Balsa Aralan

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The Balsa Aralan is an initiative of the Department of Information and Communications Technology – Mimaropa with its DICT Palawan Provincial Office in partnership with the DepEd Mimaropa. First-ever floating ICT classroom brings digital connectivity closer to a remote island in Palawan. DICT Mimaropa launched the BALSA Aralan Tech4Ed Center – the first-ever floating Tech4Ed … Read more

Tigtigan Terakan Keng Dalan

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Kapampangan Oktoberfest:TIGTIGAN TERAKAN KENG DALANAngeles City, Pampanga Kapampángans have their own Oktoberfest held during the last Friday and Saturday of October in the infamously-known Sin City and Las Vegas of the Philippines—Angeles City which is the most populous Kapampángan City. The city’s Tigtigan Terakan keng Dalan (“Playing Music and Dancing on the Road”) is one … Read more

Ugtu

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Good noon or Mayap a ugtu from Pampanga! How do you say “noon” in your language? UGTU • (oog-TOO)noonTagálog (Filipino): tanghálì Kapampángan GreetingMáyap a ugtu! [Kap]Magandáng tanghálì! [Tag]Good noontime! [Eng] Derived WordPAUGTUAN • (puh-oog-TWUHN)lunchTagálog (Filipino): tanghalían Verb Conjugationmagtu, mágtu, migtu – to eat lunch You may want to read: Kasibul

Ema

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Ema It’s Cancer season! Here are the common Kapampángan words for different types of crabs! How do you say “crab” in your language? ÉMA • (EH-muh)crabNon-Monophthongized Form: ayáma (obsolete)Tagálog (Filipino): alimángo ALIMÁSAG • (uh-li-MAH-suhg)blue crab found in the seasTagálog (Filipino): alimásag TALANGKÂ • (tuh-luhng-KA’)small crab found in the riversTagálog (Filipino): talangkâ You may want to … Read more

Tigtig

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Tigtig Kapampángans have their own music event marketed as a local Oktoberfest in Angeles City (the Las Vegas of the Philippines) which celebrates Kapampángans’ triumph over one of the world’s largest volcanic eruptions! TIGTIG • (tig-TIG)sound of music; (to) play musicTagálog (Filipino): tugtóg Acoustic arrangement of Atin Cu Pung Singsing by Jose Valdez performed by … Read more