Mabuhay (pronunciation: mah-BOO-high) is a traditional Filipino greeting and expression of jubilation that literally means “Long Live” in English. The root word “buhay” is Filipino for life.
Take the Amazing Wow Kay Ganda Pilipinas Challenge: How Many of the 7100 Islands Can You Explore?
The Philippine archipelago is a cluster of 7100 islands extending for nearly 2000 kilometers across the warm tropical waters of the Pacific. The country is home to an evolutionary explosion of more than 4000 species of trees, 160 species of mammals and over 240 species of reptiles all packed within this small geographical landscape that Filipinos call home.
Despite the fact of the country’s close proximity to our other Asian neighbors, Filipinos are the least “oriental” of them all and has this unique ability to blend well with any culture, race or creed from anywhere in the world and everywhere the Filipino Diaspora has reached. And yet, Filipinos still maintain all the enigmatic qualities that are truly Pinoy… qualities that are unique and found only in the Philippines.
And that is what the symbol above signifies… the Philippine archipelago symbolized by a single island… a single mass of land that can be called truly our own.
For indeed the Philippines is ONE.
Despite the many pockets of land sprawled across the Philippines seas…. despite the small intricacies and peculiarities each inhabitant has… despite the differences in dialects and unique customs…. the Philippines and the Filipino is still ONE – one loving heart, one friendly disposition, one dream and one hope for the nation.
And if you come to know the language, you will surely exclaim….. Wow… Kay Ganda…. Pilipinas (Wow! How Beautiful is the Philippines!)
This is a call for challenge… to Filipinos, non-Filipinos, and Filipinos-at-heart… to come and explore each of the 7,100 islands and know firsthand what makes every island tick…. what makes every island beautiful… what makes every inhabitant truly Filipino…. what makes us ONE.
It may seem like an impossible task… if given all the resources and allowed to travel to one Philippine destination every month for the rest of your life. But wouldn’t that be one very exciting and very worthwhile impossibility? Wow!
The race is on…. now!
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