Philippines

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The Wildlife of the Philippines has a significant number of plant and animal species that are endemic in the Philippines. The country's surrounding waters reportedly[who?] have the highest level of biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is considered as one of the seventeen Megadiverse countries as well as global biodiversity hotspot. In the 2000 Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 418 of the country's 52,177 species were listed as threatened. The Philippines has among the highest rates of discovery in the world with sixteen new species of mammals discovered in the last ten years. Because of this, the rate of endemism for the Philippines has risen and likely will continue to rise

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There are 3,800 species of trees in the Philippines, the most famous of which is the narra tree. The narra is the national tree. Its wood is one of the world's hardest woods. It is also a source of medicine and dye.

Other trees native to the Philippines are the almon, apitong, guijo, kamagong, red and white lauan, tindalo, yakal and the Philippine mahogany or molave tree.

The Asian elephant is the largest mammal of the Philippines.

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Kellogg cream is one brand of heavy cream available in the Philippines. This is also one of the most popular brands in that area.

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Filipino culture focuses a lot on respect of your elders. Within a family, younger family members give a lot of respect to those members who are older...even if only by a few weeks or months. Once children are independent, they typically work hard and send money to help out their parents and any siblings who may be still be in the home. Family and religion (usually Catholicism) are very important parts of the culture. Many families will have a lot of children (5 or more...sometimes as many as 13 or 14) and everyone supports one another.

Filipino cuisine includes a lot of rice (plain, fried, rice noodles, etc) and a lot of vegetables. Pork, sea food and chicken are included in a lot of recipes. It's more likely that the meat will be part of another dish rather than eaten on its own -- for example, it would be unlikely to sit down and eat a steak in the Philippines but it is quite common to eat a noodle dish with shrimp, pork and chicken bits in it.

Some more common dishes include Chicken Adobo (made from chicken, vinegar, soy sauce and garlic), pansit (a noodle dish similar to lo mein -- but using rice noodles), and ciopao (bready dumplings filled with sweet shredded pork or chicken).

Some traditional Filipino dances include:

* Tinikling - which requires the dancer to jump between bamboo poles that are being clapped together in rhythm * Binasuan and Pandanggo sa Ilaw - dancers balance glasses of rice wine (binasuan) or oil lamps (pandanggo) on their heads and in their hands * Maglalatik - a mock-war dance depicting a fight for coconut meat

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Local food companies have been enhancing the following delicacies or food products for both domestic and international markets:

* Orient Food's "Energy Food," which is a combination of ampaw and dehydrated fruits * Sans Rival's jam squares * Ivon's baye-baye * Chantilly's bod-bod kabog * Bod-bod of Tanjay

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Influences of Arabic culture in the Philippines:

1. Islam

2. Sultan government

3. Arabic language

4. Arabic writing system

5. Words like apo, sulat, alamat at salamat, came from the Arabic words ima, kitab and kali.

6. the use of calendar

7. "singkil" dance

Filipinos have a number of folk beliefs about life, family, luck, wealth, etc.. The Tagalog terms for folk beliefs and superstitions are: paniniwala (beliefs), kasabihan ng mga matatanda (what the old people say), and pamahiin (superstitions)

Here's my translation of the traditional grace before meals in Tagalog (Filipino).

"Basbasan mo kami Panginoon at itong iyong mga handog

mula sa iyong pagpapala sa pamamagitan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen."

Very Rev. Vicente DeLa Cruz, J.V.

This is a literal translation:

"Grasya pagkatapos ng pagkain".

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The word 'granary' refers to a room or storehouse. In the Philippines something is needed to store all of the rice that is grown. The rice is stored in a rice granary.

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The food that Filipinos eat on Christmas Eve and on the holiday season show the various influences of the West and of China. Influenced by Chinese traditions, Filipinos eat 12 varieties of fruits for Christmas, preferably round ones. From the West, Filipinos have acquired the tradition of eating walnuts, queso de bola (cheese) and grapes for Christmas.

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