The Filipino suitor doesn't just slip an engagement ring on his girl's finger and then proceed with the wedding plans. If well brought up,...

The composure with which the Filipino girl enters matrimony is astounding," marveled Mary H. Fee, in the early 1099's. "There are no tears, no...

Miss Fee, a Yankee volunteer teacher for the public schools then being opened in the Philippines, will become a most astute observer of the...

When a woman dons her wedding dress, she becomes part of a world of nuptial lore going back to antiquity, where most of the...

By Gladys Pinky D. Tolete Perhaps one of the things that distinguishes Filipinos from other cultures is our immense love for rice. No full meal...

By Gladys Pinky D. Tolete Although there are those who believe that rain on a wedding mean good luck and blessings from above, most Filipino...

By Gladys Pinky D. Tolete Early Filipinos practiced a lot of traditions and rituals. One of them was taking a sacred bath in the river...

By Gladys Pinky D. Tolete In the early times, Tagalog brides and grooms came from the same social class. Before the wedding, the groom is...

The early Isinays of Nueva Vizcaya were responsible for choosing the spouses of their children. This was called purung. The announcement of the betrothal...