tsinoy culture

Worshiping the Chinese way: Jesus Nazareno of Capalonga  

First published in Tulay, Monthly Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 7 (December 11, 1988): 8. It’s Christmas, an occasion to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene. We chose for our cover this issue the picture of a little-known black Nazarene, who is worshiped mostly by Chinese in a mixture of Chinese and Catholic rites. …

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One God, one people, one destiny: Chinese impact on the Filipino religious culture  

Excerpted from Tulay Monthly, Chinese-Filipino Digest 1, no. 6 (November 13, 1988), p. 7. Throughout the long history of the Chinese presence in the Philippines, they have made significant contributions to Philippine life – not just in the field of commerce but more importantly to the propagation of Christianity and the perpetuation of the Filipino …

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