Dear readers,

Hello! smile I hope you are enjoying my recent articles and more importantly, I hope you are able to learn something important from time to time. For my article this week I am going to talk about the common stereotypes of Filipinos. These stereotypes range from something obvious to something bizarre. smile Enjoy reading!


      Contents:

  1. Filipinos love to sing in karaokes
  2. Your average Filipino normally eats rice three times a day even at breakfast!
  3. Filipinos are friendly and sweet
  4. Short and tiny but ironically we love basketball
  5. In every dining room in Filipino homes there will always be a “Last Supper” hanging on the wall
  6. The longest Christmas celebration is celebrated in the Philippines
  7. Having uncles and aunts who are named “Boy”, “Girlie” or “Baby” is not unusual


1. Filipinos love to sing in karaokes

In the Philippines I can say that singing is a big part of our culture. In many occasions ranging from christening of a new born child to a funeral and everything in between you will always see that karaoke and someone singing on it smile. Thanks to this favorite Filipino past time many Filipino singers are well known abroad especially in the US.


Charice Pempengco, a Filipina singer who became famous thanks to YouTube

2. Your average Filipino normally eats rice three times a day even at breakfast!

As with other East Asian countries we LOVE rice! smile We always say in the Philippines that no meal is complete without rice, and it is undoubtedly true. We easily get hungry if we do not eat rice especially in the morning. If a Filipino goes to a Western country where eating rice is not part of the daily meals, other than his family the other thing he will miss is the rice.


3. Filipinos are friendly and sweet

Filipinos are one of the most if not the friendliest and warmest people on earth. If you guys remember in my first article I met this Qatari guy in Poland who has been in the Philippines few years ago and he told me he got this impression that we Filipinos are born with smile already in our faces. You may think it it a bit of exaggeration but it is so true!

 


With or without teeth Filipinos of all ages are always ready for a selfie! 

4. Short and tiny but ironically we love basketball
I think this is due to the fact that for many years we were occupied by the Americans and so we came to love everything “Stateside” from chocolates to clothes and basketball as the well loved sport in the Philippines is not an exception. People of all ages especially the boys love this sport. You can see many basketball courts in most residential areas whether outside of a house or the property of the subdivision. In fact the front of our house is a basketball court as well. In the last few years football is becoming popular but still the popularity of basketball is unbeatable here even if we are genetically short and tiny.

Rain or shine the show or rather as the picture above depicts, the basketball match must go on! smile

5. In every dining room in Filipino homes there will always be a “Last Supper” hanging on the wall.

I know that as a people we are a religious bunch but honestly I do not know the origin behind this custom but I think 97% ofthe homes I have visited here in my country there is always a “Last Supper” hanging on the wall.




6. The longest Christmas celebration is celebrated in the Philippines (from September 1 until January 6)

We usually start the countdown for Christmas starting September 1. The Christmas season in the Philippines officially end after the feat of the three kings or the Epiphany on January 6 according to the Julian calendar.  You will see a countdown in some public spaces such as mall and at whenever TV night news end. Also starting September 1 you will hear Christmas songs played in malls signaling the start of the Christmas season and Christmas buying. I personally think it is one strategy of the malls to remind the shoppers that you can now shop for Christmas gifts! LOL

Christmas lanterns or “parol” (as we locally known) on display for the Christmas season.

 7. Having uncles and aunts who are named “Boy”, “Girlie” or “Baby” is not unusual

I personally do not have an uncle or aunt who has such a name but I know many people who have. I think my case is an exceptional one. In general however, majority of the Filipinos have at least one close or distant relative whose name or nickname is “Boy”, “Girlie” or “Baby” and is not only limited to an aunt or an uncle)).


As a part of the Filipino kinship, we call our uncles “Tito” and our aunts “Tita” hence the photo above “Tita Baby” smile

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© Lara Titan for 7mango. Manila, Philippines

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