Ethnic Culture And Wide Traditions in The Philippines

Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 6:06 am

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Philippines is a country where culture is given the most importance. Culture in Philippines is very diverse and its civilizations are very old and pure. There is a mixture of and influence of three kind of traditions tat is three kinds of people live here that are Spanish Mexican and Philippines. It is interesting to know that from the very old period Japanese and Chinese are also settled in Philippines. Philippines have an ethnic culture and wide traditions to follow.

Sports: Obviously one of the best things to do is to go scuba diving in the Philippines and also Scuba Diving in Cebu.

Islamic people living there mostly celebrate their own traditions . Mostly people living in Philippines live in the urban areas and rest are living in rural areas. When we talk about the culture we would find that people there are Christian and visit churches for their rituals and rest 10% other people follow they own religion.

Art in Philippines: there is wide variety of art and culture. People there are very entertaining . Islamic art and folk art is the main feature of Islamic influences. People also perform folk dance which is known as the tinikling and carinosa and in the southern part of the country people have singkil as their folk dance. They also use bamboo tress leaves for their performances.

Music: there are numerous varieties of the instruments that are played by the people. Like guitar, violin, drums, trumpets etc. all theses instruments are also used t perform on any of the festive occasions. But the modern dance and music in Philippines are hip-hop, rock music and dance and all kind of contemporary dances are there.

Primitive art of Philippines: this include carving on wood, making pots, weaving etc. boat making, painting, sculptures, wood carving and making jars are some other activities which are includes in primitive arts. Some tribes are best known for their weaving and some are specialist in pottery and sculpture making. Also one interesting art which is known as ikat is that a fiber cloth is firstly dyed then beautiful textiles are weaved into the shape of animal, human or any plant pictorial.

Cinema: cinema has been invented very early here, may be near to 1898.from there a new generation of cinema has started and a new revolution has come. Making of scripts has been famous from this culture only. Later on in 1950’s the first movie was awarded with the emergence of artistic movies made in Philippines.