Aired (January 5, 2025): Nilibot ni Susan Enriquez ang Tondo, Manila kasama ang UP professor na si Nestor Castro para alamin ang mga pampaswerte ng mga residente rito. Panoorin ang video.
Hosted by veteran journalists Susan Enriquez, ‘I Juander’ uncovers the truth behind widely-accepted Filipino customs, beliefs, and questions.
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Hosted by veteran journalists Susan Enriquez, ‘I Juander’ uncovers the truth behind widely-accepted Filipino customs, beliefs, and questions.
Watch 'I Juander' every Sunday, 8:00 PM on GTV. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #iJuanderGTV
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00:00We're here at Barangay 28 in Tondo, Manila and their tradition here is to shout when it's New Year's Eve.
00:14They say that's how you get rid of bad people, but that's not the case.
00:17Let's find out what are the beliefs of the people here to make them lucky in the new year.
00:22Come with us, let's go!
00:23Sir, come, let's go here.
00:26Let's take a look.
00:28We're here with the UP Professor Anthropologist, Nestor Castro.
00:34Sister, where are we?
00:38There's a dog, a big dog.
00:40Here, here, here. Let's ask him.
00:44Hello, hello.
00:46There, there's a lot of people.
00:49It's like luck is coming here.
00:52Come out.
00:55You're lucky, right?
00:57Yes.
00:58There's a lot of sellers.
01:00We'll ask you, do you have beliefs?
01:03Do you have anything to ask?
01:04In business?
01:05Oh, the laurel.
01:08Oh, where is it?
01:09It's in the adobo.
01:10It's placed in the barrels.
01:13Oh, it's placed in the barrels.
01:16It's placed in the adobo.
01:17Laurel, leaves?
01:18Yes.
01:20Lucky charm number one, laurel leaves.
01:23Oh, even just one leaf?
01:25Yes.
01:26And also the arenola.
01:27Yes.
01:28That too.
01:29The arenola is said to be lucky.
01:30Yes.
01:31Why? Who told you that it's lucky?
01:34My mother.
01:35Why?
01:36Because she has a Chinese master.
01:38Oh, okay.
01:39So, she adapts to it.
01:41We know that strong odors are a source of bad elements.
01:47Do you replace it?
01:48If there's no more odors.
01:51If there's no more odors.
01:52If there's no more odors.
01:53So, Aten believes in the arenola and the laurel leaves that will give her luck.
01:59Maybe that's why she has a lot.
02:01She has a lot.
02:05You might think that laurel is not just for adobo.
02:09We're looking for lucky charms here.
02:11Do you know who are the lucky charms here?
02:14Do they give free food?
02:18Before we get hungry, the next lucky charm of the local people is...
02:23Hello, Susan.
02:24Hello.
02:25Every day is lucky.
02:28Every day is lucky.
02:31No.
02:32I'll ask her.
02:34Come here.
02:35Oh, I bumped into you.
02:37Come here.
02:38Let's talk about luck.
02:41Why are the people here so shy?
02:47I saw this.
02:48Every day is lucky.
02:49What's that?
02:50I have a plaque.
02:52A plaque?
02:53Yes, I have a plaque.
02:54You have a plaque?
02:55Yes, I have a plaque.
02:56Why do you put it every day?
02:58Every day is lucky.
02:59Do you believe in it?
03:00I believe in it.
03:01If you believe in luck, you believe in luck.
03:04You just put it there?
03:05Yes.
03:06And you're lucky.
03:07You're lucky.
03:08We can see the people who put the plaque even inside the jeepney, right?
03:13Yes.
03:14Even if it's just a saying, a lot of people believe that it can be fulfilled.
03:20It has a psychological impact.
03:22Yes.
03:23If you believe in it, that's what can happen.
03:25That's what she said.
03:26If you believe in luck, you'll be lucky.
03:31Do you believe in it?
03:32Yes, I put it every day.
03:34Yes, I put it every day.
03:35Yes, because I believe in luck.
03:37That's right.
03:38There's nothing you can't do.
03:39Especially when it comes to luck.
03:40Yes.
03:41Do you put it for luck?
03:43What's that?
03:44Cinnamon.
03:45Huh?
03:46What's that?
03:47Cinnamon?
03:48Cinnamon.
03:49It's the same.
03:50It also smells good.
03:51So what's that?
03:52Is that for luck?
03:55It's for cooking.
03:57It has a strong smell.
03:59Let me smell it.
04:01It smells good.
04:02Do you change it?
04:04No, we don't.
04:05Oh, you don't anymore?
04:06We just put it in the oven.
04:07Oh, you put it in the oven?
04:08Yes.
04:09It's new?
04:10It's new, but they have the same theme.
04:12It has a strong smell.
04:15We can see that they are mixing up their beliefs and the ones we got from China.
04:22Yes, the ones who came to us.
04:25If we know that this is what will give them luck and they believe in it,
04:29we also adapt it to us.
04:31Yes, Filipinos are security guards.
04:34If something goes wrong, they will catch it.
04:40Lucky charm number 3, cinnamon.
04:45Now, let's find out their lucky charm inside the house.
04:53Hi, boss.
04:54Hello.
04:55Can I help you?
04:58She has one.
04:59Let's start with this one.
05:01This one.
05:02Let's start with this lucky charm.
05:06Red ribbon.
05:11Do you change it every year?
05:13Yes, we change it every year.
05:15Do you believe that this is your luck?
05:18I think it's our luck.
05:19We just need a little bit of luck.
05:23Yes, a little bit of luck.
05:25There are a lot of things here.
05:28This is for luck.
05:30This is a money tree.
05:33Money tree.
05:35This is the money from China, the gold bars.
05:39Do you feel that whatever you do will have an effect?
05:45Yes.
05:46Why?
05:47Because we have a good life.
05:49Okay.
05:50Look at your trees.
05:52There are red ribbons.
05:54Yes, there are red ribbons.
05:56There are lucky charms.
06:00I wonder where Juan's belief in luck came from.
06:06We have a belief in luck for a long time.
06:10Before the arrival of the Spanish, there were a lot of problems.
06:16So we all wish for a good future.
06:20To embrace and accept the luck that will come.
06:25Land, travel, and six-digit income.
06:29Achieved.