Jun 12, 2018
Philippines Independence Day 2018
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Happy Independence Day to the Philippines, home to 7,000+ islands, abundant agricultural wealth—and a wild underwater frontier.
Almost ⅓ of the islands’ collective land mass is devoted to agriculture, allowing Filipino farmers to cultivate a rich variety of foods, sparking a recent culinary renaissance. Miles of beautiful beaches make the Philippines an attractive travel destination, especially to tourists, who flock to the white sand and blue water. The country is also a magnet for marine biologists.
On Independence Day, Filipinos are known to celebrate the end of Spanish rule by enjoying traditional delicacies like lumpia, balut, and chicken adobo, and by dancing in the streets—which you might expect in a country that’s widely considered one of the happiest in the world.
Today’s Doodle depicts the rich variety of undersea life surrounding this archipelago in the western Pacific, particularly the pristine Tubbataha Reef, where scientists continue to discovered new species of fish, slugs, and urchins in deep waters that are still being explored.
Happy Philippines National Day—or, to use the traditional Tagalog greeting, Maligayang Araw ng Kalayaan!
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