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It’s National Hot Chocolate Day! Kapampángans’ own traditional hot chocolate is a popular Christmastime beverage prepared by mixing pure cacao with a traditional whisk! SUKLATI • (sook-LAH-ti)chocolateTagálog (Filipino): tsokoláte EtymologyFrom Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl You may want to read: Suklating Batirul
SUKLATING BATIRUL (Tsokolate de Batirol)Kapampángan Christmas BeverageHeirloom Kapampángan Hot Chocolate Sukláting batirul is the Kapampángan traditional hot chocolate popular during Christmas that is made from tablea or pure ground roasted cacao beans formed into blocks. Tablea is mixed with sweet condensed milk, evaporated milk, and water over a light to medium fire. It is mixed … Read more
Ongpin Street, a famous street in Binondo, is named after Roman Ongpin (1847-1912). He was a Filipino-Chinese businessman and philanthropist who aided Filipino revolutionaries against the Spanish and American colonial administrations in the Philippines. He also became the treasurer of Union Obrera Democratica, the first labor union in the Philippines. His statue is located beside … Read more
In Bagobo folklore, Buso is a generic name for demons and evil spirits. Buso is depicted as a hideous, monstrous man with two long, pointed canine teeth. They usually feast on flesh and send infections to murder unwitting humans. You may want to read: The Unofficial Pinoy Astrological Signs
Lumad Textiles from Abaca 1. t’nalak – T’boli (South Cotabato)2. mabal tabih – Blaan (South Cotabato)3. inabal – tagabawa-bagobo (Davao del Sur) WEAVING FOR CENTURIES. Did you know that people settling near Maguindanao in Mindanao were weaving abaca cloth as early as the 1686 or 17th century? That was 700 years ago! The Lumad groups, … Read more