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Machura | Matsura Here’s one of the nicest and most beautiful words in Kapampángan! MACHÚRA / MATSÚRA • (muh-CHOO-ruh)beautiful, good-lookingTagálog (Filipino): pángit Intensive FormKACHÚRA / KATSÚRA • (kuh-CHOO-ruh)so beautifulTagálog (Filipino): ang pángit, ampánget (colloquial) Example SentenceKatsúra mo! / Na kang katsúra! [Kap]Ang pángit mo! [Tag]You’re so beautiful! [Eng] If you’ve made it this far, HAPPY … Read more
Displayed at the San Agustin Museum is the 18th-century image of St. Peter of Verona made of molave wood given by Don Luis Ma. Araneta and family. St. Peter of Verona is a 13-century Italian Catholic priest martyr. He was killed by an assassin and was canonized as a saint only 11 months after his … Read more
Kuentu It was World Story telling Day last week! How do you say “story” in your language? KUÉNTU • (KWEHN-too)storyTagálog (Filipino): kuwénto EtymologyFrom Spanish cuento (“story”) Derived WordMAKUÉNTU • (muh-KWEHN-too)full of stories; talkativeTagálog (Filipino): makuwénto PÁMANGUÉNTU • (PAH-muh-NGWEHN-tu)storytellingTagálog (Filipino): pagkukuwénto Verb Conjugationmanguéntu, mánguéntu, ménguéntu – to tell a story (Actor Focus)magkuéntu, mágkuéntu, migkuéntu – to … Read more
We celebrate the Bendita Sa Lukay (Palm Sunday) which marks the beginning of a significant Christian religious tradition, the Semana Santa, and the culmination of the Cuaresma (Lent). Palm Sunday commemorates the day when Jesus together with his disciples entered Jerusalem and was greeted by multitudes of people with palms on their hands waving at … Read more
Palaspas Today is Palm Sunday which signals the start of the Holy Week for Filipinos, wherein churchgoers raise their palaspas or palm leaves to be blessed by the priest with holy water and pin them on their doors or windows for a year. It is believed that the blessed palm leaves will take away negativity … Read more