Presented By: Mark Andrew Cuevas

Rodel Jhulio Saldaña

Van Lou Tristan Veracion

Tagalog & Ilocos Region Tapat / Harana – The suitor begins singing a romantic song, then

the courted lady responds by singing too. Naninilong – From Bulacan, The suitor goes beneath the nipa hut,

then prickles the admired woman by a pointed object. Once the prickling caught the attention of the sleeping lady, the couple would be conversing in whisper.

Rooster Courtship – The rooster is assigned a task of being a negotiator, wherein the male chicken is left to stay in the home of the courted, to crow every single morning.

Mindanao Region Mapagsumbahi – “Reckless Courtship” practiced by the Tausog

people. Similar to palabas, wherein a suitor will threaten to stab his heart while in front of the courted woman’s father. If the father of the woman refuses to give her daughter’s hand to the suitor, the suitor is smitten by a knife.

Bagobos – Sends a knife or spear to the courted woman’s house as a gift for inspection. Accepting the Weapon is equivalent to accepting the Filipino man’s romantic intention’s and advances.

Pangasinan Region Taga- Amo – a form of love potion or charms which can be

rubbed on the skin of the admired. Palabas – “Drama” the Filipino woman succumbs to

revealing her love to her suitor, who at that time will pretend or act as if he will be committing suicide if the lady does not divulge her true feelings.

Apayao Region Mahal –Alay – Sleeping together during the night, assist in

assessing the woman’s feeling to her lover. Palawan Region

Pasaguli – Love Riddles, assess the sentiments of the parent’s of both suitor and admirer. After that they will proceed to “pabalic” to settle the price or “dowry” that will be received by the courted woman from the courting man.

Visayas Region Balak – In Cebu, serenading, also writes love letter that are

sent via trusted friends. Presents are not only given to the woman being courted but also to her relatives.

Panganad /servitude – The Filipino suitor accomplishes household and farm chores for the family of the Filipino woman, the service normally last a year before the man and woman can get married.

Generally, the wedding ceremony proper in the Philippines includes the celebration of a one-hour long mass. The Filipino groom arrives one hour earlier than the Filipina bride for the purpose of receiving wedding guests at the church. The bride will arrive later onboard a wedding car, then gets off the vehicle to meet her waiting groom. The groom could be waiting with his parents. Afterwards, the groom and the bride performs the bridal procession or the wedding march. During the nuptial, the bride holds an heirloom rosary along with her traditional bridal bouquet.

The principal wedding sponsors  – also known as special sponsors, primary sponsors, counselors, or witnesses of the marriage ceremony  – chosen by the would-be spouses normally includes a multiple set of pairs of godparents (typically a total of 12 individual godparents composed of 6 godmothers or ninang, and 6 godfathers or ninong). Chosen secondary sponsors are made up of the bridesmaids, groomsmen, and 3 more pairs of wedding attendants. The wedding attendants are responsible for the special parts of lighting the wedding candles, placing the veil and the cords on the couple being wed. Other official ceremonial participants are children, usually males, with the role of being the coin bearer and the ring bearer.

Wedding Rings and the arrhae After the exchange of wedding rings by the couple, the groom gives the wedding arrhae to

his bride. The arrhae is a symbol of his “monetary gift” to the bride because it is composed of 13 pieces of gold, or silver, coins, a “pledge” that the groom is devoted to the welfare and well-being of his wife and future offspring. Both rings and arrhae are blessed first by the priest during the wedding.

Wedding Candles The lighters of the wedding candles, known as the candle sponsors, lights the pair of

candles on each side of the couple. For Christians, this embodies the presence of God in the marital union. From any of these lighted pair of candles, the bride and the groom will then light a solitary candle, known as the “unity candle” which signifies the joining of their two families. For Christians, this lighting of a single candle symbolizes the invocation of Jesus Christ into their life as a married couple. The use of the unity candle is rooted from Protestantism.

