2015 Philippines Miss Globe, Earth, Universe

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LAS VEGAS RESORT & CASINO

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach  of  Philippines was crowned the 2015 Miss Universe pageant winner on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015
Wutzbach beat out 79 other contestants from around the world to win Miss Universe. The event aired live on FOX from Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort & Casino, and was hosted by Steve Harvey and Roselyn Sanchez.

The top five contestants of the Miss Universe 2015 have been revealed and they are from left: Miss Universe USA Olivia Jordon, Miss Universe Australia Monika Radulovic, Miss Universe Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach. Miss Universe Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, and Miss France Flora Coquerel
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BACK-TO-BACK VICTORY FOR THE PHILIPPINES Angelia Ong of Manila receives the 2015 Miss Earth crown from last year’s winner, Jamie Herrell of Cebu, in a back-to-back victory for the Philippines in the pageant’s 15th edition at Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday night. Ong bested contestants from more than 80 countries.

TESTAMENT TO FILIPINA BEAUTY – Filipina Angelia Ong (second from right) poses with her court after she was named Miss Earth 2015 in Vienna, Austria, December 5. Flanking her are (from left): Brazil’s Thiessa Veloso, Miss Earth Fire; the United States’ Brittany Ann Payne, Miss Earth Water; and Australia’s Dayanna Gregeda, Miss Earth Air. Ong was crowned by predecessor and fellow Filipina Jamie Herrell that completed a rare back-to-back feat for the Philippines in the annual beauty pageant.


TORONTO, CANADA


Bb. Pilipinas Tourism 2015 Ann Lorraine Colis, the Philippines’ bet to the Miss Globe 2015 won the title Miss Globae International 2015, October 8, at the Rose Theater Brampton in Toronto, Canada.

TORONTO, Canada (The Adobo Chronicles) – Newly-crowned 2015 Miss Globe Ann Lorraine Maniego Colis from the Philippines was stripped of the title just days after she won the crown at the Rose Theater Brampton in Toronto, Canada.

Colis made history as the first-ever Filipina Miss Globe winner. She succeeds Canada’s Jacqueline Wojciechowski. Fifty-four beauties from around the world competed in the 42nd edition of the pageant.
Miss Globe organizers took back the crown from Colis because they said the Philippines sent the wrong candidate.
Colis was crowned Miss Philippines Tourism — not Miss Philippines Globe — earlier this year during the 2015 Binibining Pilipinas pageant.
“It would be unfair to the other countries if we gave the crown to a contestant who did not win the title in her country’s local pageant.,” the organizers said.
Organizers are expected to give the crown to first runner-up Miss Albania Sara Karaj.
This is the first year that the Philippines sent a representative to Miss Globe.
Binibining Pilipinas Charities, local franchise holder of many international beauty pageants including Miss Universe and Miss International, “appointed” Colis to be the country’s representative to this year’s Miss Globe.
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IN THE PHILIPPINES  Miss Philippines Earth 2015 is the 15th edition of Miss Philippines Earth. The pageant was held on May 31, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Miss Philippines Earth 2014 and reigning Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell crowned Angelia Gabrena Ong of the City of Manila at the end of the event.



The new Miss Philippines Earth winner will be crowned tonight. The pageant, the15th edition of Miss Philippines Earth, will be held May 31st at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Miss Philippines Earth 2014 and reigning Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell will crown her successor at the end of the event.
Miss Philippines Earth 2015 Final result and winners will be posted below.

MANILA, Philippines – A beauty pageant staple, the swimsuit competition at the Miss Philippines Earth 2015 competition was also one of the evening's many highlights.
MANILA, Philippines – Angelia Ong from Manila was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Sunday, May 31.

Angelia beat the other ladies to represent the Philippines in the Miss Earth pageant to be held sometime later this year, where reigning Miss Earth Jamie Herrell will crown her successor.

Take a look back at the highlights of the Miss Philippines Earth 2015 coronation night, where Manila's Angelia Ong emerged triumphant Sunday, May 31, at the Mall of Asia arena.

