Discipline in Social Sciences

• Filipinos are family oriented. It revolves around the extended family, including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins (up to several times removed), and other relatives
• In religious aspect, especially for Catholic families, godparents — those to whom care for children is entrusted should the parents die or otherwise be incapacitated — also figure prominently in the kinship network.
• Members of extended families typically gather for major life events such as baptisms and confirmations (for Catholic Filipinos). They observed religious holiday in the Philippines like Christmas and Easter.
• Muslim families officially observe Eid al-Fitr in the Philippines in their religious faith which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
• Other major holidays both Christian and Muslim observe include New Year's Day, Labor Day (May 1), and Independence Day (June 12).
• Filipinos celebrate feast as a very special occasion for the Catholic faith and tourists.
• Feasts were constituted by the Spaniards during the Spanish Period.
• Filipinos during pre-Spanish period carved the images of their anitos (gods and goddesses) and ancestors on wood
• Various seasonal celebrations (e.g., harvest) and life rituals (e.g., courtship and marriage) called for certain instrumental music, songs, and dances.
• Many Filipino musicians adopt the Western classical music tradition, namely; Antonio J. Molina, Felipe P. de Leon (known for their nationalistic themes) and the opera singer Jovita Fuentes.
• The Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Folk Arts Theatre, and the restored Manila Metropolitan Theatre (all in Manila) provide homes for the performing arts, featuring local and foreign opera and ballet.
• To encourage the development of arts, the government gives awards of recognition and maintains a National Arts Center (established 1976), which includes the Philippine High School for the arts in Los Baños, south of Manila.
• In painting and sculpture, we have Juan Luna for his nationalism, Fernando Amorsolo for his traditional rural scenes, muralists Carlos V. Francisco and Vicente Manansala, and modernists Victorio Edades and Arturo Rogerio Luz.