EXACTLY ... when your neighbor gives you a spaghetti plate . you'll always ask WHO'S CELEBRATING HIS OR HER BIRTHDAY TODAY ? OH HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE SPAGHETTI HA ..... 👍💯😁😁😁
DanielaLopez OMG THAT WOULD ALWAYS HAPPEN! we would wait so long for the food then when it comes were all so hungry then we try to eat then our lola would come and say WAIT DONT TOUCH THE FOOD PICTURE FIRST! and we all groaned
happy birthday! I remember before, I've celebrated my birthday with my colleagues and usually in filipino culture like you said you have to give a "birthday blowout" / "birthday treat". I thought it was also applicable here in the western culture. Long story short, I was about to pay the bill then my colleagues stopped me and told me that they were going to pay for it. I didn't know that when you have a birthday here, they're going to treat you instead of otherwise.
Thanks Ray! Hope you're doing well :) And yes, I've had the same experience where colleagues would pay because it was my birthday. I guess it's different depending on family/person rather than culture?
It depends..friends usually make money cotribution for the celebration if a friend has no budget ,we would make a suprise party or get together..drink n food and singin(videoke)..the key is if you are a friend you have to be sensitive as to whats the financial status of your friend weeks b4 the date..he or she is a bit broke..time to call evrybody for a planning.
What about the "pabitin"? There's prizes that are hanged and they get the prizes but someone tugs it up and down. But, about the blood on the forehead thing, only some provinces do at, but I have remembered a birthday in Bohol where they put blood on the forehead of the birthday boy.
I am from Bohol and i don't really live in the mountains but experienced that many times during my past birthdays. It's actually odd. I think I should ask them on my upcoming birthday lol
Idk about you guys but in kindergarten or elementary years my mom would always give a birthday blowout at class, give all my classmates snacks to eat (even put toys in the "party bag" too) and even give the teachers something to eat. I realized how extra my mom is but I enjoyed it 😂😂
mine too. I thought this is a Filipino thing? We did this from kindergarten to grade 7 😂😂😂 (and don't forget the spaghetti on it. It's not a blowout without it.)
i need that pr list shishtarr Same here and to add another layer of extra-ness, I’d dress up as a different Disney princess every year 😂 I love my parents
I experienced that blood-on-the-forehead thing when I was younger. My father would just mark a cross on the forehead using the chicken blood. But that should be a freshly slaughtered chicken. You can't do it yourself if you're the birthday celebrant.
Interesting! I'm curious to know if your father would buy the freshly slaughtered chicken from someone, or have to raise the chicken. Are there specifics to that too? I'm just wondering 😊
Well, he raised chickens. :) So, he would just kill one of them. :) I think one could buy the chicken from someone or from the market but it should be a NATIVE chicken. :)
You feel me! It's hard to film during the day when everyone's loud sometimes too LOL. Welcome back to the channel Clariz 💖 And to answer yours and +Cutenasse's question, I didn't have a debut. I'll explain why in a video later, but I did have a Sweet 16 😍
FUN FACT: When its your bday in the Philippines your whole family will treat you like a ROYAL, the next day (this happens to some philipinos, I'm one of them) they give you a lot of chores to do😂
Your blue hair looks nice. I heard the birthday 🎁 🎂 recipient has to buy all their own stuff but invite all to a big 🎉 party in phillipines. Well it was like that in metro 🚇 Manila... great video!🤙🙌🤟
OMG!!! Super Belated Happy Birthday. I literally saw this video super duper late. But I guess better late than never. So about the blood of the chicken that suppose to put on your forehead and you have to cook and eat it the chicken it symbolize for like guidance or more on for you not be close to the like ghost or like not like human like us or in danger and it is not only for us but usually it is use to bless a new place, new house, car or something that you bought or like you have to take care of or use it daily especially when it's not brand new. It's like prayer to drive the souls away especially the bad ones, and if it's like business for it to be successful and to grow bigger. And yeah I'm a Filipina that's why I know about this things literally I'd already experienced it many times. So hey Happy birthday!! :)
this is my first time watching one of your videos, and loved it! i'm a filipina too btw hihi so yay #PinoyPride also you might be one of the fil-am youtubers that aren't cringey to watch HAHA just sayin' =)) i just want to add the fact that when a woman turns 18 here in the PH, we usually hold debuts as a special way of celebrating that a girl is turning into a lady (bc that's the legal age here) while there in the States, I think it's equal to a sweet 16 (?) p.s. i also do videos in my channel! it'd be awesome if you check them out too! hihi mwa
Yay! I hope the kapamilya enjoys it too! I've always loved celebrating birthdays, and I can really thank my mom for instilling the importance of birthdays in me 😋
I love this, that birthdays are special. I'm a United Statesian and I want to make this tradition for my children so they know how special they are! I don't like the mindset here that children will be spoiled if you show them they are special and important. I'm going to be me! And I think I have learned something from the Filipinas today. Thank you!
haha "United Statesian" 😂 I've come across people who judged my parents for "spoiling" me when I was younger just because they gave me a sweet 16, or just because my mom celebrated and made a birthday party EVERY YEAR. It wasn't overkill because ever year that my mom did it for me, I understood how precious life is. I'm glad you'll be doing the same for your children!