After a colorful turn around the stage and their brief introductions, hosts Karla Henry, Ginger Conejero, and Robi Domingo were introduced.
Robi said that the design chosen by the panel will be worn by the Philippine representative to the international pageant to be held later in the year.
Best cultural costume was awarded to Lipa City, with the gown designed by Chico Estiva.

A dance number from the ladies followed, featuring G-Force and reigning Miss Earth Jamie Herrell.

Here is the full list of winners:
Miss PH Earth: Manila, Angelia Ong
Miss PH Air: San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, Chanel Thomas
Miss PH Water: Bago City, Catherine Joy Marin
Miss PH Fire: Siniloan, Laguna, Carla Angela Valderrama
Miss Eco Tourism: Iloilo City, Jona Sweett

This is the list of top 15:
City of Manila, Angelia Ong
Baguio, Sofia Deliu
Cabanatuan, Diana Mackey
Dinalupihan, Bataan, Myle Reyes
San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, Chanel Thomas
Guinobatan, Albay Jian Salazar
Lipa City, Paris Silva
Santa Cruz, Laguna, Alyanna Mikaela Cagandahan
Siniloan, Lagunam Carla Angela Valderrama
Bago City, Catherine Joy Marin
Iloilo City, Jona Sweett
Mandaue City, Mhon Theress Menaling
Cagayan De Oro City, Beatrice Alvarez
Iligan City, Jocehl Cristoria
Misamis Oriental, Mitsume Aguilar

Winners of the special awards:
Best cultural costume: Lipa City, gown designed by Chico Estiva
Best eco video: Ipil Zamboanga Sibugay, Maria Loraine Macay Grengia.
Miss SM Markets: Bago City, Catherine Marin
Miss Hana 2015: Manila, Angelia Ong

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Most Amazing Places On Earth

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The Golden Bridge of Vietnam

The 3,000ft-high Golden Bridge in Vietnam, which appears to be held up by two huge hands sticking out the side of a mountain, has become a major tourist destination within a month of opening.
The bridge is reportedly part of a $2billion project to make the area more attractive to tourists and flowers line the walkways where visitors gather.

The pedestrian walkway, designed by TA Landscape Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City, sits at over 1,000 meters above sea level and extends over the treetops from the edge of a leafy cliff face, offering.
"The bridge is designed to evoke the image of the giant hands of Gods, pulling a strip of gold out of the land," said Vu Viet Anh, Design Principal at TA Landscape Architecture. "It creates a walkway

Tianzi Mountains
Located in the northwest of Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Tianzi Mountain makes up a ''golden triangle'' along with Zhangjiajie Forest Park and Suoxiyu Valley. The range undulates 40 kilometers and covers an area of 5400 hectares. The main peak of Tianzi Mountain dwarfs others and rises 1262.5 meters above sea level. What makes the distinct contrast is the Si Nan Yu, which is only 534 meters above sea level. Thanks to the advent of cable car, we are able to admire its fairy-tale landscape with the minimum effort. Besides, Tianzi Mountain provides us with some 100 natural viewing platforms.

Tianzi Mountain is a geological smoking gun that illustrates how fantastic the Earth can be. The range’s formation is surprising: there were once sedimentary rocks growing beneath the waters of an ancient ocean, which ultimately became quartz sandstones. Today, the layer of quartz rocks as old as 380 million years old, as thick as 500 or 600 meters, caps the Tianzi Mountain.

The Tianzi Mountain was named as ''Qing Yan Mountain'' before Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) for green stones. It was not until the year of 1353 when Xiang Dakun, the leader of Tujia ethnic group, started a revolt, established kindom on Tianzi Mountain, and called himself ''King Xiang'' - son of heaven. In the year of 1385, they encountered the fierce siege of ten thousand soldiers commanded by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), the first emperor of Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, King Xiang died in the battle and fell into the Sheng Tang Wan Gulf. To show their respect and support to Xiang Dakun, people set up villages along the Tianzi Mountain. The mounatin was renamed as ''Tianzi Mountain''.

