{"id":512,"date":"2010-12-14T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=512"},"modified":"2010-12-14T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T15:01:15","slug":"question-8-do-agutaynens-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2010\/12\/14\/question-8-do-agutaynens-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Question #8: Do Agutaynens celebrate Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Agutaynen
Agutaynen Carolers at our Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, they do.\u00a0 In many ways it is similar to how Americans celebrate Christmas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For example, there is caroling.\u00a0 Agutaynens come in groups of about ten people, along with their instruments, which might be a guitar or a banjo (not unusual if the instruments are missing a string or two).\u00a0 They will sing several Christmas songs in Agutaynen, which is very beautiful.\u00a0 When they are done, we usually give them some Christmas cookies and Coke.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Agutaynen
Agutaynen Girls in front of their Christmas Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Few Agutaynens will put up a \u201cChristmas tree\u201d, which is usually not green.\u00a0 While we were in Manila, our neighbors would have artificial trees.\u00a0 In the village, the trees are usually a small branch from a regular tree (no pine trees there!).\u00a0 They will decorate their tree with hand-made chains\/streamers made from construction paper.\u00a0 Some will use shiny candy wrappers and hang them from the tree like ornaments.\u00a0 Traditionally, the Filipinos decorate their homes using a Christmas star rather than a tree.<\/p>\n

\"Agutaynen
Agutaynen Girl with her Christmas Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Agutaynens have never seen snow, but we have heard our neighbor girls singing \u201cI\u2019m Dreaming of a White Christmas\u201d.\u00a0 And like Americans, Agutaynens celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25. \u00a0<\/p>\n

As you celebrate Christmas, remember that the cradle has no meaning without the cross of calvary.\u00a0 Our heart\u2019s desire is for each and every one of the Agutaynens to know Jesus as their Savior, Who completely paid for their sins on the cross, almost 2000 years ago.\u00a0 As you celebrate Christmas, please remember to pray for these Agutaynens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, they do.\u00a0 In many ways it is similar to how Americans celebrate Christmas.\u00a0 For example, there is caroling.\u00a0 Agutaynens come in groups of about ten people, along with their instruments, which might be a guitar or a banjo (not unusual if the instruments are missing a string or two).\u00a0 They will sing several Christmas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}