Buwan ng Wika

“Sa Pangangalaga ng Wika at Kalikasan, Wagas na Pagmamahal ang Talagang Kailangan.”

The statement above is the theme of this year’s Buwan ng Wika. We celebrate Buwan ng Wika every August because it reminds us that even though English is the international language and is commonly used by most Filipinos, we must not forget that we have our own dialect which is Tagalog. That we must be encouraged to speak and use it.

This month we celebrate the said occasion with various activities related to being a Pilipino. Like poster slogan, essay writing, quizzes, jingles, and the famous Balagtasan. With these activities to be done it will help us realize the importance of Tagalog in the process.

Tagalog is the one of the things that makes us who we are. It gives us identity, when people hear the dialect tagalog; the first thing that will come to their head is: “Hey that guy/girl is a Pilipino.”

We must be proud! Filipinos are known for many things. They are humble, hardworking creative, smart, hospitable and are able to smile and laugh despite all their problems.

In this celebration it keeps the memory of what the early Pilipinos did for our country, those Pilipinos we now call heroes. Those Pilipinos fought for our country, to bring back our freedom. They gave their lives in fighting the colonizers from taking over our country. They did what they had to do to bring back what was rightfully ours, brave enough to stand up and say: Enough! They attained freedom one way or the other.

That’s what this celebration is all about; it is a celebration that will make us proud to be Pilipinos.