It could be a general cultural tradition OR a personal family tradition (that maybe only your family or community does)
2007-03-19 08:04:23 · 20 answers · asked by Yuka 4 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
The pasalubongs. It's great to receive gifts from family when they come home from other places. It's also a nice feeling to bring something to friends and family when you go home from your travels. I really enjoy the scene where everyone is excited opening his pasalubong from titos and titas, cousins, brothers and sisters or friends! And then when it's time for the giver to go home he has a "pabaon" (going away present) from those who received his pasalubongs! It's like exchange gifts all year round!
2007-03-19 22:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by jop 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My favorite Filipino tradition?
Our annual Clan and Family Reunions during Christmas season, of course!
Every Christmas, we get to meet our cousins and relatives and update on our succeses, etc. Even our cousins, sisters, nephews/nieces and uncles/aunts who work and live in Europe, USA, Singapore, wherever, really come home to feast with us on this special season. We dine and drink and play together. Even dance and sing together the famous and nationalistic "Pinoy Ako" jingle, which is made famous by the Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Reality Show of ABS-CBN.
With our annual tradition, we meet our relatives (and there's no rich or poor relation) on common ground - with love, peace and unity as the central theme. What a simple way of showing to the world that if you want to instill peace and love, what better way to start it with your family - by having an annual family get-together.
2007-03-20 22:08:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(These are just superstitions, harmless but followed like established rules.) 1) If the baby is carried by a person with negative vibes, the baby will cry incessantly or have the hiccups (or might even get sick), and the guilty person must dab the baby's forehead with her or his right thumb moistened with saliva. 2) After baptism, the baby must be brought out of church ahead of the other babies for it to receive the first graces and therefore live a prosperous life. (I've been to many christenings when just after the bastismal rites were over, the excited parents, carrying baby in their arms, would race simultaneously as if on signal like madmen through the aisle towards the front door (prompting me to pray that no one would trip). They're like highly-strung thoroughbreds at the Kentucky Derby just out of the starting gate blasting away at warp speed kicking dust - eyes bulging and nostrils flaring - as they make a blazing mad dash through the track. Which always made me wonder why we didn't send these parents to the Olympic sprint competition!)
2016-03-29 06:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
UNDAS. It's the celebration of All Saint's Day. It's a picnic in the Philippines. They pitch tents around the graves and it turns to a mini-reunion when friends and relatives starts visiting. Kids have fun with the candle and the guy laying there seems to be in it too.
2007-03-19 15:52:39 · answer #4 · answered by Pinilakang Tabing 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My mum is Filipino, New Years we have seven round fruits at the table (grapes etc) and jiggle gold coins in out pockets to bring prosperity to us in the new year. We also turn on all the lights in the house to bring a "bright" new year.
And as most Filipino families do, eat, eat, EAT!
2007-03-19 12:01:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my favorite filipino tradition is kissing all your aunties, uncles, cousins, lolas, lolos, etc on the cheek when you first greet them. it's super saya especially during a get together or party. greetings can take almost 30 minutes before you finally get to everyone especially with a large family like mine. mabuhay filipinos!
2007-03-19 09:16:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my favorite-- but is kinda fading already is Family Reunion on the 24th of December. Some of us live outside the Philippines now that's why its kinda fading in the tradition of our family which is sad. :(
2007-03-20 17:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by StarbucksAficionado 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
San Juan!!!
It's when you may get a big drum, put it on the side of the street, fill it with water and spray everyone who passes by... either in Jeeps, Cars, Tricycles or just passing people. WHOOOOO!!
You may even take a drum of water on a vehicle and drive around and wet everyone :)
2007-03-21 11:42:31 · answer #8 · answered by fatbiguglytoad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Respect for the elders. We still kiss the hands of our parents and grandparents unlike the modern one who kiss theirs on the cheeks.
Love for the family.
Family Reunions at Christmas time
2007-03-19 16:35:18 · answer #9 · answered by arienne321 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
having three (3) families
2007-03-19 17:26:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