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Filipino Christmas Songs |
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Filipino Christmas Songs are an integral part of the Christmas festivities that Philippines is so very known for.
Philippines, generally known, as “The land of the Fiestas’ is probably the sole Asian nation where Christmas is celebrated as the most auspicious festival of the year.
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As Philippines is presided over by a majority of Roman Catholics, Christmas is quite a happening thing and stretches from December 15 down to the first Sunday in the month of January.
Though the basic crux of Christmas remains the same, Filipinos have molded Christmas in their own way and minor modifications in the usual Christian ceremonies are also noticeable. The eye catching paraphernalia which entails the attendance of the first of the nine pre-dawn masses often called Simbang Gabi or Misas de Aguinaldo or gift masses (which differs slightly from province to province, with minor variations in rural areas where a choir or the traditional church bells are used to wake the country people) ultimately culminating in the first Sunday of January. a day commonly designated as “ Feast of the Three Kings”
An interesting legend is acted out every Christmas on the Christmas Eve called the Panuluyan when the images of St Joseph and Mary are wheeled out of the Church Courtyard and made to visit 3-4 houses which represent the inns where they plead for lodging. But on being refused they return to the Church of Nativity. A choir enacts the play, with two vocalists posing as the two characters.
Another popular tradition has the children and ordinary folks posing as part time carolers who go from house to house singing Christmas carols and many a times raise funds for unfortunate families or sing just for the heck of it. Here goes a Filipino Christmas song for you folks!
NOCHE BUENA
Music: Felipe de Leon
Lyrics: Levi Celerio
Kay sigla ng gabi
Ang lahat ay kay saya
Nagluto ang Ate ng manok na tinola
Sa bahay ng Kuya ay mayro'ng litsonan pa
Ang bawat tahanan may handang iba't iba
Tayo na giliw
Magsalo na tayo
Mayro'n na tayong
Tinapay at keso
Di ba Noche Buena
Sa gabing ito
At bukas ay araw ng Pasko
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