Eye of the Sahara
The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara or blue eye of Africa, is a prominent geological circular feature in the Sahara desert in Mauritania near Ouadane. It is nearly 50 kilometers across and very visible from space. Initially interpreted as an asteroid impact structure because of its high degree of circularity, and then as a structure formed by a volcanic eruption that also seems improbable because of the lack of a dome of igneous or volcanic rock, it is now argued to be a highly symmetrical and deeply eroded geologic dome that collapsed. So it is now thought by many to have been caused by uplifted rock sculpted by erosion. But the fact that the "rings", are equidistant to the centre and that the Richat Structure is nearly circular remains a mystery.

And new questions arise. Some people are amazed by the resemblance of this structure with the representation we have of Atlantis by Plato. According to Plato, the island was circular, divided into concentric circles of land and water: "There were 2 of land and 3 of water... Atlantis when sunk by the earthquake became an impossible barrier of mud to voyagers sailing from hence to any part of the ocean..." And he spoke about a mount sheltering the city by North and "and encompassing a great plain of an oblong shape in the south "...etc... Atlantis in Greek means Atlantis, nesos : the island of Atlas. And we get near the geologic eye at the North the Mount Atlas. According to Plato, Atlantis was lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercule", and we are there just in front from South and not beside from East or West as many authors are searching...

Crystal Cave
Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los Cristales) is a cave connected to the Naica Mine 300 metres (980 ft) below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico.

The main chamber contains giant selenite crystals (gypsum, CaSO4·2 H2O), some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The cave's largest crystal found to date is 12 m (39 ft) in length, 4 m (13 ft) in diameter and 55 tons in weight. The cave is extremely hot, with air temperatures reaching up to 58 °C (136 °F) with 90 to 99 percent humidity. The cave is relatively unexplored due to these factors. Without proper protection, people can only endure approximately ten minutes of exposure at a time.
A group of scientists known as the Naica Project have been heavily involved in researching these caverns.
Naica lies on an ancient fault above an underground magma chamber below the cave. The magma heated the ground water which was saturated with sulfide ions (S2−). Cool oxygenated surface water contacted the mineral saturated heated water, but the two did not mix due to the difference in their densities. The oxygen slowly diffused into the heated water and oxidized the sulfides (S2−) into sulfates (SO42−). The hydrated sulfate gypsum crystallized at an extremely slow rate of over the course of at least 500,000 years forming the enormous crystals found today. The key to this process is the slow diffusion of oxygen from the cool, low density surface water into the hot, high density ground water. 

Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of a generally conical and almost symmetrical shape. Estimated to be from 1,268 to about 1,776 individual mounds, these cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-covered limestone. The domes vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 164 ft) high with the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. Bohol's "main attraction", these unique mound-shaped hills are scattered by the hundreds throughout the towns of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan in Bohol.

During the dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up and turn chocolate brown. This transforms the area into seemingly endless rows of "chocolate kisses". The branded confection is the inspiration behind the name, Chocolate Hills.
The Chocolate Hills (Filipino: Tsokolateng Burol) are a geological formation in the Bohol province of the Philippines. There are at least 1,260 hills but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown (like chocolate) during the dry season, hence the name.

The Chocolate Hills are a famous tourist attraction of Bohol. They are featured in the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attractions in the province. They are in the Philippine Tourism Authority's list of tourist destinations in the Philippines; they have been declared the country's third National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal, located in the southern part of eastern Siberia in Russia, is an incredible natural wonder of the world that one can only hope to visit at least once in their lifetime. It's not just the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, at 20 to 25 million years old, it's also one of the largest and deepest, holding an astounding one-fifth of the world's freshwater.

