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Filipino Folklore
Philippine mythology is the body of stories and epics originating from, and part of, the indigenous Philippine folk religions, which include various ethnic faiths distinct from one another. Philippine mythology is incorporated from various sources, having similarities with Indonesian and Malay myths, as well as Hinduism, Hindu, Islam, Muslim, Shinto, Buddhism, Buddhist, and Christianity, Christian traditions, such as the notion of heaven (''kaluwalhatian'', ''kalangitan'', ''kamurawayan'', etc.), hell (''kasamaan'', ''sulad'', etc.), and the human soul (''kaluluwa'', ''kaulolan'', ''makatu'', ''ginokud'', etc.). Philippine mythology attempts to explain Religious cosmology, the nature of the world through the lives and actions of List of Philippine mythological figures, heroes, deities (referred to as anito or Anito, diwata in some ethnic groups), and List of Philippine mythological creatures, mythological creatures. The majority of these myths were passed on through oral trad ...
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Malakas And Maganda Emerging From Bamboo BambooMan
''Malakas'' ( gr, μαλάκας ) is a commonly used profane Greek language, Greek slang word, with a variety of different meanings, but literally meaning "man who Masturbation, masturbates". While it is typically used as an insult, with its literal equivalent in Commonwealth English being "wanker” and “jerk off” in American English, the meaning varies depending on the tone and context used. It can be an exclamation of pleasure, an expression of dark horror, a cry of anger, a declaration of affection, and other different things. Common alternative meanings include "asshole", "motherfucker" "jerk" or "idiot", and the contrasting "dude", or "mate", depending on the context. It has been described as "the most used Greek slang word". Overview ''Malakas'' derives from the Greek word ''Malakia, malakos'' (), which means "soft" or "spoilt, well-used to luxuries of life". It is one of the most frequent words picked up by tourists (often in its vocative case form, i.e. ''malaka'' ...
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Folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging from traditional building styles common to the group. Folklore also includes customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas and weddings, folk dances and initiation rites. Each one of these, either singly or in combination, is considered a folklore artifact or traditional cultural expression. Just as essential as the form, folklore also encompasses the transmission of these artifacts from one region to another or from one generation to the next. Folklore is not something one can typically gain in a formal school curriculum or study in the fine arts. Instead, these traditions are passed along informally from one individual to another either through verbal instruction or demonstr ...
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Anvil Publishing
Anvil Publishing, Inc., is the publishing arm of National Book Store. It publishes print books, e-books, and audiobooks. Anvil is a nationwide book dealer to network servicing dealers in the Philippines which includes National Book Store (Anvil's parent company), Goodwill Book Store, Rex Book Store, and Solidaridad. Anvil is an eleven-time Publisher of the Year awardee as cited by the Manila Critics Circle. In 2016, founder Karina Bolasco left the company after 25 years. In July 2020, General Manager Andrea Pasion-Flores resigned after three years in the company. In 2018, Anvil Publishing, under the imprint Anvil Audio, published its first audiobook titled ''Dear Universe: Poems on Love, Longing, and Finding Your Place in the Cosmos'' by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador and narrated by actress Joyce Pring. Notable titles * * * *Bautista, Lualhati. '' Dekada '70.'' *Joaquin, Nick. '' The Woman Who Had Two Navels''. *Joaquin, Nick. ''May Day Eve and Other Stories''. *Joaquin, Nick. ...
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University Of The Cordilleras
The University of the Cordilleras (UC or UC-BCF; fil, Unibersidad ng Kordilyeras), formerly known as the Baguio Colleges Foundation (BCF), is a private research coeducational university in Baguio, Philippines. Founded by Benjamin R. Salvosa and his wife Evangelina D. Salvosa in 1946, it offers programs at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate and graduate levels catering to around 18,000 students. It has three campuses all located in Baguio. The main campus is at the city center, near the Baguio Cathedral and SM City Baguio. It has an autonomous status granted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and is an ISO certified university. The university's alumni include two Philippine Bar Examination topnotchers (first placers) and has graduated the founder and several members of Team Lakay Wushu. The university's athletics team is nicknamed UC Jaguars. History Founding Baguio Colleges was founded on June 19, 1946, by Atty. Benjamin R. Salvosa and his wife Evangelina ...
