Filipino Ways

Living with Parents
Filipinos highly value the presence of family more than anything.

In fact, most Filipino people stay in their parents’ house up until they get married. It is part of
Filipino tradition that are treasured by everyone. There are actually Filipino people, surprisingly,
who opt to have their kids stay at their places even when they have married and have kids. As a
matter of fact, it is normal that there are at least three generations of Filipino families living in
one roof.
From <https://everything-filipino.com/filipino-culture-on-family-and-food/>
However, in this kind of Filipino practices, I found this concept to be unsatisfactory, in a sense
that, we may develop tightly-knit relationship with our families and relatives but as I observed in
this modern generation, it somehow shows that other people were becoming too dependent on
their parents or to other family members especially in the area of financial aspect plus having
fast technology today that would likely to create an attitude of "laziness" even though they are
physically abled. This practice, I could say -from time to time for the betterment among the
Filipino families.
Fiesta
The fiesta is part and parcel of Filipino culture. Through good times and bad times, the
Filipino fiesta must go on. Each city and barrio has at least one local festival of its own, usually
on the feast of its patron saint, so that there is always a fiesta going on somewhere in the
country. This practice has been embedded in the Filipino tradition and believed to have started
even before the coming of the Spaniards. In which, I strongly agree with this Filipino practice
because this an event where we pray in honor of our patron saints to express gratitude to God
and as Filipinos, this faith that we hold have always been our pillars of strength, support and
guidance in our lives and it is significant as well because festivals are reminders of our past; it
gives us a glimpse of our rich cultural heritage or preservation and at the same time connects
and rejoices us to our families, loved ones and to entire community.
. Thus, the celebration of the feast day of a patron saint is also the celebration of the town’s
existence and identity.
From <https://sites.google.com/site/catmonanonsabako/tradition/customs-and-beliefs>
Pukpok
Getting circumcised has always been seen as a Rite of passage for male Filipinos.
traditional circumcision or “pukpok” involved using a subokan, which is a piece of
wood used for circumcision. The method of pukpok does not use anesthesia, nor does
the person performing the task have any medical training. Boys that undergo this
method are given guava leaves to chew on which help them bear the pain. After,
they’re their wounds are simply wrapped in white cloth for healing. This Filipino
traditional method of circumcision is still being done in very rural areas in the country
and I disagree with this kind of practices because it is truly unhygienic and people
who are not medical professionals should be discouraged to perform this practice
because this might cause more serious complications or in worst cases, death to a
person for undergoing this method.
Pag-mano
This practice of Lamano or mano is the action of placing the back of an elder’s hand
on your forehead as a sign of respect and is still practiced by the people up to this
present times. Kids were taught to do this as a way to greet those who were older than
them, which included their grandparents, parents, uncles and aunts, and even their
parent’s friends. These days, we see the younger generation beso or kiss the cheeks of
their elders instead of pag-mano. I totally agree with this Filipino practice and this has
to be practiced especially in this present times where young people forgot give respect
to elders because this shows love and politeness among the elders which stems from the
high value of family in Filipino culture and this practice has to keep inorder to build stronger
relationships between our families, relatives, friends and acquaintances.
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mano_(gesture)>
But the biggest and most elaborate festival of all is Christmas, a season celebrated with all the
pomp and pageantry the fun-loving Filipino can manage. The Philippine fiesta is a lot more that
it seem on the service. It is the tie that binds Filipinos from a region or an area together, a time
to reunite with your extended family and you kababayan (countrymen/women.) No mater where
you are, your are expected to attend. It is a time to rejoice in friendship, spend all you have,
forget the expense, just be happy you can afford to entertain and feed others, if you can.
From <http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/culture-and-people/philippine-culture/articles-about-philippines/431-philippine-
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