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Manang Biday
Manang Biday (Kurditan: ᜋᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜇᜌ᜔) is a traditional Ilocano folksong in Northern Luzon, particularly in the province of Ilocos. This song implies the courtship of a young maiden named Manang Biday. Serenading a love interest is a custom of the Filipinos. Until today, it is still practiced by the Ilocano. It is also a courtship dance. "Manang Biday" was originally composed by Florante Aguilar. Lyrics Original Ilocano lyrics Manang Biday, ilukatmo man Ta bintana ikalumbabam Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian Siasino ka, nga aglabaslabas Ditoy hardinko pagay-ayamak Ammom ngarud a balasangak Sabong ni lirio, di pay nagukrad Denggem, ading, ta bilinenka Ta inkanto ‘diay sadi daya Agalakanto’t bunga’t mangga Ken lansones pay, adu a kita No nababa, dimo gaw-aten No nangato, dika sukdalen No naregreg, dika piduten Ngem labaslabasamto met laeng Daytoy paniok no maregregko Ti makapidut isublinanto Ta nagmarka iti naganko Nabordaan pay ...
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Ilocano People
The Ilocanos ( ilo, Tattao nga Iloko/), Ilokanos, or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group and mostly reside within the Ilocos Region in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. The native language of the Ilocano people is the Ilocano (or Ilokano) language. Historically, the Ilocano people have developed a near- stereotypical reputation among Filipinos of resourcefulness, frugality and industriousness, their resilience likely stemming from their geographical location and extreme weather patterns, and their high average savings rate in the Ilocos Region throughout the years. Ilocanos have an elaborate network of beliefs and social practices. The Ilocano diaspora has reached nearly all parts of the Philippines, as well as to places in the Western world, particularly Hawaii and California. Emigration was caused by dense population pressures in a land with limited agricultural potential. The Ilocos Region is one of the most densely populated re ...
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Ilocos
Ilocos Region ( ilo, Rehion/Deppaar ti Ilocos; pag, Sagor na Baybay na Luzon/Rehiyon Uno; tl, Rehiyon ng Ilocos) is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region I, occupying the northwestern section of Luzon and part of Central Luzon plain, primarily by Pangasinan. It is bordered by the Cordillera Administrative Region to the east, the Cagayan Valley to the northeast and southeast, and the Central Luzon to the south. To the west lies the South China Sea. The region comprises four provinces ( Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan) and one independent city (Dagupan City). Its regional center is San Fernando, La Union whereas the largest settlement is San Carlos City, Pangasinan. The 2000 Census reported that the major languages spoken in the region are Ilocano at 64% of the total population at that time, Pangasinan with 32.5%, and Tagalog and other languages with 3.21%. History Prehistory The region was first inhabited by the aborigina ...
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Filipino People
Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other Philippine languages. Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history. Names The name ''Filipino'', as a demonym, was derived from the term ''Las Islas Filipinas'' ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ''Felipe II''). During the Spanish colonial period, natives of the Philippine islands were usually known by the generic terms ''indio'' ("Indian") or ''indigenta'' ("indigents"). However, during the early Spanish colonial period the term ''Filipinos'' or ''Philipinos'' was sometimes used by Spanish writers ...
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Gloria Romero (actress)
Gloria Anne Borrego Galla (born December 16, 1933), known professionally as Gloria Romero (), is a multi-awarded Filipino actress, regarded as the “Queen of Philippine Movies”, her career spans over 70 years, and she has starred in over 200 films and television programs. Some of her award-winning performances in films are '' Tanging Yaman'' (FAMAS Best Actress 2001), '' Nagbabagang Luha'' (FAMAS Best Supporting Actress 1989) and '' Dalagang Ilocana'' (FAMAS Best Actress 1955). Dubbed as the “First Lady of Philippine Cinema”, Romero is a recipient of 6 FAMAS Awards, including the prestigious Huwarang Bituin of FAMAS Award, 3 Gawad Urian Awards and 3 FAP Awards. In 2019, she won 2 Best Actress Awards for her performance on the acclaimed film “Rainbow's Sunset” at the International Film Festival Manhattan and MMFF Awards. She is also a recipient of multiple "Lifetime Achievement Awards" across all leading award-giving bodies including: Cinemanila International Film F ...
