Portrait of the Filipino Family: Salu-Salo

Portrait of the Filipino Family

INTRODUCTION

We have so much to learn about a Filipino Family. They taught us values in life that through these values and cultures we became better. Filipinos have so many great cultures and traditions that need to be passed from one generation to another. We should go out there and let the whole world know how capable Filipinos are. We should be proud that we have a blood of a Filipino. And as a Filipino, I want the world to know that we can do a lot of things that others can't.

I hope through this blog, you'll learn how to love and appreciate being a Filipino. It is not something to be ashamed of. Be Proud.

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

| Loyalty within the family

| Filipinos are family oriented

| The super ordination of the family over individual interest

| Concept of Family Solidarity

| Maintains expressive and emotional relationship

| The impact of modernization on the family

| Ability to survive

| Extreme Family-Centered

| Lack of Discipline

| Kanya - kanya syndrome

| Colonial Mentality

Our sense of joy and humor serves us well in difficult times. It makes life more pleasant.

The Filipino child grows up in an atmosphere of affection and over protection, where one learns security and trust but also being dependent to others.

In the family, children are taught to value the family and to learn its importance.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Salu-Salo

“Ang salu-salo ay oras ng kamustahan, kwentuhan at tawanan.”

Filipinos are family oriented.

Close family ties is a unique nature in the typical Filipino family. These ties can totally maintain the values and closeness of each member of the family that’s why the traditional “salu-salo” is very important to a clan. In Filipinos’ belief, a family is where’d you run to in times of hardships, they are the ones who will rely for support, love and refuge.

During “salu-salos”, it is a time where each member of the family shares what happened to them the past year, months, weeks or days. It is a time wherein family members open up their problems or on the other hand, they share good news.

Portrait of the Filipino Family