In the winter, for about five months or from January to May, the lake freezes over but the water is so clear that, from the surface, you can see an astounding 130 feet below you. A photographic worthy natural phenomenon occurs around a very specific time of year, March. Wind, temperature differences, frost and sun in the ice crust cause cracks and ice hummocks to form. Transparent and shining in a turquoise color, these masses of broken ice look like shards of glass rising into the sky. They are caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice as well as by the unequal structure and temperature. Now that's one for the bucket list.

Mount Roraima

Mount Roraima (Spanish: Monte Roraima, also known as Tepuy Roraima and Cerro Roraima; Portuguese: Monte Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America.:156 First described by the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596, its 31 km2 summit area:156 is bounded on all sides by cliffs rising 400 metres (1,300 ft). The mountain also serves as the triple border point of Venezuela (85% of its territory), Brazil (5%) and Guyana (10%).:156

Mount Roraima lies on the Guiana Shield in the southeastern corner of Venezuela's 30,000-square-kilometre (12,000 sq mi) Canaima National Park forming the highest peak of Guyana's Highland Range. The tabletop mountains of the park are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago in the Precambrian.

The highest point in Guyana and the highest point of the Brazilian state of Roraima lie on the plateau, but Venezuela and Brazil have higher mountains elsewhere. The triple border point is at 5°12′08″N 60°44′07″W, but the mountain's highest point is Maverick Rock, 2,810 metres (9,219 ft), at the south end of the plateau and wholly within Venezuela.

Enchanted Well

Poco Encantado or Enchanted Well is located in the Chapada Diamantina National Park in Bahia state, approximately 400 kilometers inland from Salvador, and the capital city of Bahia. The park was established in 1985 and played a major role in Brazil’s diamond boom history. The Chapada’s landscape is a creation of the erosion process that the region suffered in the beginning of the pre-Cambrian period, forming towers of minerals known as ‘tepuy’ and the name was given by the local Indians that dominated the area. The main beauty of Chapada Diamantina National Park is that it present great scenery and is a jewel of eco-tourism. This giant sunken pool is 120 feet deep and its water is so transparent that you can even see the ancient rocks and tree trunks on the bottom. When the sun is just right, light comes through a gap and creates a blue reflection on the water, which is really worth watch view.
Access to this beautiful pond is highly controlled for the environmental protection of its rare and delicate ecosystem. This land of gold and diamond is dynamic from the rest of the world’s natural parks for two main reasons: its prodigious caverns with their pools of magical colors (although the most outstanding ones are not technically included within the boundaries of the park), and second, the hundreds of wonderful waterfalls splashed across its territory.

Zhangye Danxia Landform

Zhangye Danxia Landform is a special area, which attracts fans of unusual beauty of the landscape and history of the Earth. Such parks are protected by the state and demonstrate the history and stages of relief process. It’s very popular now to lay the routes through geological parks for tourists, excursion groups, cyclists to see the beauty of nature. Today China has the biggest number of such areas. Danxia Geopark is one of the most unusual and beautiful of them.
The park is located 40 kilometres far from Zhangye. The reason for such interest of travellers is the colour relief of this place. In many guidebooks you can see another name of the park “Multi-coloured mountains.”
The area is relatively small according to Chinese standards, but large for Europe. It is 510 square kilometers, this exceeds, for example, the area of the Principality of Andorra.
According to geological studies, in the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era (about 100 million years ago), there was a huge interior basin on its territory where water flows from the surrounding mountains accumulated. Due to extremely high temperature the basin dried up and sediments remaining after the reservoir underwent oxidation. Gradually, under the influence of physical processes the top layer began to take its present form.
Danxia geological park consists mainly of sandstone. Colourful and bizarre rocks – this is a result of work of wind and water with sedimentary rocks. Each layer has its own colour, which can be clearly seen on the rocks. Gradually the layers transformed into a sandstone. The rocks were further raised by water and wind erosion, which formed amazing sharp peaks and deepenings in the rocks.
Today Danxia became a popular tourist attraction. Quiet and calm Zhangye became popular among tourists from all over the world. The government took effective measures for travellers to enjoy views of the landscape.
Deadvlei

Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, a lake or marsh in a valley between the dunes). The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the (presumably original) fully Afrikaans name. In Google there are many references to the site, its name often being translated erroneously in terms such as "dead valley"; a vlei is not a valley (which in Afrikaans is "vallei"). Nor is the site a valley; the pan is a desiccated vlei.