Wedding Veils After the ritual of lighting candles, a pair of secondary sponsors known as the veil sponsors

will drape and pin a long and white-colored tulle veil over the shoulder of the groom, while another veil is draped on the head of the bride. These two veils signify the clothing of two individuals who have become one due to the ceremony of marriage. Another form of veiling ritual is the placing of a single white veil over the shoulder of the groom and on the bride’s head.

Wedding Cords After the veiling ritual, the pair of secondary sponsors, known as the cord sponsors, will

then drape a cord over the shoulders of the groom and the bride. This decorative cord is called the yugal and is customarily shaped or looped to form the figure of the number 8, a shape that signifies “everlasting fidelity”. Specifically, each loop of the cord is placed around the invidual neck-and-shoulder area of the bride and the groom. Apart from being made of silk, variations of the make of the wedding cord also include being a string of flowers and as links of coins. All of these signifies infinite marital bond.

Wedding Cord After the veiling ritual, the

pair of secondary sponsors, known as the cord sponsors, will then drape a cord over the shoulders of the groom and the bride. This decorative cord is called the yugal and is customarily shaped or looped to form the figure of the number 8, a shape that signifies “everlasting fidelity”. Specifically, each loop of the cord is placed around the invidual neck-and-shoulder area of the bride and the groom. Apart from being made of silk, variations of the make of the wedding cord also include being a string of flowers and as links of coins. All of these signifies infinite marital bond.

Wedding Reception During the wedding

reception, it is typical to use a pair of white male and female doves(placed in a bell-shaped white cage or receptacle hanging from the ceiling, which can be opened by pulling ribbons or cords). These doves symbolize marital harmony and peace. After their release from their cage, the person who catches them may take them home to rear as pets. Tossing the bouquet is not the common practice for the bride. Instead, the bride proffers it to the Virgin Mary, to a patron saint, or placed over the grave of a deceased family member or relative.

Wedding is a ceremony which can be colorful, exciting and flamboyant.

Wedding will declare and pronounce you as husband and wife.

Is a Special Event Is a “One Day Affair” Wedding is a public event that

is why it is attended by people from all works of life.

Wedding is adjudged successful if the couple is able to have a beautifully dressed bridal train, wear good and flamboyant gown and a groom in a well sewn suit.

Is the act of fusion on a union of two member of the opposite sex in order to become husband and wife.

You become husband and wife by marriage.

Is a process. Is “Until Death Do Us Part” Is a “Private Affair” Successful Marriage is

measured by how skillful you are in managing marital relationship.

Marriage

Woman are expect to remain virgin until marriage.Young women feel pressured into early marriages to

legalize sexual relations or to avoid the stigma of becoming "old maids“

Young men, on the other hand, are allowed to express their sexuality freely, and are sometimes initiated by fathers who take their sons to brothels for sexual intercourse with women.

Philippine law penalise’s a married woman’s infidelity differently and more heavily than a married man’s transgression.

An act of sexual intercourse by a married woman with a man not her husband constitutes the crime of adultery. On the other hand, a man’s sexual infidelity with a woman not his wife is not a crime, unless there is cohabitation (which implies some degree of permanency) or the sexual infidelity was committed under scandalous circumstances; it is only then that the crime of concubinage is committed.

Filipino Male are considered to be:DominatorReactorProtectorPartner

Dominator• Haligi ng Tahanan (Pillar of the Household)• Padre de Familia (Head of the Family)• Superior to woman• Control Over others particular females• Demand that their decisions are upheld.• The use of Violence is instrument to maintain this

privileged position in society.

ProtectorMale feels

responsible for taking care of women.

“Men are Protectors women are to be protected.

Provider of the Household

Completeness of being male by socially significant events like getting married or having a family.

ReactorMales attributes

their actions to other people and situations.

Little acceptance to responsibilities for decisions and actions

Women are often blamed to be the cause of such violent act.

PartnerBoth men and

women are capable of contributing to the success of a given relationship or activity where egalitarian conditions are a premium.