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Silliman University
Silliman University (also referred to as Silliman or SU) is a private university, private Research institute, research university in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, the Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it is the first United States, American and Protestantism, Protestant founded institution of Higher education, higher learning in the Philippines and in Asia. The university was named after Dr. Horace Brinsmade Silliman, a former businessman and philanthropist from Downtown Cohoes Historic District, Cohoes, New York who provided the initial sum of $10,000 for the establishment of the school. Starting as an elementary school for boys, the school expanded to become a college in 1910, acquiring university status in 1938. Silliman University was run and operated by Americans during the first half of the 20th century. After the Second World War, Filipinos began to assume more administrative positions, resulting i ...
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Ateneo (other)
Ateneo may refer to: Cultural institutions * Ateneo de la Juventud, a society of Mexican writers, philosophers and intellectuals * Ateneo de Madrid, a private cultural institution located in the capital of Spain * Ateneo de Ponce, a nonprofit, civic, organization in Ponce, Puerto Rico * Ateneo Puertorriqueño, one of Puerto Rico's chief cultural institutions * Ateneo de Sevilla, a cultural, scientific, literary, and artistic association in Seville, Spain * Ateneo Veneto, an institution for science, literature, and arts in Venice, Italy Schools named Ateneo run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines Teaching and research universities * Ateneo de Davao University * Ateneo de Manila University * Ateneo de Naga University * Ateneo de Zamboanga University * Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Non-tertiary Schools * Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu * Ateneo de Iloilo, Ateneo de Iloilo - Santa Maria Catholic School Defunct institutions * Ateneo de San Pablo * At ...
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University Of The Philippines
The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 2008), giving it institutional autonomy. Originally founded by the American colonial government on June 18, 1908, it was established through the ratification of Act No. 1870 of the 1st Philippine Legislature to serve as an "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training" to eligible students regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation." The University of the Philippines system has 8 constituent universities (CUs): UP Diliman, which serves as the system's flagship university, UP Los Baños, UP Manila, UP Visayas, UP Open University, UP Mindanao, UP Baguio, and UP Cebu which are scattered across 17 campuses. Widely regarded and ...
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University Of San Carlos
The University of San Carlos, also referred to by its acronym USC or colloquially shortened to San Carlos, is a private, Catholic, research, coeducational basic and higher education institution administered by the Philippine Southern Province of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) missionaries in Cebu City, Philippines since 1935. It offers basic education (Montessori academy, grade school, junior high school and senior high school) and higher education (undergraduate and graduate studies). Founded originally in 1595 as Colegio de San Ildefonso, it later became the Colegio-Seminario de San Carlos in 1783 and finally obtained university charter in 1948. USC has 5 campuses with combined land area of 88 hectares or 217 acres (Talamban campus has 78 hectares). The Commission on Higher Education has recognized 8 of its programs as Centers of Excellence and 12 of its programs as Centers of Development as of March, 2016. USC is ranked by the International/Asia Quacquarelli Symonds ( ...
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Mindanao State University
Mindanao State University, commonly referred to as MSU Main, is a regional state, coeducational, research higher education institution in the city of Marawi, Philippines. Founded in 1961, it is the flagship and the largest campus of the Mindanao State University System. MSU Marawi Campus has distinctions as the Regional Science Training Center, the Regional Carabao Center, and one of the country's Center of Excellence in Teacher Education and one of the country's COE in Teacher Education and Chemistry and COD for Information Technology. The university has a mandate to integrate the Christians, Moros, and Lumads of Mindanao. History Mindanao State University (MSU) was established on September 1, 1961 through RA 1387, as amended. It was the brain child of the late Senator Domocao Alonto, as one of the government's responses to the so-called “Mindanao Problem”. The original mission of the university was anchored on instruction, research, and extension. The 1954 Congressional ...
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Pedro Chirino
Pedro Chirino (1557 – 16 September 1635) was a Spanish priest and historian who served as a Jesuit missionary in the Philippines. He is most remembered for his work, ''Relación de las Islas Filipinas'' (1604), one of the earliest works about the Philippines and its people that was written. He was born in 1557 in the town of Osuna in Andalusia, Spain. A graduate in both civil and canon laws at Sevilla, he entered the Society of Jesus at age 23. He was soon appointed to the mission in the Philippines, arriving in the country in 1590 along with Gomez Perez Dasmariñas, the newly-appointed governor-general of the Philippines. He was first assigned to Balayan before he was appointed to be the parish priest of the town of Taytay in 1591. During his tenure as parish priest, he transferred the location of Taytay parish from its original site near Laguna de Bay to a hilltop area where it has remained to this day. He also began to immerse himself in the study of the Tagalog language and ...
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