ABOUT DATING

Women during Spanish regime were generally shy, refined and inhibited, because
they are controlled by their family specially when it comes on dating a man. Their
behavior was strictly monitored by their parents to maintain their good reputation and to
avoid shame to their family. Conservativeness, together with repressing emotions and
affection, was inherited by the Filipino woman from the colonial period under the
Spaniards, a characteristic referred to as the Maria Clara attitude. A girl was not seen
alone with a man; he did not touch them, not even her hands when talking to each
other.

A Filipino male suitor expresses his interest to a woman in a discreet and friendly
manner in order to avoid being perceived as very "presumptuous or aggressive" or
arrogant. A man who had the courage to ask for a date had to pass several tests. First
he got the permission of the girl’s parents to visit their daughter. Once he was permitted
,his formal visit was in full attendance of the older members of the family who also
participated in the conversation. Filipino woman will either deny her feelings (or the
absence of feelings for the suitor) and avoids her admirer, or does not become angry
because of the teasing and encourages the suitor instead. The suitor stops the
courtship if he is quite sure that the woman does not reciprocate. But once the female
encourages the suitor to continue, the "teasing stage" comes to a close and a "serious
stage" of Philippine courtship begins.

ABOUT MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE is sacred to the Filipinos that lasts a lifetime. Filipinas are brought up at a
very young age to mature independently and follow rules. A great aspect you can notice
from these single Philippine ladies is how they hold a strong sense of values and how
they love unconditionally-- the key qualities they take on from their families. Parents
train their sons and daughters in the proper choice of a mate. Both are reminded that if
they marry, they had to get along well not just with one another but with in-laws as well.

Filipino usually dont know how to pop the most awaited ”Will you marry me”?
question. Couples usually assume they’re gonna get married someday. It is just a
matter of ‘when’. For filipinos, “Let’s get married!” or Pakasal na tayo! is more likely to
be used rather than “Will you marry me. Pamanhikan is a treasured Filipino heritage,
which avoids the embarrasing situation of having both parents meet as strangers during
the wedding day. Meeting of families is often awkward. In the old days, the pamanhikan
is hosted by the brides family as the groom and his family visit them to formally ask their
daughter’s hand in marriage. But in this modern times and to ease the awkwardness,
families opt to hold the meeting in neutral ground like a restaurant. They will discuss the
plans for the upcoming wedding, the guest list and the budget. It is customary that the
visiting family bring a gift (pasalubong) for the host, it may be a home cooked specialty
of the groom’s mother.

The wedding reception held in the bride’s home. Members of the community volunteer
to help bridegroom in one way or another by either contributing some money or by
offering their services in the operation of the wedding feats.

ABOUT ART

Filipinos are lovers of art. Their art is reflected in the things they do and way they
believe in daily life. Our ancestors passed their time singing awaits, corridors, and
reading stories about the bravery of legendary heroes. For stage dramas they
performed the Zarzuela and the Moro-Moro, forms of art which depicted the life, of the
people. The art of the Philippines refers to the works of art that have developed and
accumulated in the Philippines from the beginning of civilization in the country up to the
present era. It reflects to its society and non-Filipinos the wide range of cultural
influences on the country's culture and how these influences honed the country's arts.

Folk architecture-stilt houses, land houses, and aerial houses

Weaving -basket weaving, back-strap loom weaving, headgear weaving, fishnet

weaving, and other forms of weaving

Carving - woodcarving and folk non-clay sculpture

Folk performing arts -dances, plays, and dramas

Folk (oral) literature -epics, songs, and myths

Folk graphic and plastic arts- calligraphy, tattooing, folk writing, folk drawing, and folk
painting

Ornament, textile, or fiber art - hat-making, mask-making, accessory-making,

ornamental metal crafts

Pottery -ceramic making, clay pot-making, and folk clay sculpture

Other artistic expressions of traditional culture - non-ornamental metal crafts, martial

arts, supernatural healing arts, medicinal arts, and constellation traditions.

Dance - dance choreography, dance direction, and dance performance, cha

Music -musical composition, musical direction, and musical performance

Theater-theatrical direction, theatrical performance, theatrical production design,
theatrical light and sound design, and theatrical playwriting

Visual arts - painting, non-folk sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art,

mixed media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art, and imaging

Literature -poetry, fiction, essay, and literary/art criticism

Film and broadcast art-film and broadcast direction, film and broadcast writing, film and
broadcast production design, film and broadcast cinematography, film and broadcast
editing, film and broadcast animation, film and broadcast performance, and film and
broadcast new media

Architecture and allied arts-non-folk architecture, interior design, landscape architecture,

and urban design

Design - including, but not limited to, industrial design, and fashion design

The churches built by Spaniards with the help of Filipinos are the best examples of
architecture of the 16th-19th century. They are structures built in Baroque style with
elaborate curved, arches, altars and images of saints.

The skill of the Filipinos in playing musical instruments can gauges when one listens
to a number played by a “Rondalla”. A rondalla is composed of musicians that play
stringed musical instruments such as the guitar and the ukulele.

The forms of art listed above are the examples of the colourful passion of the
Filipinos. Jovita Fuente, Isang Tapales, Conchita Gaston, Aurello Estanislao, and Pilita
Corales are the world-famous opera singers contributed their songs range from folk to
pop; classic kundiman to modern opera.

ABOUT GAMES

Traditional Filipino Games or Indigenous games in the Philippines, due to limited

resources of toys for Filipino children, they usually invent games without the need of
anything but the players themselves. Their games' complexity arises from their flexibility
to think and act.

Traditional games like, Bahay-bahayan, Laro ng lahi, Trumpo, Luksong-Tinik,

Sungka, shows how children of yesterday’s makes their childhood simple and
memorable. But in this generation there is a huge difference of how children play game,
that some traditional games are no longer familiar to the children nowadays.