A Look on Filipino Wedding Traditions

By Tonton Ramirez

Filipinos, when it comes to marriage, follows certain customs and traditions that is why Philippine Weddings should be well-planned by the marrying couple.

Some of our country's Wedding Traditions involves responsibilities or tasks that the couple and their families must do in order for the relationship of the couple to blossom. The couple must execute some traditional rituals as we learned from our local ancestors and some from the Spanish colonial era. These rituals are slowly fading in the current generation yet not totally being forgotten from our culture.

The actual day of wedlock for example, is a lengthy yet solemn ceremony at the couple's respected religious sector's churches. The place of their marriage tells the sanctity of wedlock and tells the couple that they are expected to blossom the relationship and last for the rest of their lives.

Some traditions before the wedding are the "pamamanhikan" and "sukob". In pamamanhikan, the family of the man is supposed to go to the lady's family to ask for the hand of the bride from the girl's parents. Some of the wedding details and the plans of the couple after the ceremony are also talked about. In sukob, two sisters are not advised to marry on the same year because it is believed to bring bad luck to both of the couples.

Post-wedding customs generally are done immediately after the nuptial ceremony. The reception must be cleared before noontime because the bride needs to be at the groom's house before noon for the lovers to have good luck in their companionship.

There are many Philippine Wedding customs that we have followed from our ancestors throughout the ages. These customs just show how Our countrymen value the importance of marriage.

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