Local Color Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. it means communal unity, helping others without expecting rewards, to achieve a certain goal
- 9. an event marked by festivities or celebration
- 10. they were the ones who colonized the Philippines for 333 years
- 12. a Filipino word referring to a creature like a little man with magical powers
- 14. love for one's country
- 16. one of the major languages in the Philippines
- 19. refers to the skin color of Filipinos
- 20. a serenade tradition in rural areas of the Philippines in which young men may formally meet single lady visitors
Down
- 1. a traditional children's game played in a rectangular grid drawn into the ground
- 2. a small house made of wood or bamboo and nipa leaves
- 3. a filipino trait that describes their warm welcome of visitors
- 5. refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the indigenous Philippine folk religions
- 6. one good trait of Filipinos
- 7. hero n an locano epic
- 8. fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell
- 11. a Philippine dance where dancer use a fan or handkerchief
- 13. an ilocano word for mother
- 15. a name, and a the same time refers to women characteristic of being shy and simple
- 17. a type of rice cake native to the Philippines
- 18. observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection and community