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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS "Ang Araw Ng Mga Patay"

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COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS by Jim Brickman

While I'm surfin' and updating some of my blogsite, I accidentally click the link of this song. And I feel so homesick and reminded me a lot of good old memories back home, that no worth of money can equal " What Christmas really is... ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES...sa Pinas mo lang mararamdaman ang tunay na kahulugan ng PASKO...ano mang hirap ng kalagayan mo sa buhay. IBA TALAGA!

"Sa ibang bansa'y
Di mo makikita
Ang ngiti sa labi
Ng bawa't isa!"

Paskong Pinoy is one of the world's longest running Christmas celebrations, usually beginning as early as the arrival of the "-ber" months (September, October, and so on). Filipinos from all over spend this entire season with enormously rich yuletide traditions of merry-making observed up to the present day.

The yuletide celebration in the Philippines exemplifies the country's culturally diverse traditions. It is a blend of cultures, traditions and customs, cherished by both folk and Christian beliefs.

Paskong Pinoy is marked by rich Hispanic-influenced traditions such as the Belen, Misa de Gallo, and parol. Through the years of cross-cultural interactions, the Europeans and Americans brought the traditional chestnut roasting and white Christmas dreams of Filipinos. They introduced Saint Nicholas, carols, and Christmas cards. They brought Christmas trees and holly inside Filipino houses. Other significant practices observed during the Christmas season have been greatly influenced by Asian countries such as China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India. They made their mark with exotic cuisine, ethnic dances, fluvial parades, torch-lighting processions, oriental games, and firecrackers

COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS by JIM Brickman

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Samaon Sulaiman - Kudyapi Master

Philippines--Samaon Sulaiman of Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao received the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or National Living Treasure Award in 1993 for outstanding artistry in the Maguindanao kutyapi, a two-stringed plucked lute. Watch him play this difficult-to-master Filipino instrument. Video produced and provided by Tesoros.ph




The GaMaBa Awardee's performance-workshop at Conspiracy, November 2009.



Live at Conspiracy, November 19, 2009. Another rare performance from the kudyapi master from Maguindanao.

COUNTING THE COST- Is The US Bankrupt?

WATCH THIS GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS UPDATE from AlJazeera

Blind singers serenade Manila's passers by

MANILA, Philippines--Bernard Corpuz and Marlene Tacson are born blind. But everyday for almost two years, they serenade passers by in the busy streets of Manila in exchange for some spare change. Video report by INQUIRER.net reporters Marjorie Gorospe and Lawrence Casiraya.