Dead Vlei has been claimed to be surrounded by the highest sand dunes in the world, the highest reaching 300-400 meters (350m on average, named "Big Daddy" or "Crazy Dune"), which rest on a sandstone terrace.
The clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area.

The trees died, as there no longer was enough water to survive. There are some species of plants remaining, such as salsola and clumps of !nara, adapted to surviving off the morning mist and very rare rainfall. The remaining skeletons of the trees, which are believed to have died 600-700 years ago (AD 1340- 1430), are now black because the intense sun has scorched them.Though not petrified, the wood does not decompose because it is so dry.Lake Hillier

Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in the Goldfields-Esperance region, off the south coast of Western Australia. It is particularly notable for its pink colour. A long and thin shore divides the Southern Ocean from the lake. Lake Hillier is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) in length by about 250 metres (820 ft) in width. The lake is surrounded by a rim of sand and a dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees with a narrow strip of sand dunes covered by vegetation separating its northern edge from the northern coast of Middle Island. The most notable feature of the lake is its pink colour. The vibrant colour is permanent, and does not alter when the water is taken in a container. The source of the pink colour is considered to be due to the presence of the organism Dunaliella salina. Air is the best mode of transportation for viewing the lake.

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Mangyan Tribe

The Mangyans were once the only inhabitants of Mindoro. Being coastal dwellers at first, they have moved inland and into the mountains to avoid the influx and influence of foreign settlers such as the Tagalogs, the Spanish and their conquests and religious conversion, and raids by the Moro (they raided Spanish settlements for religious purposes, and to satisfy the demand for slave labor). Today, the Mangyans live secludedly in remote parts of Mindoro but eventually comes down to the lowlands in order to make usual trades. Their sustenance are farming for their own crops, fruits, and hunting. A certain group of Mangyans living in Southern Mindoro call themselves as Hanunuo Mangyans, meaning “true”, “pure” or “genuine,” a term that they use to stress the fact that they are strict in the sense of ancestral preservation of tradition and practices.

Before the Spaniards arrived in Mindoro, the people traded with the Chinese extensively, with thousands of supporting archaeological evidences found in Puerto Galera and in Written Chinese references. A division was created among the people of Mindoro when the Spaniards came. There were the Iraya Mangyans, who isolated themselves from the culture of the Spaniards, and the lowland Christians who submitted themselves to a new belief system. These two groups only interacted for economic matters through trading forest goods from the Mangyan and consumer goods for the lowlanders.

Despite being grouped as one tribe, Mangyans differ in many ways. In comparison to the technological advance between the two geographical divisions, the Southern tribes are more advanced as seen in their use of weaving, pottery and system of writing. The Northern tribes, on the other hand, are simpler in their way of living. Their language just like the whole Philippines came from the Austronesian language family. However, even if they are defined as one ethnic group the tribes used different languages. On the average, they only share 40% of their vocabulary words on their mutual languages. The tribes have also varied physical and ethnogenetic appearances: Iraya has Veddoid features; Tadyawan are mainly Mongoloid; and the Hanunuo looks like a Proto-Malayan.

Another difference between tribes is the date of their arrival in the Philippines. Theory suggests that the Southern tribes are already present by 900 AD while the Northern tribes are believed to have arrived hundreds of years ahead of their Southern peers. The Spanish authorities have documented their existence since their arrival in the 16th century. However, historians suggest that the Mangyans may have been the first Filipinos to trade with the Chinese. Examples of these are seen in the burial caves as porcelains and other potteries abound. However, not much ethnographic research has been made except for the tribal and linguistic differences that may lead to the indication that the tribes can be treated separately.

