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Filipino tradition about caring of the department relative is extra-ordinary. It’s not the last wish of the departed but the relatives and family giving all the best that they can for the last time to serve that can be done to the dead.
Traditions that includes to watch them for 9 nights and that also include the praying every afternoon, wearing of black dress, putting chick in the coffin, burning a chunk of tree in the yard and gambling of the villagers in the front yard of the house of the dead.
With the new age comes the demise of some of the traditions like watching the relative in their own house, now with the help of funeral’s chapel, some family observing it in the chapel already. Watching the relative in the house is also done in the villagers and provinces but no more in the urban cities.
This tradition is one of the oldest in the Philippines- the accompanying of the dead relative through funeral procession of the family, friends and relatives. This has been the tradition of the family. Even an octogenarian would bravely walk a 3 kilometer path from house to the cemetery just to send their love one in the cemetery.
Why would they do that? Because they believe this is the last sacrifice they could give to their beloved. The hardship is nothing to the love in heart.
But this tradition is in the brink of extinction like the forest animals which was not recovered now. Because of the problems of traffic conditions in the cities and progressive towns, too many vehicles passing at the national road make the traffic so hard to handle. Then here comes the procession of the funeral.
Too bad, some of the traditions and cultures of one place are sacrificed just to paved way the thing they called progress: the vehicles, the buildings, the parks. The practice of tomorrow is considered barrier to the progress of the city.
This is the truth, so hard to accept.###
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There are many tradition that filipinos must follow when one of their love ones passed away, like never ever leave a deceased unattended specially at night over their wake, praying for the repose of their soul, having bless the body by a priest, and offering mass for them.
And that makes our tradition unique no other race can have. Giving importance to our beloved one, giving the last sacrifice is always a treasure culture we can always practice.
I don't know when it started or who started it, but there is one tradition that has developed in the United States that I really like and that I think shows honor to the departed and that is … instead of flowers for the grave, donating money to a charity or a non-profit foundation or any kind of good work. Usually it's a contribution to an effort that the deceased was passionate about or maybe it's continuing research on a sickness that was the cause of death of that person or something like that. The family would request that in lieu of flowers, make a donation to ________. It's a lovely and practical tradition!
We have different of practicing this tradition, but we call it "saranay" of helping. The community that include friends and relatives will donate money to the family of the departed one and then it will be used for the funeral service. Always, we have a feeding for the people who attended the funeral procession and the money collected is what we used to buy pigs, rice, vegetables, water among others.
By the way it seems like the traditions that people used to have back in the days is slowly dying away. It's high time that people stopped all this manner of traditions and just did things in the right way without having to do certain things. Like in our tradition it is said that when a father dies in a family the kids are supposed to shave their heads clean in respect of the dead we never knew what all the symbolized to date but it's a good thing that most people are slowly walking away from this kinds of things that make no sense at all.
I believe some traditions need to be forgotten because some are practice by paganism but I believe some are good enough to brought to the next generations because its part of our humanity.
It is a fact that people are forgetting the old tradition. It is very pathetic when I was crossing from a road I saw funeral but very sad that there were a few persons with the funeral. Looking at this site my heart wept and really tears floated in my eyes thinking this that all old traditions are dying with the modernism
Is it our new civilization that is making the new generation away from the old cherished traditions. I think old traditions are dying like the some old species as Diasporas and flying and Phoenix....
All traditions will die withe passage of time but there are some traditions will never die on earth as
The Wedding Cake
Fresh New Idea:
The Bridal Shower
The Rings
Marriage ceremony