Philippine Society and Culture

The Holy Week is one of the solemn, sacred times for Filipino Catholics. This week-long religious activity a demonstration of the Filipinos' religiosity. The Philippines, whose population is predominantly Catholics give importance to the observance of the Holy Week through religious activities and practices which begin from Palm Sunday until Easter Sunday, Christ’s resurrection , and the meeting of His mother, the Virgin Mary. During the Holy Week, Filipinos show their penitence in different ways like fasting and abstinence, physical harm or self-flagellate, and prayer.  Below are just some of the Holy Week activities practice and embrace by the Filipinos for centuries: 1. Palm Sunday Storm Crypt/Flickr Palm Sunday is the start of the Holy Week. The Catholic faithful will bring palm fronds to the church and have them blessed by a priest. Once blessed, the palm fronds (palapas) are placed usually at the doors ...

Everyone loves to eat food. But what if you were served foods that are considered exotic, would you dare eat them? Could your appetite able to resist the smell, ugly looks, and taste of such exotic foods? In most Southeast Asian countries, particularly in the Philippines, many people would love to eat exotic food and one might be amazed how these people are able to swallow these kind of food. To many people, just by the mere sight of these foods would cause them to vomit, but to some, exotic foods are just ordinary food or even tastier. Listed below are the nine (9) exotic Filipino foods : 1. Edible Frogs Ruocaled/flickr Rice field frogs (Fejervarya limnocharis). These frogs species are edible and these frog are believed to have originated from China, thus it is called Chinese edible frog. Compared to other species, this one has a shiny body and has longer, bigger forelimbs and hindlimbs. Where can we find this species of frog? These fro...