances of using knives, forks and spoons have increased, and the eating habits have also changed greatly.
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The traditional houses of Filipinos are tall houses built on land, water or water. This kind of house is made of rattan as the wall, a leaf called Nie Bai Brown as the roof, bamboo as the floor, and a rectangular opening on the wall as the window. The high-rise house is 1-3 meters away from the ground and is surrounded by bamboo fences. The room was dry and airy, but there was no bed. People slept on the floor covered with bamboo chips. At present, most rural areas retain this kind of traditional housing. In the city, the rich live in luxurious houses, and the poor live in huts made of broken iron sheets, old boards and cardboard.
Wedding funeral
Most Filipinos are free to fall in love and get married, generally monogamous, and the wedding is held in the church. However, the traditional marriage customs of different ethnic groups are different, and some ethnic groups, especially indigenous people, have strange and primitive marriage customs. For example, Pisa people generally prohibit consanguineous marriage, but wealthy families often marry between uncles and brothers and sisters in order to avoid the outflow of property; Most Tagalog people are willing to get married within their own nation and practice monogamy. The wedding begins with imitating the girl, and then the bride and groom eat and drink food in the same bowl. After the groom announced that he would marry the girl, everyone wished them a full house of children and grandchildren, and the wedding was over. After marriage, most newlyweds have their own families, and both parents help build houses and buy property; Kalinga and Datura's marriage was arranged by their parents, who got engaged when their children were young. Muslim marriage is generally decided by parents and early marriage is implemented. Twelve-year-old girls are considered to have reached the age of marriage, and the wedding is presided over by the imam, and the wedding banquet is grand; Batak people still have the remnants of group marriage, that is, a woman is the first wife of one man and the second wife of another man; A man is the husband of one woman and the second husband of another woman, and children are descendants of two husbands; The Igorot people are popular in the free trial marriage system, and they don't formally get married until the woman is pregnant. The Miao nationality on Balawan Island implements the marriage system, and the girl invites bids openly. Whoever pays the highest price is the wife. Overseas Chinese generally intermarry, but in recent years, the phenomenon of Chinese marrying Filipino women or Chinese women marrying Filipino men has become more and more. Funerals in this country are held according to the religious beliefs or traditional customs of various ethnic groups, and these religious beliefs or traditional customs are different. Most of them are in accordance with Catholic funeral ceremonies, but some ethnic groups have the custom of sea burial and burial.
Religious belief
The religions in the Philippines mainly include Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and local primitive religions. About 90% of the country's residents believe in Christianity, with the largest number of Catholics, accounting for about 85% of the country's population. Therefore, the Philippines is called "the only Catholic country in Asia". About 5% people believe in Islam; Most people in China believe in Buddhism; The aborigines believe in the local primitive religion.
Major festivals
New Year's Day 65438+1 October1. It's the New Year in the Philippines.
Constitution Day 65438+ the third weekend in October. Celebrations were held on this day to commemorate the entry into force of the new Constitution.
Easter, also known as "the resurrection of Jesus" and "the Lord's Easter", is held on the first Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox every year.
Holy Week Day15 The first Sunday after March is Holy Sunday, which is a seven-day religious celebration to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus.
Bataan Festival, April 9th. 1April 9, 942, Bataan was occupied by the Japanese army and the people rose up. In memory of the heroes who died defending the motherland.
International Labor Day, May 1.
Independence Day, 12 June. Commemorate the independence of the Philippines 1946.
Bahrain Tawak Uprising Day August 26th. Commemorating the people of that country started the struggle against the Spanish colonists.
Halloween 1 65438+1October1. Overseas Chinese call it "Day of the Dead", which is similar to Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. On this day, people flocked to graves all over the country to pay homage to their dead relatives.
National Heroes Day165438+1October 30th. In memory of the national heroes who died to overthrow colonial rule and strive for the freedom and independence of the Philippines.
Christmas 65438+February 25th. As the Philippines is the only Roman Catholic country in Asia, Christmas is the most solemn festival in the country.
Rizal Memorial Day 65438+February 30th. In memory of Jose Risal, a national hero who died for his country.