Why do I want to rename Buwan ng Wika (Month of the Language) into Buwan ng Kulturang Pilipino (Month of the Filipino Culture)? It's because of the fact that every Buwan Ng Wika is trying to celebrate the Filipino culture. I remembered writing about turning the month into a huge business opportunity. Now, I'd like to discuss events that would make Buwan Ng Wika more appropriately named as Buwan Ng Kulturang Pilipino.
In Tagalog, the word mga is used for anything in plural. But the whole month's emphasis is not just the Tagalog language or all Filipino languages -- it's also on the cultural tradition. So I think it's a bad idea to just speak Tagalog or any native Filipino language more often than not. Instead, it would be a good opportunity for tourism students to learn how to promote Filipino cultural aesthetics to foreigners. The programs would feature different forms of art from different Filipino groups. When there's a food fair you may get Bicol express, lechon from Cebu, sweets from Bacolod, and sisig from Pampanga.
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