SUPERSTITION = o

THE FILIPINO'S BELIEVED THAT SUPERSTITIONS ARE RELATED TO VIRTUAL SCIENCE. SO, THEY STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS TRUE. THEY HAVE MANY SUPERSTITIONS OF WHICH WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS A FEW.

1. THEY CANNOT THROW AWAY UNCOOKED RICE. THEY CONSIDER THAT DOING SO IS BAD LUCK. THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR FAMILY WILL BREAK UP.

2. THEY ALSO HANG GARLIC OVER THEIR WINDOWS AND FRONT DOOR. THEY BELIEVE THAT AT NIGHT THERE WILL BE VAMPIRES ROAMING AROUND. IN THEIR CULTURE, GARLIC IS SAID TO BE A VERY SACRED THING WHICH WILL CHASE AWAY EVIL SPIRITS OF WHICH VAMPIRE IS ONE.

3. THEY ALSO EAT SOUR FRUITS BEFORE EVERY MEAL.THEY BELIEVE THAT SOUR FRUITS CAN HELP THEM LOSE WEIGHT. THEY THIK THAT THE SOUR FRUITS WILL HELP THEIR STOMACH BE SMALLER

TABOOS = >

TABOOS MAKE UP A BIG PART OF THE PHILIPINES' CULTURE. THEY HAVE TABOOS ON DIFFRENT THINGS. FROM FOOD TO DIFFRENT RITUALS. DIETRY RESTRICTIONS,TABOOS ON ALCOHLISM, RESTRICTIONA OF VULGARITY AND RESTRICTIONS OF BODILY FUNCTIONS LIKE BURPING LOUDLY , AND NOSE PICKING . THERE ALSO HAVE TABOOS ON THE DEAD.

THIS ARE SOME

1.MOURNERS AND ANYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE DESTH RITUALS WILL SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TOUCH ANYONE OR ANYTHING . THEY ARE ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH FOOD UNITL THE MOURNING PERIOD IS OVER.

2. A DEATH PERSON`S NAME IS CHANGE BECAUSE IT IS SAID THAT IF THEY ARE NAME OR ANYTHING WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THEIR NAME IS UTTERED THE PERSON WILL HAVE BAD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

3. A WIDOW OR WIDOWER IS NOT ALLOWED TO REMARRY. IF THEY DO SO IT WILL CAUSE THE GHOST`S WRATH. THE GHOST WILL HAUNT THEM AND TOTURE THEM FOREVER.

THIS IS SOME OF THE TABOOS AND THEY ARE MANY MORE.

FOOD ! XD

THE CUISINE OF THE FILIPINOS HAS ITS ROOTS FROM THE MALAYS ,SPANISH AND MEXICAN FOOD. IT HAS ALSO MANY INFLUENCES FROM ARAB ,INDIAN, JAPANESE AND AMERICAN CUISINES.THE FILIPINOS TRADITIONALLY HAVE THREE MEALS A DAY,THEY ALSO HAVE AN AFTERNOON SNACK. THE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DISHES, FROM PORK TO BEEF. THEIR STAPLES ARE RICE-WHICH IS EATEN WITH SAUCE OF THE MAIN DISH OR SOUP, FRUITS, MEAT AND SEAFOOD. THEIR COOKING METHODS ARE FRYING, GRILLING AND MOST OF THE TIME, BOILED. THERE ARE MANY UNIQUE DISHES IN THE FILIPINO CUISINE.SOME OF THEM ARE, PAPAITAN WHICH IS GOAT OR BEEF INNARDS STEW FLAVOURED WITH BILE WHICH GIVES IT A BITTER TASTE. THEY ALSO HAVE DOG MEAT. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER DISH WERE THEY BEAT THE CHICKEN TO DEATH BEFORE COOKING IT TO TENDERIZE THE MEAT. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THERE ALSO MAKE COOL DRINKS POPOULAR THERE. ALCOHOL ARE ALSO ADDED IN THEIR DIET ALTHOUGH THE CHILDREN DO NOT DRINK IT.

DURING SPECIAL OCCASIONS, JUST LIKE THE CHINESE DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR, DURING FESTIVE OCCASIONS THEY HAVE A WHOLE SUCKLING PIG ANOTHER OF THEIR FESTIVE FOOD IS SHRIMPS WITH PAPAYA, THEY ALSO HAVE PURPLE-YAM FLAVORED CAKES. THEIR CUISINE IS VERY INTERESTING AND THEY ARE VERY CREATIVE IN CREATING NEW AND NICE DISHES