Some people believe that it is very impossible for pure blood Filipinos to be born with blue eyes, but to everyone's surprise these child from Mangyan Tribe.

Many Mangyans made the long trip down from the mountains to attend a free medical mission put on by St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Traditional Pilipino Game

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Palo Sebo (Greased Bamboo Climbing)

Palo Sebo or Palosebo (Greased Bamboo Climbing) is a traditional Filipino game that involves climbing a greased bamboo with ones bare hands and feet to get the flag atop of it. The player who reaches the top, gets the flag, and brings it back down to the ground, is declared the winner and will be given a prize. This game is usually played by two (2) or more boys during town fiestas and other celebrations in the provinces of the Philippines. It may use only one pole or multiple poles, and may be played individually or as a team
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Before the game starts, a long, straight and well-polished bamboo pole, with a small flag or bag at the top, is lavishly greased to make it very slippery. The pole is then set upright in an open area, commonly in town plazas, and then planted securely on the ground. Colorful strips of paper are attached to the pole to match the festivities. In most areas, a town brass band usually provides musical background on the event.

The participants are asked to gather around the bamboo pole to determine the order of climbers. The first climber will position himself at the foot of the pole, while other participants stand behind him and wait for their chance to show their individual climbing skills. At a given signal, the first participant will scamper up the pole, using only his bare hands and feet, to try and reach the flag as fast as he can.

In case the first climber fails or slides down to You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public dom the ground without the flag, he is immediately replaced by the player next to him. The game will continue until a player reaches the top of the pole, unties the flag, and reaches the ground with the flag on his hand. The declared winner will then be given a prize by the town officials or the organizers of the game
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public dom HISTORY
The more popular version of this Filipino game is the individual event, where only one bamboo pole is used and only contestant is declared winner. In some provinces, the palo sebo is played by using two or more bamboo poles where participants compete with each other by climbing simultaneously. This version is usually practiced in the northern parts of Luzon.

The palo sebo can also be played in teams, where three (3) to four (4) boys help one of their teammates reach the flag faster than the opposing team. The first team to reach the flag shall be declared winner. In case the entire team slides down the ground without the flag, a new team shall be organized until a winner is declared.

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You should hold the ball called holen in your hand then throw it to hit the players ball out of the playing area. Holen is called marble in USA. It is played a more precise way by tucking the marble with your 3rd finger, the thumb under the marble, the fourth finger used as to stable the marble. You aim at grouped marbles inside a circle and flick the marble from your fingers and anything you hit out of the circle is yours. Who ever got the most marbles win the game. You can also win the game by eliminating your opponent by aiming and hitting his marble. You have to be sharp shooter to be a winner.

Another version of this game requires three holes lined up in the ground with some distance. Each player tries to complete a circuit of travelling from the first hole to the second then third and back to the second again and finally back to the first hole. Players decide on where the starting line is and the distance between holes. The first to complete the circuit wins the game. They are also able to knock other player's holen(marble) away using theirs. Generally the distance between holes allows for several times of shooting to arrive at the next hole. The players next shoots from where the holen landed. The players take turns of who is shooting. A variant of this game needs players to requires their holen to pass back the starting line.

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Piko

'Piko' or buan-buan is the local equivalent of hopscotch, a playground game involving a diagram divided into sections, drawn on the ground with usually chalk or charcoal. Players hop from section to section. The game is for two to eight players.

Rules
The succession of turns is determined by aiming markers (usually a flat stone or a fruit peeling) at the center of the diagram. The player whose marker lands closest to the center will go first, followed by the second-closest, then the third-closest, and so on.
The diagram varies. Usually, the more players there are, the more complex the diagram and the sections are numbered or labeled to indicate the correct order in which the players are to hop. The first player starts by throwing his marker at the initial section. He then hops onto the section and kicks his marker to the next designated section. The player continues this process until he gets to the final section. Some games require the player to retrace his hops back to the start or for players to hop across other players' paths. At any time a player's marker touches a line, or when any part of his body touches a line, he surrenders the turn to the next player. The first player to complete the diagram wins.
Some games have another part after the first, apparently to extend playing time. This part has the players looking towards the sky then throwing his marker on the diagram. Without looking, he must walk across the diagram to fetch his marker without touching any lines. This stage is intentionally more difficult to give the other players a chance to catch up.

