About Philippines
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Islam
The Islam reached the Philippines in the 14th century with the arrival of Malay and Javanese merchants and Arab missionaries from Malaysia and Indonesia. According to the 2006 census the…
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Iglesia ni Kristo
The Iglesia ni Kristo (Church of Christ) was founded in Manila in 1913 by Felix Manalo, a former Protestant of great personal charisma. His appeal was to all those at…
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Church of Aglipay
The Church of Aglipay was founded in September 1902, born of the same nationalist revolutionary movement which sought to throw off the Spanish yoke, both military and political. The Spanish…
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Ancient Indigenous Belief
During the pre-colonial period the people of the Philippines practiced polytheism, animism and worship the elements. Their beliefs and cultural mores anchored in the idea that the world is inhabited…
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Religion
The breakdown of the population of the Philippines by religion is a matter of considerable significance, since it reflects a cultural as well as a psychological division, resulting from a…
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Language
There are more than 89 languages and 122 dialects in the Philippines; but only eight languages can be regarded as of major importance in terms of the number of people…
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Non-indigenous Ethnic Group
The Chinese are thought to have come to the Philippines as early as the 6th century B.C. There was trade between China and the Philippines in the time of the…
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Tribal Groups
A government body Panamin, was set up in 1965 to look after the interests of the minority peoples scattered about the north and south of the archipelago. About 60 tribal…
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Ethnic Groups
Filipinos to this days are compose of various Malayo- Polynesian speaking ethnic group, the major ethic groups are the Visayan, Tagalog, Ilocano, Bicolano, Pangasinense, Kapampangan, the Igorot and the Moro.…
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Population
When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines the archipelago must have had a fairly considerable population, since within a fairly short time it was possible to assemble an army of…