Girl. First, lemme just tell you that you and your hair looking bomb AF 💣Also I am just getting into your videos cause as a half filipina who is kinda in the middle ground of being in touch with her filipina culture, your videos are like super fun and bubbly and I'm kinda binging on your videos now 😂 You deserve more subs 😚
Filipinos are so big on birthdays that for the females, their 18th, which symbolizes them being officially adults, is such a big deal. Traditionally, there is something called a debut which is a huge fancy party for the celebrant/debutante. They have traditions like the Cotillion de Honor, 18 Roses (you pretty much dance with the 18 most important men in your life), 18 Candles (18 people who are the closest to you [usually all female] who will give you their birthday wishes) and the 18 Treasures (these are 18 people [usually include godmothers and aunts] who will be giving you gifts and they have to explain said gifts). There are also others that have been added like the 18 Shots (chosen people who have to answer questions about the debutante, if they get it wrong they have to take a shot, if they got it right the debutante drinks) and 18 Blue Bills (bruh these are just 18 people who will each give you a thousand pesos like what). Although these days, a lot of girls forgo the tradition and instead celebrate their 18th differently - a lot prefer to use the money to travel. But when they do decide to have the debut, it is almost always a grand celebration.
I am so happy! = "Ang saya saya ko!" XD Thanks for the shoutout girl~ I am shocked! haha BTW I hope you had a lovely birthday. I saw Gerry's Grill in this video. Never thought there's one in the US.
Thank you Kim!! 💛 I had a great time with my family. Gerry's Grill is here! There aren't many of them, but we go to this one because my uncle owns it lol
"Harana" or "Serenade" (in English) -Harana is usually done when a guy is courting a girl, old school style! He can sing himself or can bring other people along to play a song for the lady :) I guess today, it might still be done in rural areas of Philippines but not so much in urban areas.. :)
I grew up in a provincial area here in the Philippines and I've actually experienced that chicken blood thing. My dad would call me and draw a cross on my forehead with the fresh chicken blood. As far as I can remember I think it served as a symbol of asking a blessing on your birthday wishing for good life.
Hi just wanted to let you know that at 1:15 the vertical orientation of the philippine flag is wrong. The blue side must be on the left when the flag is displayed vertically. Having the red side on the left is actually a symbol for war. Idk if anyone brought this up yet but the more you ~must~ know lol.
If this video had been aimed at an older audience, this would've been pointed out sooner. So, even if the rest of your audience did not realize it... ignorance is not a good foundation for your social platform.
Based on experience in Zamboanga City, even I don't have a lot of birthday parties in my life, but my family makes sure to have a simple meal of chicken, soup, saucy food, estofado, kari-kari (for us it's chicken curry and is spicy and not the peanut butter one), endulceao (sugar glazed pork ham or meat with pineapples, mixed in soda, peppers, and sometimes with star anise, and is like a sweetened version of adobo but for large chunks of meat like ham), and we still do sometimes the tradition of putting chicken's blood on the forehead. That tradition is still being done also in urban areas like independent cities, urbanized cities, municipalities, and provincial cities like Zamboanga City (highly urbanized independent city) which were I live. According to my parents, an alive chicken is needed to be caught or bought, then killed by slicing a knife on its neck, then get the blood and put some on the celebrant's forehead (the birthday celebrant) in a cross sign (due to Christianity) and this tradition is a mixture of folk and Christian tradition. It is like the anointing with oil or holy water done by most Christians but uses chicken's blood which is from folk and indigenous tradition of offering an animal sacrifice for thanksgiving for a completion of another stage of life or a completion of another Earth's revolution around the sun. It also means that the blood and the offered or sacrificed chicken will be like a protection for the celebrant throughout the day of his/her birthday, because another tradition says that if it is your birthday, then you are open for accidents or for jinxes and curses of elemental beings, that's why blood symbolizes and acts as spiritual protection and the chicken acts as a sacrifice to the spirits around to not hurt or disturb the celebrant, and that no accident would happen to the celebrant especially on his/her birthday. The chicken is then cooked as you wish but most of the time as "pesang manok" or soup with ginger and lemongrass leaves, with malunggay or horseradish leaves, and with sayote or unriped papaya. Aside from the sacrificed chicken and the blood for thanksgiving and protection, another birthday tradition (more like superstition in this case) is that the celebrant shouldn't play with knives or bladed objects, stay at home or never go out anywhere dangerous like to have a trip to far places, never climb a tree especially at 12 noon which is believed to be a time when elemental spirits come out, never get wounded, be careful of illnesses and sickness, be careful of accidents and harmful people, be careful of dangerous and unknown or unexplored places, and avoid getting any bleeding or fracture. It is believed that if one of this happened especially on your birthday may lead to misfortune, great accidents and danger, the wound or bleed would not be easily get healed, the fracture will led to even more serious infection, and the blood of the wound may attract more danger, jinxes, and curses around. On the other hand, it just means rest, don't do anything heavy, don't help cooking especially in using knives, and stay at home safe or just go the familiar places and always go to pray in church or at home with a lighted white candle.It also means you need to be protected for you just completed another life stage and entered a new age, and you must be safe and happy that you just completed or almost completed another revolution around the sun.
