Philippine Wedding Tradition and Culture

In Philippine cultures, the groom’s family traditionally pays for the wedding expenses. These days, however, the bride’s relatives will usually help pay for some of the expenses. The bride and groom will often pay for the expenses out of their own savings. Before any of this is decided though, the groom and his family will pay a visit to the bride’s home in order to ask her family for her hand. This is called the “pamamanhikan” or “the meeting of the two families.” Pamamanhikan is a traditi
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