Tugak

Tugak It was World Frog Day yesterday! How do you say “frog” in your language? Every October, the City of San Fernando in Pampanga holds a festival in honor of the most common and culturally significant amphibian to Kapampángans! TUGAK • (too-GUHK) frog Tagálog (Filipino): palakâ Kapampángan Frog Dance MAMADUAS TAMU! (“Let’s use the paduas … Read more

Alualu

Alualu It was National HaloHalo Day a few days ago! Kapampángans have their own version of this well-loved Filipino milk dessert! Did you know that the Kapampángan halo-halo is more minimalistic than your classic Filipino halo-halo? Halo-halo is a popular cold dessert of shaved ice and milk with various mixed toppings from the Philippines. “Hálò-hálò” … Read more

Rare Centuries-old Books at San Agustin Museum

Rare Centuries-old Books at San Agustin Museum Displayed at the San Agustin Museum are rare, centuries-old books in the Philippines during the Spanish occupation. These are writings that represent the languages of the archipelago to Spanish colonial missionaries’ tradition. Compendido Del Arte De La Lengua TagalaFr. Gaspar De S. Agustin1879 Arte De La Lengua ZebuanaFr. … Read more

Batik

Batik  It’s World Tattoo Day! Though early Kapampángans do not have a recorded tattoo culture unlike their fellow Philippine and Austronesian ethnic groups, the Kapampángan word for “expert”, batikan, survives to attest to a possible precolonial tattoo culture where early Kapampángan experts were tattooed with their achievements on their skin. This may have been lost … Read more

Lungkut

Lungkut The Friday of Sorrows marks the beginning of Holy Week events in the Philippines and concentrates on the emotional pain that the Passion of Jesus Christ caused to his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is venerated under the title Our Lady of Sorrows. LUNGKUT • (loong-KOOT)sadness, sorrowTagálog (Filipino): lungkót Derived WordMALUNGKUT • (muh-loong-KOOT)sad, … Read more