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Culture and Arts of Leyte


Tattoo as Artwork
16th century Chinese artwork on the "Pintados". Leyte Island and the rest of Eastern Visayas was then inhabited by people with tattoo-covered bodies. Modern-day Leytenos dress up for the annual Pintados Festival.

Dance Imitates Life
The Tinikling Dance, which originated from Leyte, used to be the Philippine National Dance. The dance imitates the movements of the "Tikling" bird. Tinikling is the most famous Philippine dance in the world.

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Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. Ernest Hemingway

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Common dishes

Popular catches include tilapia, catfish (hito), milkfish (bangus), grouper (lapu-lapu), shrimp (hipon), prawns (sugpo), mackerel (galunggong, hasa-hasa), swordfish, oysters (talaba), mussels (tahong), clams (halaan and tulya), large and small crabs (alimango and alimasag respectively), game fish, sablefish, tuna, cod, blue marlin, and squid/cuttlefish (both called pusit).

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