courtship

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3. Courtship
Is the period in a couple’s relationship which
precedes their engagement and marriage or it
is an establishment of an agreed relationship
of a more enduring kind.
Courtship is a stage of not simply knowing
the person but also a test of compatibility
between the two persons.

4. Different Traditional Practices of Courtship in the
Philippines
Ilocos and tagalog Regions
-In Ilocos, serenading is known as tapat,”to
be in front of the woman's house” likely the
same of harana and also the balagtasan of
the tagalogs.

6. Bulacan
In the province of Bulacan in central Luzon
, the bulaquenos have a kind of courtship
known as naninilong, which means
“serenading from under the house”. At
midnight, the suitor goes beyond beneath the
nipa hut, a house that is elevated by bamboo
poles.

7. Batangas
in Batangas, men manifest their sincerity
and loyalty to the women they are courting
through their gestures and actions. The
woman are serenated with tagalog love
songs which are accompanied by the playing
of a guitar.men serves the family and
relatives of the women being courted by
doing household chores.

8. Pangasinan
In pangasinan, folks make use of the taga-
amo, which means “tamer”, a form of love
potion or charm which can be rubbed on the
skin of the admired.

9. Kalinga
The ifugaos practice a courtship called ca-
i-sang or began to kalingas and pangis to
tigguians, where a man and a woman are
separated into houses. The house for the
males is called ato, while the house for
females is known as the olog or agamang.

10. Palawan
In palawan, people perform courtship
through the use of love riddles or pasaguli.
The purpose of the love riddles is to assess
the sintiments of the parents of both suitor
and the woman.

11. Visayas
When courting, cebuanos also resort to
serenading, called balak. They also write
love letters that are sent through a trusted
friend or relative of the woman.
Men from leyte perform the pangagad or
paninilbihan instead of paying a form of
dowery during courtship.

12. Mindanao
Palabas, sarakahan tupul or
magpasumbahi is practiced by the tausugs of
Mindanao. A suitor would threaten to stab his
heart while in front of the courted womans
father.