00:00We're here at Barangay 28 in Tondo, Manila and their tradition here is to shout when it's New Year's Eve.
00:14They say that's how you get rid of bad people, but that's not the case.
00:17Let's find out what are the beliefs of the people here to make them lucky in the new year.
00:22Come with us, let's go!
00:23Sir, come, let's go here.
00:26Let's take a look.
00:28We're here with the UP Professor Anthropologist, Nestor Castro.
00:34Sister, where are we?
00:38There's a dog, a big dog.
00:40Here, here, here. Let's ask him.
00:44Hello, hello.
00:46There, there's a lot of people.
00:49It's like luck is coming here.
00:52Come out.
00:55You're lucky, right?
00:57Yes.
00:58There's a lot of sellers.
01:00We'll ask you, do you have beliefs?
01:03Do you have anything to ask?
01:04In business?
01:05Oh, the laurel.
01:08Oh, where is it?
01:09It's in the adobo.
01:10It's placed in the barrels.
01:13Oh, it's placed in the barrels.
01:16It's placed in the adobo.
01:17Laurel, leaves?
01:18Yes.
01:20Lucky charm number one, laurel leaves.
01:23Oh, even just one leaf?
01:25Yes.
01:26And also the arenola.
01:27Yes.
01:28That too.
01:29The arenola is said to be lucky.
01:30Yes.
01:31Why? Who told you that it's lucky?
01:34My mother.
01:35Why?
01:36Because she has a Chinese master.
01:38Oh, okay.
01:39So, she adapts to it.
01:41We know that strong odors are a source of bad elements.
01:47Do you replace it?
01:48If there's no more odors.
01:51If there's no more odors.
01:52If there's no more odors.
01:53So, Aten believes in the arenola and the laurel leaves that will give her luck.
01:59Maybe that's why she has a lot.
02:01She has a lot.
02:05You might think that laurel is not just for adobo.
02:09We're looking for lucky charms here.
02:11Do you know who are the lucky charms here?
02:14Do they give free food?
02:18Before we get hungry, the next lucky charm of the local people is...
02:23Hello, Susan.
02:24Hello.
02:25Every day is lucky.
02:28Every day is lucky.
02:31No.
02:32I'll ask her.
02:34Come here.
02:35Oh, I bumped into you.
02:37Come here.
02:38Let's talk about luck.
02:41Why are the people here so shy?
02:47I saw this.
02:48Every day is lucky.
02:49What's that?
02:50I have a plaque.
02:52A plaque?
02:53Yes, I have a plaque.
02:54You have a plaque?
02:55Yes, I have a plaque.
02:56Why do you put it every day?
02:58Every day is lucky.
02:59Do you believe in it?
03:00I believe in it.
03:01If you believe in luck, you believe in luck.
03:04You just put it there?
03:05Yes.
03:06And you're lucky.
03:07You're lucky.
03:08We can see the people who put the plaque even inside the jeepney, right?
03:13Yes.
03:14Even if it's just a saying, a lot of people believe that it can be fulfilled.
03:20It has a psychological impact.
03:22Yes.
03:23If you believe in it, that's what can happen.
03:25That's what she said.
03:26If you believe in luck, you'll be lucky.
03:31Do you believe in it?
03:32Yes, I put it every day.
03:34Yes, I put it every day.
03:35Yes, because I believe in luck.
03:37That's right.
03:38There's nothing you can't do.
03:39Especially when it comes to luck.
03:40Yes.
03:41Do you put it for luck?
03:43What's that?
03:44Cinnamon.
03:45Huh?
03:46What's that?
03:47Cinnamon?
03:48Cinnamon.
03:49It's the same.
03:50It also smells good.
03:51So what's that?
03:52Is that for luck?
03:55It's for cooking.
03:57It has a strong smell.
03:59Let me smell it.
04:01It smells good.
04:02Do you change it?
04:04No, we don't.
04:05Oh, you don't anymore?
04:06We just put it in the oven.
04:07Oh, you put it in the oven?
04:08Yes.
04:09It's new?
04:10It's new, but they have the same theme.
04:12It has a strong smell.
04:15We can see that they are mixing up their beliefs and the ones we got from China.
04:22Yes, the ones who came to us.
04:25If we know that this is what will give them luck and they believe in it,
04:29we also adapt it to us.
04:31Yes, Filipinos are security guards.
04:34If something goes wrong, they will catch it.
04:40Lucky charm number 3, cinnamon.
04:45Now, let's find out their lucky charm inside the house.
04:53Hi, boss.
04:54Hello.
04:55Can I help you?
04:58She has one.
04:59Let's start with this one.
05:01This one.
05:02Let's start with this lucky charm.
05:06Red ribbon.
05:11Do you change it every year?
05:13Yes, we change it every year.
05:15Do you believe that this is your luck?
05:18I think it's our luck.
05:19We just need a little bit of luck.
05:23Yes, a little bit of luck.
05:25There are a lot of things here.
05:28This is for luck.
05:30This is a money tree.
05:33Money tree.
05:35This is the money from China, the gold bars.
05:39Do you feel that whatever you do will have an effect?
05:45Yes.
05:46Why?
05:47Because we have a good life.
05:49Okay.
05:50Look at your trees.
05:52There are red ribbons.
05:54Yes, there are red ribbons.
05:56There are lucky charms.
06:00I wonder where Juan's belief in luck came from.
06:06We have a belief in luck for a long time.
06:10Before the arrival of the Spanish, there were a lot of problems.
06:16So we all wish for a good future.
06:20To embrace and accept the luck that will come.
06:25Land, travel, and six-digit income.
06:29Achieved.
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