![]() Can you guess the answers to these riddles? Another characteristic of Filipino riddles is their flippant nature-they seem to be referring to something laughable, but in reality, the answer is more serious than expected. Usually, riddles (or, in Filipino, bugtong) are used in a battle of wits, where locals young and old join and/or watch to see who is the smartest. Riddles are like proverbs with one main difference: they demand an answer and are used to test the wits of those who are listening to them.(If you don’t persevere, you can expect no reward.) Kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga.(Whatever the tree, so is the fruit.).In Filipino, these are called salawikain. ![]() It is obviously meant to entertain while teaching basic skills in surviving local life. Proverbs are practical observations and philosophy of everyday life that are written usually in a rhyming scheme.
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