Penalty

The game penalizes losers with the same choice of punishments shared by many street games, such as putting powder, liptick, or charcoal on the losers' faces, slapping the palms of the losers, or having the player who performed the worst look for his marker after the others have hidden it.

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Luksong-Baka

Luksong-Baka (lit. jump over the cow) is a popular variation of luksong-tinik. One player crouches while the other players jump over him/her. The crouching player gradually stands up as the game progresses, making it harder for the other players to jump over him/her. A person becomes the "it" when they touch the 'baka' as they jump. It will repeat again and again until the players declare the player or until the players decide to stop the game. It is the Filipino version of leap frog.

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Luksong tinik

'Luksong tinik is a children's game usually played in backyards and playgrounds. It involves jumping over a fence made from the other players' hands and feet. The game requires at least three players.

Etymology

The game's name comes from the Tagalog words lukso, meaning “jump”, and tinik, meaning “thorns”. The imagery of thorns is evoked by the players' hands and feet, which are vertically arrayed, end-to-end, with fingers splayed.

Setup

Two players are assigned to serve as the fence over which the other players will jump over. These two form a base by placing the soles of their feet together, A distance from the fence is then designated for the jumping players as a runway. In some games, the best jumper is designated as a “mother”.
Initially, the players who will act as the fence are determined randomly with a coin toss or jack-en-poy (rock-paper-scissors)

Rules

The players are to jump over the fence without touching it. As each round is cleared, the fence gets higher as a hand is added. This continues until the players who act as the fence run out of hands and feet to add. If any part of a jumping player's body or clothing touches the fence, that player is out. In variants of the game with a designated “mother”, that player has a chance to save a failed jumper by attempting the jump herself. If she fails, the game resets with the failed jumpers forming the fence.

Consequences

Apart from playing as the fence in the following game, the failed jumpers can also be asked to play a round of “truth or consequence”, giving them a choice to answer a question honestly or undergo a task given by the other players. These questions and tasks are usually harmless but embarrassing, such as revealing who one is infatuated to or rolling in the dirt.
'Luksong tinik is a children's game usually played in backyards and playgrounds. It involves jumping over a fence made from the other players' hands and feet. The game requires at least three players.
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Patintero

Patintero, also called Harangang Taga or Tubigan (in English try to cross my line without letting me touch or catch you) - There are two teams playing: an attack team and a defense team; with five (5) players for each team. The attack team must try to run along the perpendicular lines from the home-base to the back-end, and return without being tagged by the defence players.

Members of the defense team are called it, and must stand on the water lines(also "fire lines") with both feet each time they try to tag attacking players. The player at the center line is called "Patotot". The perpendicular line in the middle allows the it designated on that line to intersect the lines occupied by the it that the parallel line intersects, thus increasing the chances of the runners to be trapped, even only one(1) member of a group is tagged the whole group will be the "it". In some instances, the tagged players are blamed and bullied.

Patintero is one of the most popular Filipino street games.
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Tumbang preso

Tumbang preso or Presohan in the Luzon, or Tumba-Lata in most Visayan regions (in English Hit The Can). This also one of the popular Filipino street games played by children using their slippers to hit a tin can at the center.

Like other Filipino traditional games, members take the following roles: one as the “taya” (it), someone who takes the role of a-player-at-stake and holds the responsibility of the Lata (tin can), and; the two others as the players striking. The game is performed by having the players use a “pamato” (which is one's own slipper) to strike the tin that is held beside the taya.

