4. • The Kapampangan people ( Taung
Kapampangan), Pampangueños or
Pampangos, are the sixth largest
ethnolinguistic group in the
Philippines. Kapampangan refers
to the people who speak the
Kapampangan language or inhabit
the province of Pampanga. The
name of the province derives from
pangpang or pangpangan, meaning
“riverbank.” Pampango is the
Spanish version of “Pampanga.”
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5. • The Kapampangan people ( Taung
Kapampangan), Pampangueños or
Pampangos, are the sixth largest
ethnolinguistic group in the
Philippines. Kapampangan refers
to the people who speak the
Kapampangan language or inhabit
the province of Pampanga. The
name of the province derives from
pangpang or pangpangan, meaning
“riverbank.” Pampango is the
Spanish version of “Pampanga.”
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• Kapampangans are tenant
farmers and landless workers.
Artists of the group are mostly
potters, jewelers, lantern
makers, blacksmiths, and
wood-carvers. Kapampangan
artisans are also highly skilled
and educated, giving rise to
the world class woodcraft,
ceramics, metal crafting,
furniture making, Christmas
décor, and of course, the
Christmas lanterns they have
been known for.
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• Do you know that
Kapampangans have
played a dynamic yet
conflicting role in
Philippine history?
7. • It was the Kapampangans of Macabebe
who were formerly Muslim were the first to
defend the Luzon Empire from Spanish
domination in 1571. Kapampangans were
one of the principal ethnic groups to push
and fuel the Philippine revolution against
Spain. Yet it was also the Kapampangans of
Macabebe that fiercely defended the last
Spanish garrison against the
revolutionaries.
9. Kapampangan or
Pampangan
• is an Austronesian language,
and one of the eight major
language in the Philippines.
Kapampangan is primary spoken
in the provinces of Nueva Ecija,
Bulacan, and Bataan.
10. Common Greetings in
Kapampangan
Mayap a abak - Good Morning
Mayap a panapun – Good Afternoon
Mayap a bengi – Good Evening
Dakal a Salamat – Many Thanks
Malaus kayu/ko pu - Welcomes
12. Mt. Pinatubo
is one of the most visited Pampanga attractions not
only in the province and Luzon tourist spots but in the
entire Philippines. Situated between Pampanga,
Zambales, and Tarlac provinces, this active volcano
features spectacular lahar formations that you can see
up close if you're going on Philippine hiking adventures
13. Mount Arayat
is a potentially active stratovolcano sleeping in the
province of Pampanga on the island of Luzon,
Philippines, rising to a height of 1,033 metres. The
volcano has a breached crater on its northwest side with
a smaller andesitic dome in the collapse amphitheater.
14. San Guillermo Parish
is named after San Guillermo, the town's patron saint.
The church was originally constructed by the Augustinian
Friars in 1576 – also the town's founding – with Padre
Diego de Ochoa, OSA, becoming the town's first parish
priest two years later.
15. Pamintuan Mansion
is a historic building in Angeles City, Pampanga,
Philippines built by the Pamintuan family in the 1880s. It
was briefly used by the Katipunan during the Philippine-
American War.
