Christine Gambito of Happy Slip shares her first time experience to the Philippines. Christine was invited to the Philippines by the Department of Tourism to be their ambassador. This is the first of 6 videos that serve as her journal of her trip.

What a great performance by the members of the University of Manoa Kulintang Ensemble at the 15th Annual Leeward Community College International Education Festival. They offer music and dances of the indigenous people of the southern Philippines. Performers: Mayco Santaella, Melanie, Bernard Ellorin, Desiree A. Seguritan, and David Langfelder. Take a glimpse at this wonderful performance.

I saw this video on youtube eight months ago and just came across it recently again. This clip discusses about discrimination within the Filipino community. We are all filipino with different lifestyles. Why not we all support and learn from each other. Watch this clip from speak out and let us know what you think about this clip. Send us a comment.

Gong-chime of the Philippines, Indonesia and other parts of south-east Asia. The term is also used for a percussion ensemble in which the kulintang gong-chime is the main constituent. It consists of bossed bronzed gongs laid horizontally, the largest on the left, in a row in front of the performer on two parallel strings stretched in a wooden frame, and played with two soft wooden mallets. Kulintang ensembles are used for feasts, weddings and entertainments; the gong-chime provides the melody and the punctuating instruments provide drones.

The Philippine Tarsier and the Tarsier in general is believed to be the world’s smallest monkey.

Calling the Philippine tarsier a monkey is bit wrong as it is neither a monkey nor a primate. It falls somewhere in between.

To get an idea as to the size of this Tarsier, try to remember that the Philippine Tarsier is about the size of a rat. The Tarsier weighs somewhere between 60 and 160 grams and is between 90 and 165mm in height.

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Most of you Filipinos out there probably ate Malunggay with chicken as tinola, or with fish and other vegetables, mongo soup dishes, and blanched as salads. But, did you know that the Malunggay is a miracle vegetable. Here’s a little information about the Malunggay that we found interesting.

Scientific name: Moringa oleifera Lam.
English: Horse raddish tree
Tagalog: Malunggay

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In the Filipino language, a Christmas lantern is called a parol. There’s no greater symbol of the Filipino Christmas spirit than the parol. All through the Christmas season, star-shaped lanterns can be found hanging outside homes and along the streets of cities and small provincial towns, farms and fishing villages. For Filipinos, making a parol, decorating one and lighting a parol is an expression of shared faith and hope.