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This is a list of the queen consorts of the major kingdoms and states that existed in present-day Philippines. Only the senior queens—i.e. those with the rank of Dayang ( "Lady") and Lakambini ( "Queen" )—are listed.
According to Filipino writer and historian Hermenegildo Cruz, the official language of the Katipunan is Tagalog, and uses an alphabet nearly similar to Spanish alphabet but has a different meaning and the way it was read was changed.
The indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people (sometimes referred to as Anitism, or, less accurately, using the general term animism) were well documented by Spanish missionaries, mostly in the form of epistolary accounts (relaciones) and entries in various dictionaries compiled by missionary friars.
It starts in the pre-Spanish Philippines where animist beliefs created a huge black spirit that watched people from the trees, follows the etymology of the term "kapre", and discovers why the creature is always smoking cigars.
Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa ( Filipino for "For God, People, Nature, and Country" [1] or "For the Love of God, People, Nature, and Country" [2]) is the national motto of the Philippines.
Datu is the title for chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs throughout the Philippine archipelago. [1] The title is still used today, especially in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan, but it was used more extensively in early Philippine history, particularly in central and southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
Students who have successfully completed the Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (KASNEB) CPA examination qualify to apply for ICPAK membership. Once membership is approved members can use the designatory CPA-K (Certified Public Accountant Kenya).
The inability to keep your kids’ or pets’ names straight doesn’t mean you can’t tell them apart, and despite what Freud might have said, there’s no subconscious meaning behind it.
Cañao or Kanyaw is a festival or a ceremony of the indigenous mountain people of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is a socio-religious ritual where chickens, pigs and/or carabaos are butchered as a sacrifice and feasted on. This is usually a thanksgiving to their god Kabunyan.
The manananggal (Tagalog: mana'nang'gal, lit. ' remover ') is a mythical creature in the Philippines that is able to separate its upper torso from the lower part of its body. Their fangs and wings give them a vampire-like appearance.