Japanese Culture vs. Philippine Culture

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What is Culture? Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. We will know more about the differences and similarities of Japanese Culture and Philippine Culture.  I can help you decide if it's more fun in Japan or if it's more fun in the Philippines. 

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Japan is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun" which means "sun's origin." Philippines is also known as the "Republic of the Philippines." Philippines also has it's famous slogan "It's more fun in the Philippines" which was launched by the Department of Tourism. Talking about the people of both countries, people living in Japan are called Japanese while the people living in the Philippines are called Filipinos.  

Let's talk about the events, celebrations, or holidays in both countries. Bon-Odori Festival in Japan is a traditional Japanese summer festival featuring Japanese drum music, dancing and special summer food. 

Shichi-Go-San Festival  is a traditional Japanese festival where parents celebrate on the fifteenth of November their children growing up as they turn three, five and seven years of age. In the Philippines, they also have different  festivals that they also celebrate. One of these is Tanduyong Festival,  a parade to give thanks for a good harvest participated by various barangays and establishments in colorful costumes and instead of marching, dance in the street. Another is Kinulob Festival, it gives recognition to the local native chicken raisers. It is one way of cooking the whole chicken with unique presentation. Street dance competition, mini band exhibition, cultural presentation and Mutya ng Mabini pageant are some of the highlights of the festival.

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Just looking on these pictures, it makes us want to taste all of these foods. The picture on the left side are Japanese food. Some of the main dishes in Japan are Sushi, Tempura, Steak, Sukiyaki Shabushabu ,

Ebi Fry (Shrimp Deep Fry) and Curry rice. The picture on the right side are Filipino Food. Some of the popular food in Philippines are adobo, lechon, sinigang, bagoong, tinola, laing, etc. 

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The left picture is the clothing in Japan. It is called 'kimono'. On the right side of the picture is the National Clothing in the Philippines which is barong tagalog at baro't saya. 

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Japanese flag on the left side.

Philippine flag on the right side.

For Japanese flag,  The centered sun symbol (called Hinomaru) has been an important part of Japan's flag for thousands of years. The white field is symbolic of honesty and purity. 

The Philippine flag is made of three fields; a blue band at the top, a red band at the bottom, and a white equilateral triangle on the hoist  side. At the center of the triangle is a yellow sun with eight rays and in each corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star.  

SYMBOLISM OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG

 BLUE FIELD - stands for peace, truth, and justice 

 RED FIELD - stands for patriotism and valor

 WHITE TRIANGLE - stands for equality and fraternity 

EIGHT RAYS OF THE YELLOW SUN - represents the original eight provinces that started the Philippine revolution against Spanish rule

THREE YELLOW STAR - represents Luzon, Visayas , and Mindanao, the three geographical division of the country

That's all! I hope you will learn a lot from this article.

Contributed by: Kim Jaziel J. Manuel

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