Philippine Independece Day!

Magandang Umaga, sa lahat! (Good Morning to everyone!) This is week is the Filipino Cultural week, and at the end of the week is the Filipino Independence week. We are currently learning about Filipino Independence Day. I hope you learn a lot of new things about my culture!

Filipino Independence Day:

The Filipino Independence day is held on the 12th of June, it marks the day where the Philippines officially left the Spain colony, this happened on June 12th 1898. The Filipino Independence day is called Araw ng Kalayaan, which means "Day Of Freedom".

Flag: The Philippines flag can be hanged vertically or horizontally, there are meanings in the colours and symbols of the flag.

When the red side of the flag is at the top it means that we are in a war, when the blue one is at the top it means we are at peace.


During the independence day, Filipino children will be scattered around the streets playing traditional games while the adults will be cooking foods for the celebrations. For tourists, I would recommend them to visit national Museums to learn about the Filipino culture and history behind our Independence Day.

 In celebrations, we sing karaoke and be free, whenever celebrations sing the national anthem make sure sing it with respect by putting your right hand on your heart.

Filipinos cook a lot so that means we also eat a lot. Some foods we eat are:
Halo-Halo
Sinigang
Adobo
Lechon
Kare-Kare
Caldereta (Spicy beef stew)
Banana Que

Here are some pictures on people on the Filipino Independence Day.