Folkways are passed from
generation to generation whose violation is generally not considered serious
within a particular culture.
Folkways include habits, customs,
expected behavior, modes of greetings and farewell, rituals and ceremonies.
Usually various folkways in
courtship are followed in the rural areas. A boy may ask the help of
intermediary to introduce him to her. He may also serenade the girl but this
practice is now waning. He can send love note to the girl. But it is also
waning nowadays because of modern technologies. He may also visit the girl to
her house. Today chaperonage not already.... practiced or the group dating.
Parental approval is also sought by the boy and the girl before they get
married. If it is not given or allowed, then the couple usually elopes, married
secretly, or just has a "live in" arrangement, although these practices
are still frowned upon.
When the boy and the girl have
agreed to get married, then the "pamanhikan" is made. This is the
formal asking of the hand of the girl or the approval of her parents by the
boy's parents.
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