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TROPICAL TRANSPLANTS IN THE LAND OF FIRE & ICE
A Filipino migrant experience
Marvi Ablaza [email protected] / [email protected]
an exercise in perception
How do you think this person came to Iceland?
•family encouragement
•marriage
•school
•job recruitment
•others
How far did this person go in his/her education?
Lagerstarfsmaður, Vogue ehf. – vefnaðarvöruverslun
Starfsmaður Endurhæfingardeild Hátun 10
Starfsmaður (bytibur) Skurðlæknigadeild LSH
A B CJunrey Priscy Vanessa
How do you think this person came to Iceland (through family encouragement, marriage, school, job recruitment, etc.) ?
How far did this person get in his/her education?
the philippines & filipinos
The Philippines is an archipelago (eyjahaf) of 7,107 islands (high tide)
divided into three main island groups.
The largest island, Luzon (108 171 sq.km.), is slightly larger than Iceland
(103000 sq.km.)
Our highest peak Mt. Apo (2954 meters above sea level) is slightly
higher than Hvannadalshnúkur (2109.6 meters above sea level) but
there is no snow.
The Philippine population hit 101.5 million this year (2015). There are
10.2 million who live overseas.
The number of individual languages listed for Philippines is 186.
The country is called the Philippines, the people Filipino(s) and the
language Filipino.
Our official languages are Filipino and English. (It is NOT TAGALOG).
Spanish was an official language until the 1990s.
Filipino names sound Spanish and comes in groups of three (3): First
Name, Mother´s Family Name, Father´s Family Name.
81% of Filipinos are Catholics, 7% Muslim and the rest Protestant
Christians.
The Philippines was a colony of Spain for 377 years (1521-1898), a
Commonwealth of the United States for 48 years (1898-1946) which was
briefly interrupted by 3 years of Japanese occupation (1942-1945).
migration history
filipinos in iceland
issues that connect with us
perceptions & prejudices
Priscela (Priscy)
Jón Rey (Junrey) Vanessa (Van)
perceptions & prejudices
Priscela (Priscy)
Jón Rey (Junrey) Vanessa (Van)
