Handkerchief During Wedding
It's considered customary for a bride to carry a handkerchief during her wedding to wipe the tears she must shed before the groom kisses...
Wedding Expenses
In the West, it is the bride's family who shoulders the wedding expenses. In the Philippines, it is always the groom and/or his family...
Rooster Courtship
In the olden times in the province of Ilocos, one of the modes of their courtship is the so called "rooster courtship" which involves...
Tapat of the Ilocanos
A young man's love is sometimes broached in a song, as in the so-called Tapat of the Ilocanos, which is simply serenading. A more...
Child Betrothal
Unique marriage traditions are still practiced in Pampanga. Child betrothal is one, but mostly in olden times. It is usually entered into between bosom...
Taga-Amo or Courtship by Means of Love Charm
One of the things that imbue Pangasinense courtship and marriage practices a class unto itself is an object locally known as taga-amo. In the...
Palawanon Courtship
Palawanon courtship is peculiar in a sense that it departs from the tradition of majority ethnic groups wherein most important consideration is for the...
Hukot: The Ilongo’s Dowry System
The Ilongos dowry system, known as the hukot is a departure from the "you-name-it-and-we'll-pay-it-if-we-can-afford-to-but-we'll-ask-for-a-reduction-if-we-cannot" method of the other ethnic groups is what makes the...
TINUHA, or Marriage without the Benefit of Courtship
In Samar, otherwise known as "the land of the fierce Waray-warays," customs continue to cling on like vines to age-old beliefs with stubborn tenacity....
Magpasumbaih or Reckless Courtship
Magpasumbaih (also sarahakan tupul, this according to another observer of the Tausog custom with respect to the same, Amadeo S. Timbol) seems to be...