WHO IS FILIPINO?

FILIPINOS ARE OFTEN REFERENCED TO GLOBALLY

RENOWNED PERSONALITIES LIKE MANNY
PACQUIAO, LEA SALONGA, AND MICHAEL CINCO
WHO HAVE MADE FILIPINOS RECOGNIZED AROUND
THE WORLD THOUGHT THEIR EXPERTISE.
FILIPINO TRAITS AND VALUES
POSITIVE FILIPINO VALUES NEGATIVE FILIPINO VALUES

 THE FILIPINO HOSPITALITY “BAHALA” ATTITUDE

COLONIAL MENTALITY
RESPECT OF ELDERS “MAÑANA” HABIT
CLOSE FAMILY TIES “NINGAS KUGON”
CHEERFUL PERSONALITY  PRIDE
SELF- SACRIFICE CRAB MENTALITY
BAYANIHAN FILIPINO TIME
THE FILIPINO HOSPITALITY

 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR QUALITIES

OF FILIPINO. FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE GONE TO
THE PHILIPPINES FIND THEMSELVES FALLING IN
LOVE FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY.
RESPECT OF ELDERS

 THIS IS OFTEN OBSERVED NOT JUST FROM

YOUNGER PEOPLE BUT ALSO FROM OLDER
ONES.
CLOSE FAMILY TIES

 FILIPINOS MAINTAIN A TIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH

THEIR FAMILIES REGARDLESS IF THE CHILDREN
ARE OLD ENOUGH AND ALREADY HAVE FAMILIES OF
THEIR OWN.
CHEERFUL PERSONALITY
 FILIPINOS HAVE A HABIT OF SMILING AND
LAUGHING A LOT. THEY SMILE WHEN THEY
ARE HAPPY, OR SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN
THEY ARE SAD OR ANGRY.
SELF-SACRIFICE

 THE SELF-SACRIFICING ATTITUDE OF

FILIPINOS CAN BE SEEN AS AN EXTENSION
OF THE FILIPINO HOSPITALITY. FILIPINOS GO
OUT OF THEIR WAY TO EXTEND HELP TO
THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND LOVED
ONES.
BAYANIHAN
 BAYANIHAN IS THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNAL
UNITY AND COOPERATION OF FILIPINOS.
“BAHALA NA “ ATTITUDE
 IS THE FILIPINO VERSION OF THE FAMOUS LINE
“HAKUNA MATATA”, MEANING NO WORRIES. THE
PHRASE IS SAID TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM”
BAHALA NA “, HERE BATHALA MEANS GOD, AND THE
PHRASE MEANING LEAVING EVERYTHING INTO
GOD’S HANDS.
COLONIAL MENTALITY
COLONIAL MENTALITY IS REGARDED AS
THE LACK OF PATRIOTISM AND THE
ATTITUDE WHERE FILIPINO FAVOUR
FOREIGN PRODUCTS MORE THAN THEIR
OWN.
“MANANA” HABIT
THIS IS THE FILIPINO TERM FOR
PROCRASTINATION. IT WAS DERIVED FROM
A LONGER FILIPINO PHRASE CALLED
”MAMAYA NA” MEANING DAWNING THINGS,
WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT AN
EARLIER TIME.
“NIGAS KUGON”
NIGAS KUGON REFERS TO THE ATTITUDE
OF EAGERLY STARTING THINGS BUT
QUICKLY LOSING EAGERNESS SOON AFTER
EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY, JUST LIKE HOW
FAST THE FIRE OF A COGON GRASS BURNS
OUT MOMENTS AFTER BEING IGNITED.
PRIDE
MOST FILIPINO HOLD ON TO THEIR PRIDE
AS IF THEY ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN
KEEPING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
FAMILY AND LOVED ONES.
CRAB MENTALITY
THIS IS TOXIC TRAIT AMONG FILIPINOS
WHERE ONE RESENT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF
ANOTHER, INSTEAD IF FEELING HAPPY FOR
THAT PERSON.
FILIPINO TIME
FILIPINOS HAVE THIS COMMON ATTITUDE
OF ARRIVING LATE AT COMMITMENTS,
DINNER, OR PARTIES ESPECIALLY IF THEY
ARE MEETING SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM.
 FILIPINO MARKERS
PROVERBS OR SALAWIKAIN
SUPERSTITIONS
MYTHS AND LEGEND
HEROES AND ICONS
 PROVERBS OR SALAWIKAIN

