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Philippines is an archipelago consisting of more than 7,107 islands and islets. The three major regions of the Philippines are Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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The Philippines has extensive but small river system.
The Rio Grande de Mindanao just one of the famous rivers.
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Volcanoes dot the three geographic regions of the country and have been for centuries one of the natural causes of destruction of life and property.
The most famous is Mt. Mayon in Abay, known to its “perfect cone.”
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The Philippines lies within the Pacific seismic belt and has consequently experienced severe earthquakes.
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It’s fertile plains and rich valleys produce diverse crops such as rice. Rice is the staple crop of the country. Other products are copra, abaca, gums, rubber, sugar.
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Filipinos belongs to the mixture of races, Spanish, American, Japanese, Chinese but basically Filipinos are Malay.
Because of the centuries of cultural and commercial contacts with other countries.
Social Classes were created due to the inter-marriage between Filipinos and the white men led to a class known as the _Mestizo_class.
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to define what a Filipino is.
Hospitality is one potent Filipino trait.
Close Family Ties. The Filipino family ordinarily consists of the grandparents, the parents, and the children, and
even grandchildren.
Respect for the elders.It is one Filipino traits that has remained in the book of unwritten laws, The Filipino parents exercises almost absolute powers over the children.
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Just few of Filipino distinct traits.
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