Religion in Philippines

Are you making a trip to the Philippines, a nation in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia? While visiting the attractive tourist spots spread across 7,107 islands of the Philippine Archipelago, you should also explore the culture of this country.

The primary index of the native culture can be decided upon once you adjudge the religion in Philippines. This country is known to be the one of the two countries in Asia which has Christian community as the major population. You will notice that about 90 per cent of the Filipinos belong to Christian community. Even within the Christian community, these people show allegiance to different sects like the Roman Catholic Church, Protestant associations, the Philippine Independent Church and Iglesia ni Cristo.

Interestingly enough, though Christian beliefs show a strong presence in the Filipinos culture, you will be impressed to notice the practice of native traditions and rituals being followed in the society.

A very small section of the Filipinos is the Sunni sect of Islam religion, who can be mostly spotted in Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. You will also find that Filipinos Muslims who stay in the lowland area, show allegiance to rigid rules of Islam and the members of the hill tribe in Mindanao have imbibed influence from animism. There are also tiny sects of Buddhists, Jews and animists.