Kamayan
Kamayan (Tagalog language, Tagalog for "[eating] with the hands"), also known as kinamot or kinamut in Visayan languages, is the traditional Culture of the Philippines, Filipino method of eating with the bare hands. It is also used to describe the Filipino communal feast (also called a salu-salo) where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils. Another term for kamayan is boodle fight which is used in the context of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, military Military tradition, practice of eating a communal meal. Etymology Both "kamayan" and "kinamot" mean "[eating] with the hands", from the root words and , both meaning "hands". "wikt:salu-salo, Salu-salo" means "feast" or "banquet", a reduplication of , "to eat together" or "to share food". Sources indicate that the term "boodle" is United States, American military slang for contraband sweets such as cake, candy and ice cream. A "boodle fight" is a party in which boodle fare is served. The term may hav ...
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Boodle Fight
Kamayan ( Tagalog for " atingwith the hands"), also known as kinamot or kinamut in Visayan languages, is the traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands. It is also used to describe the Filipino communal feast (also called a salu-salo) where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils. Another term for kamayan is boodle fight which is used in the context of the military practice of eating a communal meal. Etymology Both "kamayan" and "kinamot" mean " atingwith the hands", from the root words and , both meaning "hands". " Salu-salo" means "feast" or "banquet", a reduplication of , "to eat together" or "to share food". Sources indicate that the term "boodle" is American military slang for contraband sweets such as cake, candy and ice cream. A "boodle fight" is a party in which boodle fare is served. The term may have also been derived from " kit and caboodle"; caboodle is further derived from boodle or booty. History The practice of kamayan ...
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