As to how the game cycles, the taya, is obliged to catch another player to take over his position of running after the tin that keeps from throwing away by the strikes of the players. Nevertheless, the taya is only privileged to do so only if the player is holding on his way a pamato and when the tin is on its upright position. Hence, running after another player is keeping an eye to the tin can’s position. As for the players, they have their whole time striking the tin can and running away from the taya keeping themselves safe with their pamato since making the tin fell down helps another player from recovering. Instance like having everyone had their turns over is one big climax of the game that leads them to panic since case is that taya has all his rights to capture whether the player have a hold of their pamato or not.

However, mechanics also give each side privileges. With the roadway or streets as the area being performed, the taya take its place on one side held its tin centered on the ground while on the other end is bound by a line that limits the player when throwing. Breaking rules to the players give way for the taya to have his overturn, like: stepping on or outside the boundary line when throwing; kicking the tin; striking the tin without having oneself reaching the line; or even touching it.

In other versions, especially those in Visayan regions and Southern Luzon, is of complexity for the part of the taya. The latter has to make the tin can stand upright together with its own “pamato” on the top of it which also adds up to the mechanics of the game. The tendency is that even when the taya has already made everything stood up but when the slipper will fall from the tin, he is not allowed catching anybody unless he hurriedly put it back to its position.

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1. 12-17-31-33-07-35...............................................16-04-31-25-07-13
2. 48-32-34-19-31-04...............................................43-07-23-32-02-48
3. 34–31–04–25-38–27............................................19-43-22-32-01-06 
4. 21-43-42-10-04-31...............................................26-10-05-24-49-12
5. 18-34-41-26-01-19.............................................. 09-31-28-43-07-15
6. 34-26-17-21-39-49...............................................33-55-30-13-31-10
7. 14-43-45-05-15-37 ..............................................40-03-02-11-14-28
8. 22-28-01-43-06-13 .............................................27-16-30-23-29-06
9. 42-40-22-28-05-30 .............................................18-16-17-42-40-33
10. 19-45-48-49-01-54..............................................50-20-31-01-40-14
11. 08–07 17 35–06–20............................................18-03-29-32-04-42
12. 38-33-11-25-54-41..............................................15-16-41-46-45-42
13. 03-32-13-39-44-35..............................................37-21-39-34-19-41
14.  49-54-15-46-42-26.............................................38-35-33-08-49-52
15. 26-31-33-22-40-25.............................................07-21-31-26-03-12
16. 32-28-38-22-40-43.............................................24-21-26-05-47-33
17. 15-42-35-29-21-30.............................................08-48-39-38-13-36
18. 20-29-22-13-17-39.............................................23-54-31-05-32-03 
19. 23-25-39-33-35-20
20. 44-38-04-40-42-46
21.  31-01-17-08-12-35 
22. 08-55-11-33-05-10
23. 20-11-12-04-32-01
24. 37-01-06-09-03-16
25. 05-13-33-10-15-08
26. 50-52-09-33-08-31
27. 22-27-43-10-17-36 
28. 23-10-02-09-13-31
29. 19-14-40-21-22-20
30. 32-12-28-38-25-31
31. 28-27-30-36-45-19 
32. 28-38-53-22-40-29
33. 23-13-27-25-32-26
34. 19-37-36-03-27-34
35. 16-29-10-15-17-19
36. 25-04-28-42-38-31
37. 14–47–29–40–08–06
38. 16–07–50–03–26–53
39. 12-24-34-11-31-06 
40. 32-27-37-18-36-24 
41. 22-32-08-49-01-37
42. 02-12-34-04-43-20 
43. 22-25-02-39-28-49
44. 11-13-15-36-39-37
45. 24-29-13-20-48-08
46. 11-05-34-08-37-28
47. 30-50-26-45-07-52 
48. 06-41-15-35-28-04
49. 13-27-23-11-01-09
50. 39-21-01-22-17-11
51. -26-40-08-05-02
52. 31-12-14-03-42-04
53. 02-47-16-01-26-21
54. 34-10-20-39-06-31
55. 13-37-10-50-26-47
56.  20-42-32-01-40-38 
57. 28-33-45-41-15-24