People and Culture
Bagong Silangan is a growing barangay in Quezon City composed of people who came from different parts of the country. Tagalog is the primary language being spoken. Also numerous in the area are minority of Ilocano, Bisaya, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan speakers.
Bagong Silangan as an originally considered part of Rizal province shares its culture with the once homogenous agricultural culture of the people from San Mateo. However due to saturation of numerous cultures Bagong Silangan's cultural identity is evolved currently as more of heterogeneous which are mixed beliefs that are still expounding and evolving.
With the Predominantly Catholic Population Bagong Silangan Hosts Cultural events that are heavily themed by their religion such as Fiestas which are celebrated every May to give homage to their patron San Isidro Labrador. Additionally minority religions such as INC, Protestants, Agnostics and others have their own celebration based on their discretion.
The barangay is also the home to informal settlers who occupy not only vast tracts of public and private lands but also riverbanks, creeksides, aqueducts and transmission lines.
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