# @givingtuesday on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34212766-givingtuesday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-11-04T14:43:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** GivingTuesday (@givingtuesday) — https://gondola.cc/givingtuesday

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[Generosity Traditions Around the World]: This one is submitted by givingtuesdayphils! Bayanihan is a form of communal work practiced in the Phillipines. The word means “being in a bayan,” which in turn means nation, town or community. Bayanihan refers to the spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve a particular goal. 

Although bayanihan can manifest itself in many forms, it is probably most clearly and impressively displayed in the old tradition of neighbors helping a relocating family by getting enough volunteers to carry the whole house, and literally moving it to its new location. They do this by placing long bamboo poles length-wise and cross-wise under the house (traditional Filipino houses were built on stilts), and then carrying the house using this bamboo frame. It takes a fairly large number of people -- often 20 or more -- working together to carry the entire house. All this is done in a happy and festive mood. At the end of the day, the moving family expresses their gratitude by hosting a small fiesta for everyone.
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