Hanakat's Blog

  IDEALLY, I WOULD LIKE THE CULTURE OF....     To be honest, I am that type of person who typically goes with the flow. I was raised to be simple, to be contented of what I have and to embrace the values and beliefs of our family.      Since I am not used to go outdoors, because of the influence of my grandfather who didn't allow my parents to expose me outside our house, up until now, I always stay at home especially of I don't have work or there's no errands to do.      Since I was raised to be a simple, optimistic and a humble daughter, there is no other cultural background that I like most than that of the Filipino Culture.        No matter what happens, even if I would be forced to choose other countries and their culture, I would still choose the country where I was born and the culture that was instilled to me because this made me of who I am today. Filipinos are known for being optimistic especially when problems o...

  MY ADOPTIVE TOWN/CITY     Practically speaking, my hometown Leganes is the first town to pass by when leaving the city going north. Though I grew up in Leganes and adopted the culture, beliefs, and practices of my own hometown, Iloilo City is what I considered to be as my adoptive city. This place plays a major influence of who I am today.                                                        ASSUMPTION ILOILO      I was asked by my parents when I was still a kid and is about to enter primary education where do I want to go to school. I excitingly answered "Assumption." I went to school here from Kinder to High School and I am proud to say that Assumption Iloilo molded me to become who I am today especially through their academic & values education.         ...

 My Town, My Roots, My Pride  Leganes is located 11 kilometers north of the capital, Iloilo City. It is the only coastal municipality that shares a common border with the city. It is the first municipality going to the northern part of Iloilo province. Leganes is a fourth-class municipality in the province of Iloilo. With its sheer size, Leganes ranks as the second smallest town of the 42 municipalities and 1 component city of the province of Iloilo. With the total land area of 3, 220 hectares, and is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Hiligaynon is the common language used by Leganesnons, however barangays near the towns of Pavia going to Sta. Barbara, they use Kinaray-a as their language. The people of Leganes are known as “Leganesnons.” Well cultivated fields, coconut trees, and bamboo clumps dominated the landscape of the entire municipality. The terrain is characterized by level plains of agricultural lands that produce rice. Areas along its coastlines are swam...

  MY CULTURAL HERITAGE        In our family, what we culturally practice is based from the beliefs and practices of our older generations. We used to follow their cultural beliefs and traditions from  generations to generations. Our family believes in traditions such as “pahimag-o”, a simple celebration of thanks to our ancestors and to God for the abundance we have received every cropping season. Also, as a family who lives in the urban community, we still believe in “pahilot” wherein if an individual or a family member got injured, he/she may see someone who knows to “hilot”or have it “massaged.” We do believe in this healing because my lola (mama’s mother) was a known “manog hilot” during her time. For me, the most important thing that our older generations had passed on to us is our faith and strong belief in God the Almighty and to always offer mass intentions to our dear departed loved ones.        Today, our fami...

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                     The first three months (February-April) of this year was a nightmare for me and my family. We've loss three loved ones for three consecutive months. For the month of February, my closest Uncle who happens to be our current Punong Barangay just left us in just a blink of an eye. On February 12, 2021; Chinese New Year, early in the morning, the two of us were walking back and forth at our garage and outside our driveway, he was even eager to pick the snail that crawls near my plants. He picked it up and threw it away along the road. I went with him outside the driveway and usually do our "tambay" routine early in the morning. On that moment, my Mom also went near us. With a couple of chit chats from the three of us, Tatay just slowly bend his knees as if picking something from the ground, at first I thought really he was going to pick something yet I was tensed when I saw he is getting pale and he is not respondin...