10 shocking customs you should know before traveling – You need to see this!

9. House Moving in the Philippines

Forget the moving trucks. In the Philippines, you start with the foundation. Filipinos often gather their friends and family to lift their houses whole and trek them off to their new locations.

This practice called Bayanihan is more common in rural areas where houses are commonly made of lighter weight materials like bamboo and nipa palm wood. It’s also not usually done to get a better piece of real estate. Most often, it is a Filipino style evacuation plan in the face of floods and landslides.