My daughter inlaw is filipina and for the last 5 years I've attended many filipino parties. The celebrate both American and filipino holidays as well. Omg,so much food to eat and too much food to take home. Oh,my grandsons have the filipino nose, they're absolutely adorable.
Hello Rachel, I really like your videos and I like your blue hair :-) Belated happy birthday! For me it is interesting to see how it is for you to have two cultures and I am also interested, because my boyfriend is filipino. I am half german, half thai, but all raised in Germany without contact to my fathers culture because he left when I was one year. In three weeks I will visit the first time the Philippines and I am so excited :-) Hope to see more of your videos :-)
Don't forget about the Lechon and the uncles who drink till dawn, or the children who all hang out in one room while everyone else is singing karaoke. Good times... *notices that that Flag has more than eight rays...
Don't forget the combo of spaghetti and fried chicken. And the karaoke thing. And you go house to house giving neighbors some food. Make sure it's on a paper plate though otherwise your precious ceramic will end up as give away too. Haha.
Sometimes in Filipino birthday, if its your bday, its immediate fam beach time, if its either the weekends or summer. Also Sometimes, Lechon is a must in a birthday
when there's spaghetti in the house, the first thing that would pop into filipinos' minds are "whose birthday is it?" BECAUSE LITERALLY EVERY BIRTHDAY THERE IS SPAGHETTI IF THERE'S NO PANCIT HAHAHAHA
thank you for making this video. im american born and raised but my mom is from the philippines ao im trying to learn more about her culture and her language because i didn't pick up on tagalog when i was younger.
I'm just seeing this now, and yes it is OR was a tradition where my parents would put chicken blood (form a cross symbol + ) in our fore head, but not all of it is done in provinces. Some people living in the cities or urban places practice it as well, but this tradition is slowly fading. I'm a 90's kid and my parents used to put chicken blood on our fore head but as time passes by they seem to not do it anymore.. so yeah. ........ and oh!, for the games we tend to play these games : Stop dance, paper dance (a lot of dance games),trip to Jerusalem, the boat is sinking (in this game you'll find out who is your real friend like literally!.
blood cross is some kind of a protection from sickness in our province in Philippines... nice youtuber... you should also know too that when Filipino's notice somebody that is Filipino blooded... Filipino related or someone love pinoys... Filipinos easily give support... and also feel proud for them... and I'm proud of you sister...
I remembered when one of our classmates brought pansit because it's his birthday and we ate it in our Math class and our Math teacher said "Ang pancit ay pangpahaba ng buhay, pag nabilaukan patay" (The pancit gives long life, when you've choked (you're) dead" and we all bursts out of laughter.
Another game I saw by my filipino family is like a wooden grate which is tied so you can pull it up and down and on this is hanging toys and/or candies
Hi gorgeous! Im happy to see your vid about this. I remember when I was a kid, they put a chicken blood on my forehead (cross sign), I really don't know why. hahaha.. Anyway, I had fun watching your vid. #proudpinayhere
Filipino Birthdays: -FOOD PLENTY OF FOOD LIKE YOU HAVEN’T ATE FOR 10 YEARS -aunties and uncles and friends and family are in your house -karaoke (no party if no karaoke) -games -very noisy
i find that birthdays here in the US are more awesome. probably because ever since I came here, I had awesome birthdays that are over the top. and Im already old. in the Philippines, it is me who throws myself a birthday and i dont get anything. when i came here, my birthdays have been awesome!!
Yah we take birthdays serious even kids in school(well my school) celebrate there teacher's birthday like we always need to plan a surprise birthday for our teachers here
Hii from the Philippines 🇵🇭 "ate" (sister) Rachel!! I love this video so muchh ❤️❤️ especially the party games!! I love karaoke so muchh because i get to sing with my family and relatives. Hope to see you around the Philippines when you visit!! And "Ang ganda mo" (you're so pretty) !! Lovee you so muchh 😘💗😘
In the PH if you see tents, chairs and tables outside a house it's either that family is mourning because of a deceased relative (burol/lamay) or there's a birthday party going on 😂😂 and funny cuz whenever there's a birthday party at noon expect an after party for the adults (parents, aunties, uncles, grandparents or even your neighbor or your parent's kumare/kumpare) in the evening. Basically Filipinos celebrate birthdays the whole day
when it's my bday I go out with my friends out to eat and of course ako ang maglilibre sa kanila kasi bday ko nga eh 😂😂 and usually we will go Jollibee or either pizza hut or Greenwich and when i get home my family gives me a cake and pancit or palabok and sometimes...APPLE PIE!!!! it's my favorite...that's why they make it for me 😂😂😂
Im a filipino there is also a pabitin. Its basically candies and toys hung by colored paper and then someone counts to three and everyone is gonna pull those things and then who ever gets the most things gets the price wich is either a crown for girls and a toy car for boys
i dont live in the philippines but im half filipino, i already experience being in the philippines and it is fun i love the islands and people are so nice and friendly. i asked my mom what is blowout and she said it is going into your friends or familys party without paying
Birthdays are holidays here, like Me: (to student) Why weren't you in class yesterday? Student: Oh, it was my birthday yesterday, Ma'am! Me: Oh! Happy belated birthday, then! Here's the activity you missed yesterday... Usually parents hate it when kids skip class, but when it's their birthday, they don't see it as a bad thing to bring the kids somewhere as a treat
Blowout is like a “treat” where someone treats other peeps to food and it’s not only for birthdays. Sometimes people do the blowouts for anniversaries or just achievements like a raise or getting a gf/bf And you forgot the spaghetti xD Karaoke ughhh even when there’s no birthday you’ll hear a heartbroken person singing some type of love song in the middle of the night I’m not even kidding. Its gotten better now since there’s a curfew but like, back then it was crazy xD There’s also the one where it’s rude if you don’t give your neighbours or colleagues/teachers etc a plate of your “blowout” xD
I know😂..they did that to me when I was a lil kid... I dunno why tho.. I forgot what the reason.. I only understand that it makes me blessed?.. eewaaann hahaha
Philippines
*sees spaghetti*
Sinong may birthday?
