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The Political Self

This document discusses Filipino identity and values. It explores what makes someone Filipino through aspects like citizenship, culture, and personality traits developed from growing up in the Philippines. Some key values and traits of Filipinos mentioned include hospitality, respect for elders, close family ties, a cheerful personality, self-sacrifice, community spirit, optimism, and tendencies like procrastination or favoring foreign things.

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The Political Self

This document discusses Filipino identity and values. It explores what makes someone Filipino through aspects like citizenship, culture, and personality traits developed from growing up in the Philippines. Some key values and traits of Filipinos mentioned include hospitality, respect for elders, close family ties, a cheerful personality, self-sacrifice, community spirit, optimism, and tendencies like procrastination or favoring foreign things.

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The Political Self

Being a Filipino
• What makes a Filipino a genuine Filipino? Do
physical characteristics (having dark hair, flat
nose and dark complexion) make one Filipino. Or
is it a person’s language, birth place and ethnicity?
• Colonization of the Spaniards. Americans and
Japanese and their culture, beliefs, language and
religion. have made a huge dent to Filipinos by
setting a foundation to the contemporary Filipino
identity.
Who is the Filipino?
• Filipinos are often referenced from globally
renowned personalities. They have made
Filipinos better recognized around the world
through their expertise.
• Technically, according to Philippine
Constitution, Filipino citizens are those whose
father or mothers are citizens of the Philippines,
those born before January 17, 1973 of Filipino
mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon
reaching the age of majority, and those who are
naturalized in accordance with the law. (1987)
Who is the Filipino?
• However, citizenship is not the only marker
of being a Filipino. It is said that people who
were born and grew up in the same culture
develop and share common personality
traits and values.
O Filipino Values and Traits
• Filipino’s unique traits, reputable values and
laudable talents make Philippines a place to
be.
Filipino Values and Traits
• Big bright smiles tourists with the colorful and
loud jeepneys that greeted tourists.
• Filipino phrases such as “Mabuhay” and
“Salamat” and habits such as saying “po’ and
“opo” to the elders, leaving shoes or slippers at
the front of the door before entering a house
and the iimportunate asking of “Kumain ka na
ba?” meaning
• “H ave you eaten yet?” are unique traits of the
Filipinos.
Filipino Values and Traits
1. The Filipino Hospitality - Filipino’s brand
known far and wide . Filipinos welcome
guests and tourists as if they are their own
brothers and sisters by always making
them feel at home. They are also fond of
giving “pasalubong” or tokens from their
travels and “pabaon” or farewell gifts to
their visitors.
Filipino Values and Traits
2. Respect for Elders – like greeting elders by
kissing their hands while saying “Mano po” and
constantly using “po” and “opo” in
conversations. There is also the wide array of
references to elder people such as “ate “for
older sister and “kuya” for older brother, ”tito”
and “tita” for auncle and aunt, “lolo” and “lola”
for grandfather and grandmother, “manong”
and “aling” for older outside of the family.
Filipino Values and Traits

3. Close Family Ties – Filipinos maintain close


family relationship with their family regardless
that the children are old enough and already
have their families of their own. They are also
fond of family reunions during birthdays,
      holidays, and fiestas year round.  Nursing 
homes are usually not an option for family
      members and choose to take care of their 
elders themselves.
Filipino Values and Traits

4. Cheerful Personality- Filipinos have the habit


of smiling and laughing a lot. They smile when
they are happy, sad, or sometimes even when
they are angry. Smiling has been a coping
strategy for many Filipinos especially during
trying times and calamities.. They always try
to maintain a positive outlook in life, which
makes them resilient and able to manage
almost everything with a simple smile.
Filipino Values and Traits

5. Self-Sacrifice - The self-sacrificing attitude of


Filipinos can be seen as an extension of Filipino
hospitality. Filipinos go out of their way to
extend their help to friends, families and loved-
ones. They wish comfort and better lives for
their ;loved ones and would even go to the
extent of working abroad. There are also times
when eldest among the children of the family
would give up school to work and provide for
the rest of the family and educate his or her
siblings.
Filipino Values and Traits
6. “Bayanihan” - It is the giving without expecting
something in return. Filipinos are always ready
to share and to help friends and loved ones who
are in need. It may not always be in monetary
form, but the time and effort they give also count
as a form of help for them, especially showcased
in calamities.
Filipino Values and Traits
7.“Bahala Na” Attitude - Filipino version of
the famous line Hakuna Matata meaning
“no worries.”This phrase is said to have
originated from “Bathala Na” where Bathala
means God and the phrase meaning leaving
into God’s hands. It can also be viewed as
something similar to the cheerful and positive
attitude of Filipinos and allowing situations take
care of themselves instead of worrying
about them.
Filipino Values and
Traits
8.   Manana Habit  – This is the 
Filipino term for procrastination. It
was derived from a longer Filipino
phrase called “mamaya na” which
      means doing that could have been 
done at the present at a later
time. It is a poor habit of laziness
which results in a heavier workload.
Filipino Values and Traits
9. Ningas Kugon – “Ningas” is a Filipino
term for a flame and “kugon” is a cogon
grass that easily burns out after it is put
into flames.
“Ningas kugon” refers to the attitude of
eagerly starting things but quickly
losing eagerness soon after
experiencing difficulty just as fast as
the fire has ignited.
Filipino Values and Traits
10. Colonial Mentality - It is regarded as
the lack of patriotism and the attitude
where Filipinos favor foreign products
more than their own. This does not
concern only goods but the desire to look
more foreign than local and keep up with
foreign beauty trends is included.
Filipino Values and Traits
11. Pride - Most Filipinos hold on to their
pride as if this is more precious than
keeping a good relationship with family
and loved ones. When two parties are
not in good terms, they find it hard to
apologize and wait until the other party
asks for apology first.
Filipino Values and Traits
12. Crab Mentality - A toxic trait among
Filipinos when one resents the achievement
of another, instead of feeling happy for that
person. Just like crabs in a container, they
pull each other down and ruin each other’s
reputation rather than bringing them up.,
which results in no progress.
Filipino Values and Traits
13. Filipino Time - Filipinos have this common
attitude of arriving late at commitments, dinner
and parties especially if they are meeting
someone close to them. They tend not to
observe punctuality.

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