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The Filipino culture is a blend of traditional Filipino and Spanish Catholic traditions with influences from America and Asia. Filipinos highly value family, religion, art, fashion, music and food. While Filipino culture is diverse and important to the people, some traditional practices have been lost or forgotten over time. These include traditional courtship through serenading, playing outdoor games like piko and patintero, showing respect through pagmamano, using kalesa for transportation, and following superstitions about spirits. However, Filipino culture remains vibrant and constantly changing as it draws from its roots and various external influences.

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Fil. Cult.

The Filipino culture is a blend of traditional Filipino and Spanish Catholic traditions with influences from America and Asia. Filipinos highly value family, religion, art, fashion, music and food. While Filipino culture is diverse and important to the people, some traditional practices have been lost or forgotten over time. These include traditional courtship through serenading, playing outdoor games like piko and patintero, showing respect through pagmamano, using kalesa for transportation, and following superstitions about spirits. However, Filipino culture remains vibrant and constantly changing as it draws from its roots and various external influences.

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What is Filipino Culture?

The culture of the Philippines comprises a blend of traditional Filipino and Spanish Catholic
traditions, with influences from America and other parts of Asia. The Filipinos are family
oriented and often religious with an appreciation for art, fashion, music, and food.

Our culture is very diverse. And also it is something that is very important to us Filipinos and yet
there are practices that we had forgotten or are already lost through time. The following are
examples of our culture that is still present and still practiced as of today and our culture that
only few know or is already something unfamiliar to us:

1. Traditional Courtship

Before the Filipino Courtship would mean the guy would prove himself worthy of the
woman through serenading her and the woman’s family. He must also work for the
woman’s family under their supervision but now a days courtship would mean asking a
girl to be his girlfriend through chatting or texting her. Some parents don’t even have
the knowledge of the relationship their children have in between them.

2. Traditional Games

Piko, patintero, and tumbang preso—if these words mean more than just random
gibberish to you, then you have experienced a traditional Filipino childhood. If you
actually played them with your friends, then you were lucky enough to have had fun
under the sun.
Unfortunately, few children play these games anymore, preferring the high-tech ones
they find in computers, tabs, and smart phones. But wouldn’t you want to see children
playing in the sun again?

3. Pagmamano

There are other ways to show respect for our elders these days. The pagmamano has
been replaced by the beso, which is a cheek-to-cheek greeting like Europeans do—still
respectful, but not remarkably Pinoy.

4. Kalesa

Like most other countries embracing technology, the number of kalesas operating on
the streets were reduced in favor of the mechanized forms of transport like jeepneys
and motorcycles. Today, kalesas are merely for tourist attractions in some places in the
country. Not too many of them, though, because most kalesa drivers have to look for
more ways to earn money.

5. Filipino Superstitions
Being the superstitious nation that we are, the belief in spiritual beings and mythical
creatures is second in nature. As such, many of us were taught as kids to say “tabi po” or
“tabi-tabi po” when passing by a huge tree, a termite mound, an anthill, a dark ally or
any rural area. With all the stories of people who get cursed and get sick - either by
vomiting or urinating black bile, spitting out insects, and getting swelling or pain on any
part of the body - after disrespecting the spirits, surely, asking permission to pass by,
from the spirits and mythical creatures, so they can avoid you is a small price.

The Filipino culture I have learned is one that is a very vibrant and alive. It is a blend of many
cultures that have come to our shores & rooted in our own native Filipino culture. Many
scholars say that culture is constantly changing that is why it is very hard to define. While this is
true, sometimes, it is not changing for the better. In some ways, I believe this is happening to
Filipino culture. Filipinos tend to put more importance to foreign culture and things as
compared to our own. Many foreign ideas and ways of thinking is what we, Filipinos believe will
bring the country progress. However, this is a mistake because our culture is such a rich melting
pot from which we can draw inspiration and ideas.

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