Lolicon Level 999 😂😂😂
EXACTLY ... when your neighbor gives you a spaghetti plate . you'll always ask WHO'S CELEBRATING HIS OR HER BIRTHDAY TODAY ? OH HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR THE SPAGHETTI HA ..... 👍💯😁😁😁
W E X X Y hahaha yeah if your neighbor didnt attend the party, u bring them food yourself hahhaha
You're right HAHAHA
ikr
Hahaha not just in birthdays literally in every house Filipinos will sing in any time of day 😂
Sofia Bianca Salcedo hahahaha
without any occasion at all. I hate my neighbors, they are so fucking noisy. They karaoke in the middle of the fucking day almost every other day.
Yui Metal Omg I pity you, it only happens once a year for me 😂
Except they sing non-stop for one whole month 😂😭
Lol the only reason i come to "blowouts" is the food tbh
I feel you on this one 😂 I love food.
me 2 lol
blowout = free food, no gastos :)))
Doesn't everybody
true, and for photos too right? hehe
One more funny fact:
Always takin pictures next to the Food/Buffet 😂😂😂😂🤔🤔 and then of course, posting it on pacebook haha
OMGULAY! SOOOOOOO TRUE. My family has no shame in stopping buffet lines to get that picture 😂😂
DanielaLopez OMG THAT WOULD ALWAYS HAPPEN! we would wait so long for the food then when it comes were all so hungry then we try to eat then our lola would come and say WAIT DONT TOUCH THE FOOD PICTURE FIRST! and we all groaned
DanielaLopez SAME LMAOOO EVERYTIME MY FAMILY AND I GO SOMEWHERE MY PARENTS ALWAYS TAKE A PICTURE AND POST IT ON FACE BOOK
DanielaLopez hahaha true
If I go to a family member's facebook after a party it's full of selfies and food
My filipino roomies always say "invite kita" which means my treat! Birthday Blowout reminds me of that! haha
Jaycation
Invite kita
Denotative meaning: I invite you
Conotative meaning: My treat!
Liek, idk anymore with our country 😂😂😂
Cringe //me I will invite you* lol
No Sana No life Sorry 😂 I was trying to provide the literal definition but I messed up
my treat is "libre kita" in Filipino xD
invite kita = imbitahan kita
Oh my gosh and I love pansit! My Filipina and Filipino coworkers have made it and brought it in. DELICIOUS. and Sinigang. (sour soup).
FOOD 💕 any mention of food always makes my heart melt and my tummy growl lol
MinnieTyko SINIGAAAAANG!
MinnieTyko sinigang’s my favorite ahhhh
happy birthday!
I remember before, I've celebrated my birthday with my colleagues and usually in filipino culture like you said you have to give a "birthday blowout" / "birthday treat". I thought it was also applicable here in the western culture. Long story short, I was about to pay the bill then my colleagues stopped me and told me that they were going to pay for it. I didn't know that when you have a birthday here, they're going to treat you instead of otherwise.
Thanks Ray! Hope you're doing well :)
And yes, I've had the same experience where colleagues would pay because it was my birthday. I guess it's different depending on family/person rather than culture?
So true!!!
It depends..friends usually make money cotribution for the celebration if a friend has no budget ,we would make a suprise party or get together..drink n food and singin(videoke)..the key is if you are a friend you have to be sensitive as to whats the financial status of your friend weeks b4 the date..he or she is a bit broke..time to call evrybody for a planning.
What about the "pabitin"? There's prizes that are hanged and they get the prizes but someone tugs it up and down. But, about the blood on the forehead thing, only some provinces do at, but I have remembered a birthday in Bohol where they put blood on the forehead of the birthday boy.
Justin Balacuit really?! im from bacolod. may ganon?! ngayon ko lng nalaman may ganon pala! weird talaga tayong mga pinoy! 😊😂
bat nilalagyan ng dugo?
