Question

Which among the early Filipino practices do you wish would still be practiced by majority of the Filipinos today?

Answer 1

Answer:

During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death.[1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals. Due to different cultures from various regions of the Philippines, many different burial practices have emerged. For example, the Manobos buried their dead in trees, the Ifugaos seated the corpse on a chari before it was brought to a cave and buried elsewhere.[2] The most common forms of traditional burials are supine pits, earthenware jars, and log coffins, and have been a topic of interest among Philippine archaeologists since the early 20th century.

A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009

Present-day Filipinos have retained the belief of life after death from their ancestors but generally practice Western religions such as Christianity. The most prominent contemporary practice of honoring the dead is by holding a wake and a following mourning period.[3] Modern traditions reflect indigenous values as well as influences of the Philippines' Spanish, American, and Chinese inhabitants.

Answer 2

Harana traditions should have been still followed in Filipinos.

• It is said that harana, the ancient form of courtship in which a man sings and woos a woman outside her window at night, is a social occasion.
• The majority of males who perform harana carry an acoustic guitar and sing songs with Spanish influences, and they are bound by a set of rules, a code of conduct, and a particular kind of music.
• The man's pals typically accompany him, but it's not unusual for the greatest singer or the local haranista to provide a hand.
• Harana, a long-standing Philippine custom of wooing.  Uso pa ba ang harana? asks the song because the custom has all but disappeared.

Hence, the answer is Harana.

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