1.

BELIEFS(PHILIPPINES)

BEFORE SPANIARDS CAME, PHILIPPINES IS ORIGINALLY A MUSLIM AND ANIMISM COUNTRY.

SPANIARDS INFLUENCED THE RELIGION OF THE PHILIPPINES. THEY FORCED FILIPINOS TO BELIEVE IN
CHRISTIANITY BACK THEN UNTIL THEY ARE ADAPT IT. CURRENTLY, 94% OF THE POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY
IS CHRISTIAN. EVERY HOLY WEEK, THERE IS THIS CULTURE CALLED PENITENSYA OR PENANCE IN ENGLISH. THIS
RELIGIOUS CULTURE IS AN ACT OF SACRIFICE, REPENTANCE FOR SINS COMMITTED, ASKING FOR HEALING,
WEALTH AND GOOD HEALTH FOR LOVE ONES. THE MOST AWAITED PART OF THE HOLY WEEK IS THE SENAKULO.
THE BLOODIEST REENACTMENT OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST AND THE MOST POPULAR SENAKULO IS DONE IN SAN
FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES.

2. TRADITION(ANCIENT CHINA)

ANCIENT CHINA, ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING CIVILIZATIONS IN HISTORY. THIS CIVILIZATION REALLY
INFLUENCED THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THEIR INVENTIONS SUCH AS COMPASS, GUNPOWDER, PAPER MAKING,
PRINTING, MECHANICAL CLOCK AND ETC. THIS CIVILIZATION WAS KNOWN BECAUSE OF THEIR TRADITION
CALLED “FOOT BINDING” OR THEY CALL IT LOTUS FEET. FOOT BINDING WAS VIEWED AS A RITE OF PASSAGE OF
YOUNG GIRLS AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE PREPARATION OF PUBERTY, MENSTRUATION, AND CHILDBIRTH.
3. VALUES(JAPAN)

JAPAN IS AN ISLAND COUNTRY IN EAST ASIA. IT IS CALLED THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN, BECAUSE IN
CHINA, IT APPEARS THAT THE SUN IS RISING FROM THE DIRECTION OF JAPAN. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE
PEOPLE OF JAPAN IS DISCIPLINED. THEIR CULTURE SPELLS THE WORD “RESPECT” BECAUSE OF THE WAY AND
MEANING OF THEIR BOW. IN JAPAN, PEOPLE GREET EACH OTHER BY BOWING. BOWING CONVEYS “I AM NOT
ABOVE YOU, I RESPECT YOU”. THE CORRECT WAY TO BOW IN JAPAN IS TO BEND AT THE WAIST, KEEP BACK AND
NECK STRAIGHT, FEET TOGETHER, EYES DOWNWARD, AND STRAIGHT ARMS AT SIDE.

3. ART(ETHOPIA)

ETHIOPIA, IN THE HORN OF AFRICA, IS A RUGGED, LANDLOCKED COUNTRY SPLIT BY THE

GREAT RIFT VALLEY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS AN ANCIENT COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO
ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THERE ARE MANY TRIBES IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THE MOST FAMOUS TRIBE IS THE
MURSI TRIBE, THEY ARE KNOWN BECAUSE OF THEIR LIP PLATE. THE CUSTOM OF WEARING A LIP
PLATE IS LINKED TO THE FEMALE’S FERTILITY AND ELIGIBILITY FOR MARRIAGE. THE PLATES ARE
GENERALLY WORN ON OCCASIONS SUCH AS SERVING MEN FOOD, MILKING COWS, AND IMPORTANT
RITUALS LIKE WEDDING.