Lady Roa Yeah, it was in like the mountains of bohol where we found out.
Lady Roa I really don't know.
I am from Bohol and i don't really live in the mountains but experienced that many times during my past birthdays. It's actually odd. I think I should ask them on my upcoming birthday lol
Idk about you guys but in kindergarten or elementary years my mom would always give a birthday blowout at class, give all my classmates snacks to eat (even put toys in the "party bag" too) and even give the teachers something to eat. I realized how extra my mom is but I enjoyed it 😂😂
Krusty Nusty ur mom a Filipino?
Krusty Nusty how are you doing beautiful
I'm from Canada
Talk to me beautiful one
💋💋💋
Same with me😂
mine too. I thought this is a Filipino thing? We did this from kindergarten to grade 7 😂😂😂 (and don't forget the spaghetti on it. It's not a blowout without it.)
i need that pr list shishtarr Same here and to add another layer of extra-ness, I’d dress up as a different Disney princess every year 😂 I love my parents
I experienced that blood-on-the-forehead thing when I was younger. My father would just mark a cross on the forehead using the chicken blood. But that should be a freshly slaughtered chicken. You can't do it yourself if you're the birthday celebrant.
Interesting! I'm curious to know if your father would buy the freshly slaughtered chicken from someone, or have to raise the chicken. Are there specifics to that too? I'm just wondering 😊
Well, he raised chickens. :) So, he would just kill one of them. :) I think one could buy the chicken from someone or from the market but it should be a NATIVE chicken. :)
Junie Abe It is a good luck charm for a healthy life.
Junie Abe Me too.
Junie Abe me too!!
Omg yeeessss I thought I was the only one filming at 3am and having to be quiet haha.. I get super excited when you post :b did you have a debut?
Clariz Marielle i was about to ask the same auestion abt debut haha
You feel me! It's hard to film during the day when everyone's loud sometimes too LOL. Welcome back to the channel Clariz 💖 And to answer yours and +Cutenasse's question, I didn't have a debut. I'll explain why in a video later, but I did have a Sweet 16 😍
FUN FACT: When its your bday in the Philippines your whole family will treat you like a ROYAL, the next day (this happens to some philipinos, I'm one of them) they give you a lot of chores to do😂
I'm Filipino but I always have an urge to read the subtitles because I'm used to reading them with kdramas and such
Your blue hair looks nice. I heard the birthday 🎁 🎂 recipient has to buy all their own stuff but invite all to a big 🎉 party in phillipines. Well it was like that in metro 🚇 Manila... great video!🤙🙌🤟
OMG!!! Super Belated Happy Birthday. I literally saw this video super duper late. But I guess better late than never. So about the blood of the chicken that suppose to put on your forehead and you have to cook and eat it the chicken it symbolize for like guidance or more on for you not be close to the like ghost or like not like human like us or in danger and it is not only for us but usually it is use to bless a new place, new house, car or something that you bought or like you have to take care of or use it daily especially when it's not brand new. It's like prayer to drive the souls away especially the bad ones, and if it's like business for it to be successful and to grow bigger. And yeah I'm a Filipina that's why I know about this things literally I'd already experienced it many times. So hey Happy birthday!! :)
this is my first time watching one of your videos, and loved it! i'm a filipina too btw hihi so yay #PinoyPride also you might be one of the fil-am youtubers that aren't cringey to watch HAHA just sayin' =))
i just want to add the fact that when a woman turns 18 here in the PH, we usually hold debuts as a special way of celebrating that a girl is turning into a lady (bc that's the legal age here) while there in the States, I think it's equal to a sweet 16 (?)
p.s. i also do videos in my channel! it'd be awesome if you check them out too! hihi mwa
oh and belated happy birthday!!
thatweirdgirleverywhere
Hello you beautiful woman
I'm from Canada
Talk to me beautiful one
Malapit na bday ko o malayo march 30
Lucy Facultad Malapit na iyan
ella adrias TAPOS NA
In Philippines
You're excused from school if it's your birthday or if you're invited to a blowout
WHAAA That's so cool!!
and it's either cash or blowout! lmao
Belated Happy Birthday!! :)
Salamat! 😃
This video is so great! It explains so much on why I love doing birthdays! I'm going to be sharing this to my family! You're awesome thanks!
Yay! I hope the kapamilya enjoys it too! I've always loved celebrating birthdays, and I can really thank my mom for instilling the importance of birthdays in me 😋
I love this, that birthdays are special. I'm a United Statesian and I want to make this tradition for my children so they know how special they are! I don't like the mindset here that children will be spoiled if you show them they are special and important. I'm going to be me! And I think I have learned something from the Filipinas today. Thank you!
haha "United Statesian" 😂
I've come across people who judged my parents for "spoiling" me when I was younger just because they gave me a sweet 16, or just because my mom celebrated and made a birthday party EVERY YEAR. It wasn't overkill because ever year that my mom did it for me, I understood how precious life is. I'm glad you'll be doing the same for your children!
