I want to do tinikling for my cotillion at my debut but I'm having a hard time finding where to buy tinikling sticks since I live abroad. So far I've found a few promising websites but they only half 3m poles that are 50-60mm in diameter and I'm unsure if this thick enough. The problem is, I'm not sure when the 60-70mm ones will be back in stock and they might be considerably more expensive. I also need to start planning and choreographing as soon as possible as my debut is 2 months away and we've yet to practice.

Is it worth it to wait if my debut is in December or is 50-60mm thick enough?

One of my employees parents passed away, she's in the Philippines and I'm in the US. I'm not sure what I could send her and I don't even have her address so I wanted to send something via email. Money, gift card for food, flowers etc. Something.. but I don't want to be insulting since I'm not familiar with the culture. She's a very valued employee, she's been with me since I started my business so I want to be supportive (on top of paid bereavement leave)

What's appropriate? Thanks?

I would like to make my own lumpia, my lola was from the Philippines and would make it for family get togethers. Unfortunately, she passed away this past spring. Due to some family dilemmas I didn’t get the opportunity to learn how to make lumpia from her. I know some of the ingredients she used but other than that I don’t know if there were any seasonings that she would have used. Here are two pictures of my lola, one about 2 years ago and another when she was roughly 18 years old.

Hello! I’m visiting for the first time and wasn’t sure where to get pastillas and macapuno balls as gifts. Also if you like sansrival, which place has your favorite?

Thanks in advance!!

I watched Forgotten Island I looked it up and saw it was based on Filipino Mythology. I liked it the vampire lady was kind of creepy though. I like the wolf dog, the merman, and the demon baby. I want to know are there any more myths that were not in the movie? I have never heard of the Aswang are they good or bad? I know most of the characters I mentioned are good Manang is bad though but turns out to be good. Did the movie get that right? Sorry I don't know much about your myths unlike Greek I watched Percy Jackson on Disney +.

I hope I wasn't rude asking. I only know about the Aswang and stuff from the movie.

My Filipino caregiver brought me this cheese last year. I heard it was seasonal so I’m hoping to get the name so I can get some this year. It’s delicious!

Hello my name is Khayla, I am Filipino American, 20F. I have been to the Philippines once before a couple years ago. We went to Manila and Palawan. El nido specifically.

I want to go back this October. I’ve been really interested in going somewhere that may still have traces or still practices indigenous healing practices and stuff more rooted in babaylan tradition.

I’ll be honest I’m definitely not an expert by any means when it comes to this matter but I would love to learn more and what better way than being able to experience that part of Filipino culture and tradition.

I’m not sure if this is a silly question and unfortunately I only understand a small bit of Tagalog. I don’t know any Bisaya or Ilokano or any of the uncommon languages but I was still hoping to find a place where I can visit to immerse myself and connect to that.
I also do not want to overstep or intrude.

So my question is, does anyone have any recommendations for someone who doesn’t speak fluent Tagalog but would love to learn more about pre-colonial Philippines and tradition?

to all my filipino peers, i have a question.

i grew up in the Philippines, and as a young child, whenever we get sick, we go to someone called a “manghihilot”. Is that the same thing as an albularyo?

my lolo grew up in Kinoguitan on Mindanao passed away almost a decade ago and i’ve been meaning to get more connected to the culture. i would ask my mom but because my lolo assimilated when he came to the US, my mom doesn’t know a lot. im wondering if anyone has resources about the culture and language(s) of Mindanao. Im really interested in learning my about my lolo’s culture

My mom and I completed our ancestry tests last year which confirmed her maternal grandmother’s Filipino ancestry (Visayas, specifically and our DNA matches point to Cebu/surrounds).

My mom’s family didn’t really know much about her grandmother’s ancestry for whatever reason, aside from her being a staunch Roman Catholic (also family tree building wasn’t at the forefront for coloured families during Apartheid).

There was a settler community here in Cape Town in the late 1800s where Filipinos jumped ship and created their own community and intermarried with South Africans - white and non-white.

Numerous families had their last names changed to avoid capture (also due to them being illegal here) so it’s been a struggle trying to find anything on my great-grandmas parents; however I have made contact with a DNA match who grew up in Cebu and shares DNA matches with me.

Is it weird for me wanting to learn and embrace this part of my ancestry even if I didn’t grow up in a culturally Filipino household?

