Since many people are not familiar with the Philippines’ culture, this article will inform many people about the Philippines’ style of living, traditions, beliefs and many more. After reading this, one will feel like they have just been to the Philippines and experienced and explored everything themselves!
Basic Info:
Capital: Manila
Population: 86,241,697
Government Type: Republic
Currency: Peso
National Anthem: Lupang Hinirang
Religions: 83% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 5% Muslim, and 3% Buddhist and other
Industries: Textiles, Wood Products, Food Processing, Petroleum refining, and fishing
Agriculture Products: rice k, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, banana, pineapples, mangos, pork, eggs, beef, and fish
Natural Resources: timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
The people of the Philippines call themselves Filipinos. Their ancestors came from a Southeastern Asian Country which is known as Indonesia today. The Philippines are considered one of the most diverse countries because there are many mixes of Filipinos such as Chinese-Filipinos, Spanish-Filipinos, and Filipino-Americans. Also, in some Filipino, Arab and Indian blood is added to the racial mixture of the Filipinos. The Filipinos are easily distinguished based on their looks because of their fairer color, taller figure, and fairly formed nose structure.
The Filipinos are also known for being very friendly and welcoming to everybody they meet. They would offer shelter and food to anyone that is lost around their home. In a typical Filipino home, there is always an extra room ready for unexpected quests. The host would always welcome guests with phrases like “make your self at home” to make them feel less awkward. Sometimes when the guest arrives during a meal, they may feel rude but the host feels ruder. According to the Filipinos custom, eating alone without asking others to join you is rude. Besides being a great host and having great manners, families are also very important to the Filipinos.
In a typical Filipino family, the father is considered the head and the provider of the family while the mother takes responsibility for the house work and is in charge of emotional growth and values formation of the children. At a young age, the children are taught to say “po” and “opo” as early as possible to teach them how to properly respect their elders. Even adults are expected to use these terms to greet their parents. They are also taught to greet their elders with a kiss on the hand. Since they value their elders so much, any disrespect toward the adults such as fighting back or addressing the elders with an arrogant tone is not tolerated. Given that the Filipinos are so close to their family members, it is hard for them to let go and that is why most children are not expected to move out unless they want to. The child may live with the parents until they married or even after they are married. One of the children in the family would normally stay back after marrying and have children in order to take care of their parents. This is the reason why most Filipinos’ grandparents live in the same home as their children and grandchildren. The Filipino keeps close to all their relatives because they believe, “not being able to know a relative is like turning their backs form where they come from.”
christina,
I really like your blog, great job! i have a friend that is philippino that is going out for seals in the u.s. navy this spring i really look up to him.
Love this Article! Being a Pacific Islander myself, I think it’s necessary to inform people that Brown people aren’t only on the mainland. People have become so culturally ignorant to the point that all they know about is themselves, and that’s a slight possibility. Very Informative and… Thorough, to say the least.
it was a good blog, but i have been to the philippines and i’m a bit confused. we don’t have fair skin, we have darker skin and more on the shorter side. it’s a very accurate response about how filipinos value family very much. it was a good article, but i think you could have added more about what it’s like in the country. the country is very poor and it’s depressing to actually see where some of the people live. but i enjoyed to see someone write about the country my mom came from, and you did a very good job.
This is a good article with a lot of interesting information. Reading this article has helped to give me a better understanding of those people that I know who are from the Philippines. I do wonder though why it is that Filipino is spelled the way that it is and not with a Ph in the same way that the name of the country is. Besides that, this article provided a good explanation of the people of a different nation and I found it very informative.
hey Great job on the article. I am part pacific islander also. It was a good explaination about the life, culture, and overall balance of the Philipines.
This is a great article. It has tons of information about the Philippines, and i thought you pretty much captured what the culture was like in the Philippines.
this is very interesting and entertaining because even though i have been to the Philippines a few times, i learned a lot more about my own culture!
i am expecting guests from the phillioines. They are friends of my husband linked via work. He may or may not be bringing his wife? Have you any tips suggestions rules or ideas about what activities to put on or food or rules or anything specific. I am aware the religion is mostly catholic – would it be rude to point out or list churches in area or would that be helpful? how about home cooking? dress? general good manners (have read on other sites to arrive later than stated for things and ask numerous times for people to eat or sit down to eat?) really i just dont want to upset anyone but more importantly i would love them to really enjoy their stay.
Hi i love your article. i am a filipina and i learned alot, teriffic job!