Filipino Culture In The Phillipines

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Filipino Culture Many people visiting the Phillipines found out that English is like a second language to Filipinos, young or old everybody has learned it in order to help the tourists, no matter if you are searching for a hotel or a place to eat, or you go shopping people will always be there to help. As if you are in the United States or Europe, you can easily find places like McDonalds or Burger king, drink coffee in places like Dunkin ' Donuts or enjoy many shops, stores and watch the newest movie premieres. Filipinos are very interesting people with kind character and this make the Phillipines a place where you settle very fast and feel like home in no time. In other Asian countries there are different cultures and people are more religious, they wear more traditional clothing and use their own language. At first everything here looks familiar and as time pass you start to feel the confusion and perplexity. Filipinos have few rules that should be respected and not showing true esteem to them can make you one of those tourists that are not respected by Filipinos. The most interesting and unfamiliar thing among tourists is "hiya", which is one of the most influencing things in the Phillipines, this is a word that cannot be easily translated, but it means something like shame. Hiya is a found in everyday`s Filipino culture and it is something like the sense that stops you doing stupid things or talking foolish things to people. This shame makes Filipinos not to

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