Customs and habits in the Philippines

National Day: June 12 (1898)

Freedom Day: February 25th.

Bataan Festival: April 9 (in memory of soldiers killed in World War II)

Mayflower Festival: the last Sunday in May.

National Heroes Day: August 27th.

Heroes' Day: 65438+30 February (to commemorate the death of national hero Rizal)/kloc-Around the 6th century, Filipinos mostly wore clothes made of cotton yarn and hemp fiber. The coat men wear is called Kang Gang, with short sleeves and no collar. The lower body is wrapped in a cloth called Bazaar, and the hem of the coat is slightly lower than the waist. Most of the clothes are blue or black, only the clothes of the red elders. 2 1 century, there were many people in suits and ties in the middle and upper classes of the Philippines, but the clothes of ordinary people were relatively simple. Men wear shirts above, like to use white, and wear suits and pants below; Women like to wear collarless dresses. Young people wear western-style leather shoes, while old people still wear slippers made of wood, hemp or grass.

Muslim men in the Philippines wear short coats and wide pants, and wear a "salon" as a belt. Believers who make a pilgrimage to Mecca wear white headscarves or white hats. Women wear tight short-sleeved vests, two layers of metal buttons, wide pants and tight ankles, or skirts. Women have hair styles like Malays, and sometimes they wear brightly colored headscarves. They wear bracelets, necklaces and earrings.

Ethnic minorities wear different clothes. For example, Ifugao men often have bare upper body and a T-shaped cloth around their lower body; Women wear skirts with similar bright colors. The clothes of the people who set posts are extremely simple. Men usually only wear a piece of cloth around their abdomen, and some also wear separate coats in front. Women wear blouses and wrap their bellies in cloth. The clothes of short black people are the most primitive, and both men and women wrap cloth or leaves around their waists. The staple food of Filipinos is rice and corn.

Farmers only mash rice before cooking. Rice is cooked in a crock or bamboo tube and eaten by hand. Filipinos like to eat cassava cooked in coconut juice, rice cooked in coconut juice, and then rice wrapped in banana leaves. As food, corn is dried, ground into powder, and then made into various foods. People in the upper and middle classes in most cities eat western food.

The staple food of Filipino Muslims is rice, sometimes corn and potato flour, with vegetables and fruits. According to Islamic rules, they don't eat pork or drink alcohol. Like other Malays, they like to eat fish rather than drink milk. Cooking is very simple. I like to use pungent spices. Grab it with your hands when eating. The habit of chewing betel nut is very popular among Muslims in the Philippines. Most Filipinos get married after free love. In love, men often give their women cosmetics, fruits, bouquets and so on. And the colors of flowers are white and pink, and brown and red are taboo colors. The wedding was held in the church. The marriage of Filipino Muslims is decided by their parents. The man must propose to the woman's family through the matchmaker and pay the bride price. The wedding was presided over by the imam of Islam, and a grand banquet was held to entertain the guests. Early marriage is practiced in the Philippines, and girls are considered to have reached the age of marriage when they are 12 or 13 years old.

Indigenous people have different marriage customs. There are two main ways for Igorot people living in the northern mountainous area of Luzon Island to get married: parents get married or try marriage freely. Generally speaking, wealthier families get engaged when their children are young in order not to let their property and status fall behind. At the age of 14 or 15, they officially got married. If one party expresses dissatisfaction after marriage, as long as the woman is not pregnant, they can always separate and find another partner. Infertility can also be separated at any time. Bananas are allowed to have multiple marriages, and cousins are forbidden to marry. If people in the latter relationship want to get married, they must take some "preventive" measures and rituals, such as throwing some valuables into the sea. When a short black man proposes marriage, he must shoot the bamboo tube put by the woman in the distance with a bow and arrow. If he doesn't do it, it shows that the man is unable to support his wife and it is difficult to achieve the purpose of proposing marriage.

In addition, Philippine law stipulates that a man can have up to four wives.