religion
The Philippines is the only Asian country that is predominately christian. I shocking percentage, something like 90% of those 90%, maybe 95% of those are catholic. Many are deeply, DEEPLY religious. You will see shrines to the virgin Mary in some unlikely places (a cove on a beach for instance. People here are so catholic, in fact, that when one tells a Filipino they aren't catholic, they will often get a strange look or perhaps even, a shocked "not Catholic?!..what do you mean??" more than once, I was told by people the dangers of being sent to Hell if I wasn't catholic. But get this, on top of the religion, many are very superstitious. When in the rainforest, I pointed at some trees and I was admonished for pointing. When I asked why, I was told that there is a legend that very tiny people who live in those trees come out at night and steal people, never to be found again. This was a...
