The Filipino Weddings ceremony places more responsibility on groom and his parents. As per Filipino Wedding Traditions, they go to bride house, spend for marriage expenses and welcome guests. The other wedding traditions involve sponsors too. https://weddingdoers.com

1. Filipino
Marriage
Tradition

2. Filipino Marriage Tradition
The marriages in the Philippines are
held after some spent by the men and
women in courtship as well as
engagement. If you read the history
of Filipino Wedding Traditions, you
will find that during pre-colonial times
the Filipino wedding could be
completed in three days. But with the
passage of time, the wedding
traditions have changed a lot.
Following are the main features of
Filipina marriage tradition in modern
times. …
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3. Legal Age for Marriage
The Family Code of the Philippines
specifies that the male and female
above the 18 years of age may get
married. The consent for the marriage
should be freely expressed in front of
the competent officer.
Mate Selection
In Filipino wedding traditions, the
groom and his parents go the bride’s
home and ask the consent of…
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Filipino Marriage Tradition

4. her parents for the marriage. Once the
proposal is accepted, other matters like
fixing of date for marriage, the wedding
plan, the guest list etc. are discussed.
Generally the groom’s family bears the
expenses of the marriage.
Wedding Announcement
It is actually the invitation in which the
couples go to their relatives and inform
the date and venue of the marriage.
They may deliver invitation cards also.
The wedding invitation card…
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Filipino Marriage Tradition

5. includes the name of sponsors. The
sponsors may be selected by the priest
or with the advice of spouse’s parents.
Normally there are six male and six
female sponsors. The marriages are
held primarily in the month of June.
Wedding Attire
In a Filipino Weddings ceremony, the
groom usually wears a Barong Tagalog
which is collarless, while the brides
wear while gown and veil. The only
while colour is assumed …
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Filipino Marriage
Tradition

6. to be good and they are not allowed to
wear other colours.
Wedding Ceremony
The Filipino Weddings
ceremony takes place in long hours
and a lot of rituals are performed. The
bride arrives later than the groom. The
rings are exchanged between the
couples and the bride is presented coin
(arrhae) by the groom as a symbol of
monetary gift. The arrhae consists of 13
pieces of gold or silver coins. The
candle sponsors light the pair…
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Filipino Marriage
Tradition

7. of candles. This is followed by the
pinning of veil and draping of the yugal
(cord) over the shoulders of the bride
and groom. It is normally shaped as
figure "8" and symbolizes fidelity of
spouses. The cord may be of silk,
flowers, coins, chains etc. The rings and
coins are kept by the separate persons
during wedding and there are known as
the custodian of those items. There are
two types of sponsors in the wedding.
They are named as primary sponsors
and secondary sponsors. The
secondary sponsors come into action
only during cord and candle…
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Filipino Marriage
Tradition

8. rituals while other rituals are per
performed by primary sponsors.
Wedding Gifts
You may gift anything to a newlywed
couple except sharp objects like Knives
etc. There is belief that the sharp object
causes marriage failure. The rain is
believed to be good for marriage and
rice is thrown towards the bride to
symbolize rain.
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Filipino Marriage
Tradition

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