 FILIPINO PROVERBS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER

PROVERBS, ARE SAYING THAT CONVEY LESSONS AND
REFLECTIONS ON FILIPINO PRACTISES, BELIEFS, AND
TRADITIONS.
 DAMIANA EUGENIO, REGARDED AS THE MOTHER OF PHILIPPINE
FOLKLORE, CLASSIFIED PROVERBS INTO SIX (6) CATEGORIES
(EUGENIO, 2000).
(A). PROVERBS EXPRESSING A GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND LAWS
THAT GOVERN LIFE;
(B). ETHICAL PROVERBS RECOMMENDING CERTAIN VIRTUES AND
CONDEMNING CERTAIN VICES;
(C). PROVERBS EXPRESSING A SYSTEM OF VALUES;
(D). PROVERBS EXPRESSING GENERAL TRUTHS AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT
LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE;
(E). HUMOROUS PROVERBS; AND
(F). MISCELLANEOUS PROVERBS.
SUPERSTITIONS
FILIPINOS ALSO SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR OWN SET OF
SUPERSTITIONS PASSED DOWN FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION. SOME OF THESE
MAY BE INFLUENCED BY BELIEFS FROM OTHER
CULTURES, BUT FILIPINO HAVE RETOLD THESE
SUPERSTITIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCES AND THEY UP EVEN MORE
INTERESTING.
MYTHS AND LEGEND
DUE TO THE PHILIPPINE’S RICH CULTURE AND
HISTORY, NUMEROUS MYTHS AND LEGENDS HAVE
SPRUNG ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND ONE’S
IMAGINATION.
HEROES AND ICONS
HEROES SERVE AS A REMINDER OF TRUE PATRIOTISM
AND NATIONALISM AS THEY HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR
LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR COUNTRY’S FREEDOM
AND PROGRESS.
HOW TO BE A GOOD FILIPINO
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1. BE AN ACTIVE FILIPINO CITIZEN
 A GOOD FILIPINO CITIZEN IS AWARE OF THE
CURRENT EVENTS AND PARTICIPATES IN
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT AIM FOR THE
COUNTRY’S PROGRESSION AND DEVELOPMENT.
2. STUDY THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY
THE ROAD OF THE PHILIPPINES HISTORY IS LONG
ANG BLOODY, AND BY LEARNING AND FULLY
UNDERSTANDING THE EVENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE
HISTORY, YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH AS TO WHY IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO LOVE YOUR COUNTRY
WITH YOUR LIFE, EXTEND HELP TO FELLOW
FILIPINOS IN NEED, AND RECOGNIZE ABUSE OF
POLITICAL POWER.
3. SUPPORT LOCAL PRODUCT
WHEN YOU BUY LOCAL PRODUCTS, YOU DO NOT
ONLY SUPPORT LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND
BUSINESSMEN, BUT YOU ALSO HELP STRENGTHEN
THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
4. SPEAK THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE.
THE HISTORY OF THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE WAS AS
LONG AND HARD AS THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY.
JOSE RIZAL HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF
SPEAKING A NATIONAL LANGUAGE AS A WAY OF
DISPLAYING THE LOVE FOR ONE’S COUNTRY .
5. DO NOT SPREAD FAKE NEWS AND BE
DEMOCRATIC IN ENGAGING WITH
DISSENT.
 THIS PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES
HAS SEEN HOW INTERNET HAS SPAWNED TONS OF
POSSIBILITIES FOR PEOPLE, BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
FOR INSTANCE, IT IS EASIER FOR FILIPINOS WORKING
ABROAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR LOVED ONES
LEFT IN THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH THE INTERNET.