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Ilocana Maiden
''Ilocana Maiden'' ( fil, Dalagang Ilocana), is a 1954 Filipino romantic comedy film produced by Sampaguita Pictures. The film is in black and white and was directed by Olive La Torre. It was also serialized over DZRH Sampaguita Radio Program. The movie also launched the career of Tita de Villa. Background Olive La Torre directed Gloria Romero as a spirited, cigar-chomping country girl who rolls tobacco leaves into cigars for a living. Romero is a wonderful comedian, combining as she does a stately beauty and aristocratic nose with eyes that slant just (and maddeningly) so, plus a sense of humor game enough to undercut her impeccable poise; Dolphy does well in a supporting role as comic sidekick with an insatiable appetite. The film, set in the tobacco-growing lands of the Ilocos region, is also a lengthy advertisement on the many pleasures of smoking, with seemingly everyone onscreen from the loftiest haciendero to the lowliest tobacco roller casually lighting up fearsome-lookin ...
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Sampaguita Pictures
Sampaguita Pictures was a Philippine film production company. It was named for the Philippine national flower, sampaguita. Though no longer functioning, the company's Sampaguita Compound remains in Quezon City. History Sampaguita Pictures was established in the last quarter of 1937. Its first feature-length film was ''Bituing Marikit'', starring Elsa Oria and Rogelio dela Rosa. It was a box-office hit. The company continued to make films in the action, musical, horror and suspense genres. Before World War II began, and the Japanese occupied the Philippines, several Sampaguita films enjoyed box office success in the region. Some of them employed the famous tandem of Carmen Rosales and Rogelio dela Rosa, like ''Panambitan'', ''Pagsuyo'', ''Jazmin'' and many more. But the first film made at the Sampaguita studio by Carmen and Rogelio was ''Takipsilim''. After the war ended and the Philippines declares its independence from the United States, Sampaguita made several war pictures ...
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Amalia Fuentes
Amalia may refer to: People *Amalia (given name), feminine given name (includes a list of people so named) * Princess Amalia (other), several princesses with this name Films and television series * ''Amalia'' (1914 film), the first full-length Argentine film * ''Amalia'' (1936 film), an Argentine remake of the 1914 movie * ''Amália'' (film), a 2008 Portuguese film biography of singer Amália Rodrigues * ''Amalia'' (TV series), a South African television series *Amalia Sheran Sharm, one of the main protagonists in Wakfu (TV series) Places *Amalia, New Mexico, US * Amalia, North West, South Africa Other uses * ''Amalia'' (novel), an Argentine novel written by José Mármol *Amalia (Schubert), D 195, Op. 173 No. 1, song by Franz Schubert, based on a text by Schiller *Amalia (steamship), a general cargo steamship built by J&G Thomson for the Papayanni Brothers in 1861 * 284 Amalia, a large main belt asteroid *''Laelia ''Laelia'' is a small genus of 25 species ...
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Luis Gonzales
Luis F. Mercado (June 21, 1928 – March 15, 2012) also known as Luis Gonzales, was a Filipino actor who appeared in more than 100 films during his career, most of them by Sampaguita Pictures. Early life Raised in Tondo, Manila, Gonzales may be best known for his portrayals of former President Ferdinand Marcos in two biographical films in the 1960s: ''Iginuhit ng Tadhana'' ("Marked by Fate", 1965), a political propaganda film; and a dramatic film, ''Pinagbuklod ng Langit'' ("Heaven was Gathered", 1969). Actress Gloria Romero starred opposite him as Imelda Marcos in both films. Gonzales and Romero starred in numerous other films together as well. They first worked together on the 1955 film, ''Despatsadora''. In December 2010, Gonzales received a star of the Eastwood Walk of Fame, which marked his last public appearance. Death Gonzales died of complications from pneumonia and heart problems at Makati Medical Center on the night of 15 March 2012, at the age of 83. He was survived ...
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