Theres a time when we have a friend who celebrated a birthday we are celebrating it whole day without sleeping until the next day hahaha love it
True. EVERYONE is invited!
wow i'm watching this on my birthday!! maligayang bati to me!! ❤❤❤❤
Girl. First, lemme just tell you that you and your hair looking bomb AF 💣Also I am just getting into your videos cause as a half filipina who is kinda in the middle ground of being in touch with her filipina culture, your videos are like super fun and bubbly and I'm kinda binging on your videos now 😂 You deserve more subs 😚
Filipinos are so big on birthdays that for the females, their 18th, which symbolizes them being officially adults, is such a big deal. Traditionally, there is something called a debut which is a huge fancy party for the celebrant/debutante. They have traditions like the Cotillion de Honor, 18 Roses (you pretty much dance with the 18 most important men in your life), 18 Candles (18 people who are the closest to you [usually all female] who will give you their birthday wishes) and the 18 Treasures (these are 18 people [usually include godmothers and aunts] who will be giving you gifts and they have to explain said gifts). There are also others that have been added like the 18 Shots (chosen people who have to answer questions about the debutante, if they get it wrong they have to take a shot, if they got it right the debutante drinks) and 18 Blue Bills (bruh these are just 18 people who will each give you a thousand pesos like what). Although these days, a lot of girls forgo the tradition and instead celebrate their 18th differently - a lot prefer to use the money to travel. But when they do decide to have the debut, it is almost always a grand celebration.
In the Philippines the only reason why people come to your party is the food
370 HSSV hahahah true
And the birthday celebrant would wash all the dishes.
love your videos I'm so happy to see your channel growing the way it is 💕💕
Happy Birthday wohoo!! :D
Salamatttt!!! :D
happy birthday Rachel, papansit ka naman :) 🍜🍝
subscribed to your channel 👍
Omg u said it's ur birthday and I looked when u posted and Jan 4 is my birthday too!!!!!!!! Ps. Happy late birthday!
birthday handa... spagethi, pancit, lumpiang shanghai, ice cream and cake... yum!
Yay!! Its my birthday this Saturday ☺️
Beverly! OMG Happy Early Birthday!!!!!
I am so happy! = "Ang saya saya ko!" XD
Thanks for the shoutout girl~ I am shocked! haha BTW I hope you had a lovely birthday. I saw Gerry's Grill in this video. Never thought there's one in the US.
Thank you Kim!! 💛 I had a great time with my family. Gerry's Grill is here! There aren't many of them, but we go to this one because my uncle owns it lol
"Masayang masaya ako" means "I'm very happy" :)
I'm new to your channel and I've already subscribed :)
Can you try Filipino folk songs next?
niELLE GBTplus or explain the harana 💕
"Harana" or "Serenade" (in English)
-Harana is usually done when a guy is courting a girl, old school style! He can sing himself or can bring other people along to play a song for the lady :)
I guess today, it might still be done in rural areas of Philippines but not so much in urban areas.. :)
Belated happy birthday to you! :)
I grew up in a provincial area here in the Philippines and I've actually experienced that chicken blood thing. My dad would call me and draw a cross on my forehead with the fresh chicken blood. As far as I can remember I think it served as a symbol of asking a blessing on your birthday wishing for good life.
Or a wish for a blessing from God on your birthday
Hi just wanted to let you know that at 1:15 the vertical orientation of the philippine flag is wrong. The blue side must be on the left when the flag is displayed vertically. Having the red side on the left is actually a symbol for war. Idk if anyone brought this up yet but the more you ~must~ know lol.
If this video had been aimed at an older audience, this would've been pointed out sooner. So, even if the rest of your audience did not realize it... ignorance is not a good foundation for your social platform.
You're so pretty! ❤️
HEY HEY, I LOVEEEEE YOUR VLOGS "all of it" #morevideosmoreeee
birthday party!!!
Based on experience in Zamboanga City, even I don't have a lot of birthday parties in my life, but my family makes sure to have a simple meal of chicken, soup, saucy food, estofado, kari-kari (for us it's chicken curry and is spicy and not the peanut butter one), endulceao (sugar glazed pork ham or meat with pineapples, mixed in soda, peppers, and sometimes with star anise, and is like a sweetened version of adobo but for large chunks of meat like ham), and we still do sometimes the tradition of putting chicken's blood on the forehead. That tradition is still being done also in urban areas like independent cities, urbanized cities, municipalities, and provincial cities like Zamboanga City (highly urbanized independent city) which were I live.
According to my parents, an alive chicken is needed to be caught or bought, then killed by slicing a knife on its neck, then get the blood and put some on the celebrant's forehead (the birthday celebrant) in a cross sign (due to Christianity) and this tradition is a mixture of folk and Christian tradition. It is like the anointing with oil or holy water done by most Christians but uses chicken's blood which is from folk and indigenous tradition of offering an animal sacrifice for thanksgiving for a completion of another stage of life or a completion of another Earth's revolution around the sun. It also means that the blood and the offered or sacrificed chicken will be like a protection for the celebrant throughout the day of his/her birthday, because another tradition says that if it is your birthday, then you are open for accidents or for jinxes and curses of elemental beings, that's why blood symbolizes and acts as spiritual protection and the chicken acts as a sacrifice to the spirits around to not hurt or disturb the celebrant, and that no accident would happen to the celebrant especially on his/her birthday. The chicken is then cooked as you wish but most of the time as "pesang manok" or soup with ginger and lemongrass leaves, with malunggay or horseradish leaves, and with sayote or unriped papaya.
