Culture of the Philippines

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Culture of the Philippines

An island nation in Southeast Asia - not the most frequent tourist destination for Russian travelers. Arrive here, mostly amateurs quality diving and secluded beach holiday. But the culture of the Philippines - a huge reservoir of interest of national customs and traditions, familiarity with which to make a variety of holiday and very entertaining.
Colorful pot

Civilization that emerged in the Philippines, is a patchwork of descendants of various nationalities. As in the giant cauldron boiled different cultures here, resulting in the birth a wonderful country with a rich and interesting features.
Philippine culture is woven from the heritage of the indigenous population of the islands, migrants from China arrived in the VIII century with Taiwan, the Spanish colonizers who discovered archipelago to the Old World, and even the Arabs, came here in the XIV century.
From hand to hand

The archipelago has repeatedly passed from hand to hand as a result of war and the carve-up of colonial possessions. As a result, the culture of the Philippines strongly influenced Spanish traditions, and most of the population has been successfully imposed Catholicism as the main religion. Then transmits the United States, the island underwent a new colonial diktat, and during the Second World War have visited and under Japanese occupation.
Predictors of typhoons

As in the rest of the world, the culture of the Philippines relies heavily not only on national traditions. Its formation depended on the climatic characteristics and weather conditions in which they live the peoples inhabiting the country. In the capital, Manila since 1865 has one of the oldest in the region of astronomical laboratories. Founded by the Jesuits in the walls of the Manila University, the laboratory for observing nature is engaged in the prediction of the origin and occurrence of typhoons.
Today, researchers Manila Observatory are working towards the study of phenomena seismological and meteorological character, and in honor of the Director of the subject even was named an asteroid.
Silver palette of the great masters

An imprint on the culture of the Philippines has left the local native, painter Juan Luna-and Novis. He graduated from the naval school and participated in voyages to different seas. Becoming a Bachelor of Arts, Juan Luna was in Spain, Paris and Rome. His famous work "Daphnis and Chloe" was awarded the "Silver palette" - the highest artistic award Manila Art Lyceum.