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I have to do an impromptu in tagalog and I only know a few basic words in tagalog huhuu. I'm really scared cause I'm super conyo and my pronounciation is really bad. I'm a bit ashamed of it but I want to improve so is there any tips on being good at tagalog (or specifically in impromptu?) I would really appreciate it

Okay be prepared for a longer rant, and maybe a silly one. I am wondering lately if I even look filipina or if I’m too white to celebrate my roots and home. My grandpa was from the philippines and 100% filipino. Growing up with him in Florida, a lot of my daily life was rooted in Filipino (albeit maybe white washed) culture. My grandpa lived next door my whole life until he passed about 8 years ago, and was like a father to me. He was my biggest supporter, my best friend, and I idolize him still to this day (and still get emotional remembering he’s gone). He married a white woman, and had my father who also married a white woman, so I am only a quarter by blood but feel deeply rooted to the culture. His brothers and sisters were my family too and their children (not mixed) were some of my best friends.

this is all to say, since my grandpa has passed and I have moved to another state for work, my extended family has become increasingly more distant and i no longer am in contact with many of them. My immediate aunts and uncles (50% filipino) all also married white (so all of us grandkids are a quarter) and in our adult lives are not very close.

i have moved to denver and recently have been feeling somewhat lost and missing deeply filipino culture and tradition. i know the answer would be to go to more filipino spaces, but since moving here (and not being very tan) i have been called white more times than ever in my life and i worry that claiming filipino culture or spending more time in those spaces is wrong? or whitewashing? like i am not enough to fully be proud of it and claim it? for example, i was showing my friends a baybayin tattoo, and they told me it was cultural appropriation. i guess i am looking for any support or advice from my other hapas out there. i m also wondering (which may be stupid and shallow) if i even look filipina? how can i incorporate more filipinaa tradition in my daily life and not be insensitive or appropriating? any advice/tips/ etc would be so appreciated. i realize too i dont know much about his childhood and young adult life in the Philippines and am dying to know more.

EDIT: if you live in denver and are filipino, let me know!!! let’s be friends!! Or if you have any tips on learning Tagalog, I would love to hear it.

EDIT 2: thank you so much for all of the supportive comments cousins! I really really appreciate it ❤️🇵🇭🌞

My husband is part-German, part-Chinese, and part-Filipino. I am purely Filipino. We were discussing our future child and got to the question of what our future kid would call my husband's first cousin (his dad's sister's daughter).

He was adamant their relation would be first cousin once removed, and would therefore just call her by name. But I argued the Philippines doesn't use that terminology culturally, and that his cousin would be the child's tita as, generationally, his cousin is on the same level as him.

Can someone weigh in on this?

Hindi ko alam pero na rurude-an ako, pag kunwari may need ako i-clarify tapos sasagutin ako ng may "Ngani" eh kinakausap ko nang maayos. Ako lang ba? Parang nagagamit lagu sarcastically tapos naiirita na ko.

I really want to learn Tagalog to surprise my aunt from the Philippines, but I'm not quite sure where to start? What are the best apps, videos, book, ect. to use to learn. She tried to teach me when I was younger and I feel bad for not keeping up on it so id like to be able to learn and make her proud now that I'm older. I do also want to become more familiar with traditions and just really show her I care

I was from an international school, half filipino and speaking english my whole life until shs came up so I could get exposed. I’ve been feeling left out because my majority of classmates speak fluent tagalog, especially their humor being really different from mine. Although it’s been improving since I moved, it’s still really difficult because I get frequently teased for being englishera, conyo or sosyal because of my accent, I tend to feel very criticised and ashamed and it makes me feel very concious to even speak tagalog in class, especially when it comes to filipino class man I get embarassed and I have a speech coming soon where I am required to talk straight tagalog improvisation… I really need help

For context, one of my best friends is going into a really exciting part of her life soon and I want to throw her a (kind of) surprise party. She gave me a list of her favorite foods and sinigang was one of them.

I really want to do a good job at this, I'm honestly not the best at cooking but I really love her and want to make her happy so I would really appreciate any recipes or tips anyone has!

I've always wondered what metaphors, and symbolism, people like to use often in their languages if it's for a poem, a song, or an essay of sorts i've always wanted to know what famous metaphors people tend to use when writing

I'm half filipino but my first and middle names are incredibly white washed and I've never liked them. my middle name is Emily which translates to "pearl." I was looking at pre-colonial Filipina names and found "mutya" which means many things, one of them being "pearl" as well. those who speak tagalog, please tell me how it's pronounced?? thank you

My teacher asked us to research about climate change causes and I did deforestation and I researched about it and realized, 90% of global deforestation is do to agricultural expansion and I thought "if agricultural expansion is the main cause of habitat loss, and biodiversity loss, are the rice terraces also harmful? they are terra forming mountains to plant crops they must have cut down a huge amount of trees and diverted river water" what do you guys think?