Aside from the sacrificed chicken and the blood for thanksgiving and protection, another birthday tradition (more like superstition in this case) is that the celebrant shouldn't play with knives or bladed objects, stay at home or never go out anywhere dangerous like to have a trip to far places, never climb a tree especially at 12 noon which is believed to be a time when elemental spirits come out, never get wounded, be careful of illnesses and sickness, be careful of accidents and harmful people, be careful of dangerous and unknown or unexplored places, and avoid getting any bleeding or fracture. It is believed that if one of this happened especially on your birthday may lead to misfortune, great accidents and danger, the wound or bleed would not be easily get healed, the fracture will led to even more serious infection, and the blood of the wound may attract more danger, jinxes, and curses around. On the other hand, it just means rest, don't do anything heavy, don't help cooking especially in using knives, and stay at home safe or just go the familiar places and always go to pray in church or at home with a lighted white candle.It also means you need to be protected for you just completed another life stage and entered a new age, and you must be safe and happy that you just completed or almost completed another revolution around the sun.
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Hey AteGirl! Nice hair. Love the blue color and awesome hairstyle!💜💜
My daughter inlaw is filipina and for the last 5 years I've attended many filipino parties. The celebrate both American and filipino holidays as well. Omg,so much food to eat and too much food to take home. Oh,my grandsons have the filipino nose, they're absolutely adorable.
I love this, so accurate! ❤️❤️
Hello Rachel,
I really like your videos and I like your blue hair :-) Belated happy birthday! For me it is interesting to see how it is for you to have two cultures and I am also interested, because my boyfriend is filipino. I am half german, half thai, but all raised in Germany without contact to my fathers culture because he left when I was one year.
In three weeks I will visit the first time the Philippines and I am so excited :-) Hope to see more of your videos :-)
yesss!!! birthday pancit
i thought you were Dian but i'm glad that i clicked the thumbnail. I like this video :)
good luck for you girl love you just keep vloging I always watching you
Don't forget about the Lechon and the uncles who drink till dawn, or the children who all hang out in one room while everyone else is singing karaoke. Good times... *notices that that Flag has more than eight rays...
Don't forget the combo of spaghetti and fried chicken. And the karaoke thing. And you go house to house giving neighbors some food. Make sure it's on a paper plate though otherwise your precious ceramic will end up as give away too. Haha.
Sometimes in Filipino birthday, if its your bday, its immediate fam beach time, if its either the weekends or summer. Also Sometimes, Lechon is a must in a birthday
I love your blue hair!!
Every time! if its my birthday my friends are like
'YES! BLOWOUT!'
Me : *sees jolibee*
Also me: *askes mom to buy everything on the menu*
when there's spaghetti in the house, the first thing that would pop into filipinos' minds are "whose birthday is it?" BECAUSE LITERALLY EVERY BIRTHDAY THERE IS SPAGHETTI IF THERE'S NO PANCIT HAHAHAHA
thank you for making this video. im american born and raised but my mom is from the philippines ao im trying to learn more about her culture and her language because i didn't pick up on tagalog when i was younger.
Ooooo that blood on the forehead part is truee my father used to do that to me when i was little 😂
This is true. We used to it!😂😂😂 Funny for some but it is nice ... very nice. Being filipino is fun. mwa😙
I'm just seeing this now, and yes it is OR was a tradition where my parents would put chicken blood (form a cross symbol + ) in our fore head, but not all of it is done in provinces. Some people living in the cities or urban places practice it as well, but this tradition is slowly fading. I'm a 90's kid and my parents used to put chicken blood on our fore head but as time passes by they seem to not do it anymore.. so yeah.
........ and oh!,
for the games we tend to play these games : Stop dance, paper dance (a lot of dance games),trip to Jerusalem, the boat is sinking (in this game you'll find out who is your real friend like literally!.
blood cross is some kind of a protection from sickness in our province in Philippines... nice youtuber... you should also know too that when Filipino's notice somebody that is Filipino blooded... Filipino related or someone love pinoys... Filipinos easily give support... and also feel proud for them... and I'm proud of you sister...
This was so interesting, great video lovely hope you had an awesome birthday 💕
Thank you Lorna 💖 I'm glad you enjoyed it!
i know what a birthday blowout is! it always happens whenever someone has a birthday in my family
HOYYYY. ANG MGA LECHOOONNNN
I remembered when one of our classmates brought pansit because it's his birthday and we ate it in our Math class and our Math teacher said "Ang pancit ay pangpahaba ng buhay, pag nabilaukan patay" (The pancit gives long life, when you've choked (you're) dead" and we all bursts out of laughter.
the Philippines is so fun I'm going to the Philippines next year in December. so excited to go again.
fooooooods!!! LETCHON and pancit or spags for long live xD
Filipino Birthdays are the best!!! I'm a Filipino
we have major birthday celebrations too. one year old, seven years old and the debut birthday which is 18years old for the women.
