PPC LESSON 3

• Mythical creatures - possess supernatural abilities that are beyond normal reality. These creatures consist of beasts, monsters, and enchanted beings of more than 140 ethnic groups in the country.
• Aswang - is the bracket term given to shape- shifting creatures that turn into a number of forms, such as the blood- sucking vampire, self-segmenting viscera sucker, man-eating weredog, revengeful or evil-eye witch, and the carrion-feeding ghoul.
• Sirena - generalizes water creatures with a human-like upper body and the body of a fish from the waist down, just like the merfolks.
• Duwende - classifies small magical beings that inhabit the land.
• Engkanto - groups highly attractive, enchanted, human-like environmental beings without any philtrum (the vertical groove between the base of the nose and the upper lip). They usually emit the scent of flowers.
• Higante - categorizes giant humanoid creatures that wander on land.
• MULTO - originates from the Spanish word muerto, which means “dead”
• KAPRE - is a creature described as a tree giant, standing around seven to nine feet tall. A big, black, terrifying, hairy, creature of muscular stature with glowing red eyes, enjoys lounging on trees as he puffs his fine cigar that never burns out.
• NUNO SA PUNSO - A Tagalog word for an “old man of the mound”, a nuno is a dwarf-like nature spirit of the elderly. It is characterized as a tiny old man with a long beard, different from a duwende or dwarf in Philippine mythology.
• TIKBALANG - A half-man and half-horse creature in Philippine mythology known for lurking in mountains and forests, the ——, or tigbalang, is a demon horse possessing a horse's head and hooves and the body of a human.
• TIYANAK - A baby who died after receiving baptismal rites, is a vampire-like creature that cries in the jungle to lure unwary travelers.
• TIKTIK - Also called a wakwak, is a vampiric, bird-like creature that is believed to grab humans at night as its prey.
• MANANANGGAL - An aswang that can fly after detaching itself from the lower half of its body, is characterized as terrifying, sometimes hideous, and is usually depicted as a female with gigantic bat-like wings.
• SIGBIN - Believed to look like a hornless goat with huge ears and a long flexible tail, is a creature that comes out at night to absorb the blood of victims from the shadows. It is also said that the sigbin walks backwards with its head lowered between its back legs.
• MANGKUKULAM - Known as a Philippine witch, uses black magic and other related sorcery, and she is believed to include diverse kinds of people with different cultural backgrounds depending on the ethnic group they are associated with.
• Lumpia - Influence: Chinese, is a delicious deep-fried spring roll, stuffed with a mixture of minced meat and chopped vegetables.
• Pancit - Influence: Chinese, are noodles that can be mixed with whatever meat or vegetable your stomach desires. The name originated from the Hookien word ‘pian e sit,’ meaning ‘something conveniently cooked.
• BEAUTY PAGEANT - have become a national obsession in

  the Philippines.
• Chicken Adobo - Influence: Spanish, One of the most well-known dishes on our list, its distinctive flavor comes from a slow cooking process - plus plenty of vinegar, crushed garlic, soy sauce, and black pepper.
• Leche Flan - Influence: Spanish, Ready for dessert? Meaning 'milk flan' in English, is a custard dessert made of pudding with a soft layer of caramel on top. The texture is smooth and creamy; the flavor rich and sweet.
• Sisig - Influence: Spanish, is a spicy, fatty meat dish with pig head and liver marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, calamansi juice, and chili peppers. Also known as the 'golden lime,' calamansi is a citrus fruit that's commonly used in Filipino lemonade.
• Chicharon - Influence: Spanish, Extremely popular in Spain and Latin America, are fried pork rinds. They can also be made from chicken, beef, or mutton. Filipinos love to eat this crunchy snack with beer.
• Sinigang - Influence: Spanish, Often associated with tamarind, is a sour and savory Filipino stew made with onions, tomatoes, eggplant, spinach, ginger, and fish sauce.
• Cassava Cake - Influence: Native, is another popular Pinoy dessert crafted from freshly grated _ flour and coconut milk, traditionally baked on coals. And you won't have to feel too guilty indulging because it offers a handful of health benefits..
• Arroz Caldo - Influence: Chinese and Spanish, Similar to Vietnamese congee, arroz caldo is a chicken and rice porridge stewed in broth, ginger, chives, and occasionally saffron. The name '__' literally translates to 'rice soup' in English.
• Kare-Kare -Influence: Spanish, is a Filipino stew with vegetables, oxtail, and a thick savory peanut sauce. Originating before the Spanish arrived to the Philippines, is a Filipino comfort food.
• FILIPINO CUISINES - food tends to be overlooked for other Southeast Asian cuisines, like Thai and Vietnamese. But you’d be mistaken to neglect it. Pinoy cuisine has been delighting taste buds for centuries with phenomenal flavors that reflect the country’s multi-cultural influence. From deep-fried lumpia rolls to sweet leche flan, you can find Chinese, Spanish, or Native influence in almost every dish.
• Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS- CBN)
• Bolinao Electronics Corporation - BEC
• James Lindenberg - an American engineer dubbed the "father of Philippine television“
• The company was named after his wife's hometown of Bolinao, Pangasinan.
• Judge Antonio Quirino - the brother of then, Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, had been trying to get a license from Congress that would allow him to put up a television station.
• David Sarnoff - the president of Radio Corporation of America (RCA).
• Finally, on October 23, 1953, Quirino marked the first official television broadcast in the Philippines with the launching of ABS' DZAQ-TV Channel 3 (DZAQ-TV 3)
• With the help of RCA, four men underwent technical training in the United States. These were Arcadio Carandang, Romualdo Carballo, Harry Chaney and Jose Navarro.
• The first transmitter for the station was located in San Juan, Rizal.
• January 1972 - the growth of the Philippine television industry was unstoppable. Aside from ABS-CBN's pioneer satellite broadcasts, stations opened up one after the other in many parts of the country beginning in 1961, when DYCB-TV Channel 3, the pioneer provincial television channel, was opened in Cebu City, bringing four hours of locally produced programming with relays of Manila programs.

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• 1971 - the Philippines, through Radiowealth Inc., had become the third country in the world to manufacture color TV sets
• February 1, 1967 - the corporate name of BEC was changed to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (later adapted the name ABS-CBN Corporation on May 27, 2010, to reflect the media conglomerate's diversification although the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation name is still used alternatively nowadays on some contexts).
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