This video is amazing! 💖
Another game I saw by my filipino family is like a wooden grate which is tied so you can pull it up and down and on this is hanging toys and/or candies
Thankyou soo much for sharing!!
I love learning new things about my dads culture ❤️
I'm glad you enjoyed Cristina! 😄
Hi gorgeous! Im happy to see your vid about this. I remember when I was a kid, they put a chicken blood on my forehead (cross sign), I really don't know why. hahaha.. Anyway, I had fun watching your vid. #proudpinayhere
This whole thing is so true because this is what I do expect the chicken blood thing:)
Filipino Birthdays:
-FOOD PLENTY OF FOOD LIKE YOU HAVEN’T ATE FOR 10 YEARS
-aunties and uncles and friends and family are in your house
-karaoke (no party if no karaoke)
-games
-very noisy
Eyyyyy birthday blowout + lechon = extreme party.
i find that birthdays here in the US are more awesome. probably because ever since I came here, I had awesome birthdays that are over the top. and Im already old. in the Philippines, it is me who throws myself a birthday and i dont get anything. when i came here, my birthdays have been awesome!!
I just discovered your videos! I love them so much. I’m filipina and my birthday is coming up 💖
Wahh your birthday is near mine(3 days away) my birthday is literally December 29 :D
Birthday buddies!!! I love that :-)
I love your accent when you're speaking tagalog, it's so cute 😍😍😄. So I subscribe 😂😂
Yah we take birthdays serious even kids in school(well my school) celebrate there teacher's birthday like we always need to plan a surprise birthday for our teachers here
Hii from the Philippines 🇵🇭 "ate" (sister) Rachel!! I love this video so muchh ❤️❤️ especially the party games!! I love karaoke so muchh because i get to sing with my family and relatives. Hope to see you around the Philippines when you visit!! And "Ang ganda mo" (you're so pretty) !! Lovee you so muchh 😘💗😘
When it's your birthday in the Philippines and youre at school. The whole day is different. Everyone is trying to be good with you 😂😂
These are ACCURATE ASFFFFFFFFF
CAKE, SPAGHETTI, ICE CREAM, MINI HOTDOGS AND MARSHMALLOW ON A BBQ STICKKK
In the PH if you see tents, chairs and tables outside a house it's either that family is mourning because of a deceased relative (burol/lamay) or there's a birthday party going on 😂😂 and funny cuz whenever there's a birthday party at noon expect an after party for the adults (parents, aunties, uncles, grandparents or even your neighbor or your parent's kumare/kumpare) in the evening. Basically Filipinos celebrate birthdays the whole day
i know i am filipino girl but we love birhday with celebrations, gifts and others well good!!!
when it's my bday I go out with my friends out to eat and of course ako ang maglilibre sa kanila kasi bday ko nga eh 😂😂 and usually we will go Jollibee or either pizza hut or Greenwich and when i get home my family gives me a cake and pancit or palabok and sometimes...APPLE PIE!!!! it's my favorite...that's why they make it for me 😂😂😂
Going to church for your birthday. That is very important! ☺😊
Yes it is
I’m a filipina and I’m new to you!
Stay cool!
*Walks backwards slowly and gets hit*
Im a filipino there is also a pabitin. Its basically candies and toys hung by colored paper and then someone counts to three and everyone is gonna pull those things and then who ever gets the most things gets the price wich is either a crown for girls and a toy car for boys
omgggg! this is so funny! I can totally relate :)
LOL! I'm glad Veronica 😆 Thanks for stopping by!
happy birthday,a women with your looks will succeed and being Philippine is a extra boost,exotic lady.
i dont live in the philippines but im half filipino, i already experience being in the philippines and it is fun i love the islands and people are so nice and friendly. i asked my mom what is blowout and she said it is going into your friends or familys party without paying
Omg when you mentioned the chicken blood I remembered my Dad did it to me! I was so confused why and I didn’t know it was a tradition
Birthdays are holidays here, like
Me: (to student) Why weren't you in class yesterday?
Student: Oh, it was my birthday yesterday, Ma'am!
Me: Oh! Happy belated birthday, then! Here's the activity you missed yesterday...
Usually parents hate it when kids skip class, but when it's their birthday, they don't see it as a bad thing to bring the kids somewhere as a treat
Maligayang Kaarawan saiyo! Hingi ako pagkain.hehehe.Joke
Blowout is like a “treat” where someone treats other peeps to food and it’s not only for birthdays. Sometimes people do the blowouts for anniversaries or just achievements like a raise or getting a gf/bf
And you forgot the spaghetti xD
Karaoke ughhh even when there’s no birthday you’ll hear a heartbroken person singing some type of love song in the middle of the night I’m not even kidding. Its gotten better now since there’s a curfew but like, back then it was crazy xD
There’s also the one where it’s rude if you don’t give your neighbours or colleagues/teachers etc a plate of your “blowout” xD
I know😂..they did that to me when I was a lil kid... I dunno why tho.. I forgot what the reason.. I only understand that it makes me blessed?.. eewaaann hahaha
Im learning