Mapeh

• a traditional eve of the wedding procession is done. The purpose is to bring the cooking ingredients for the celebration to the bride’s home, where refreshments await.

  Batangas
• The man visits the woman’s house to sing romantic songs and the woman reply to these songs also through singing. The courtship ritual is guarded by the elders who inform the parents of both parties about the progress of the courtship process.

  Kalinga, ca-i-sing/ebgan
• a form of courting in Luzon is done differently. The rooster is assigned to be the "negotiator", wherein the male chicken is left to stay in the home of the courted to crow every single morning for the admired lady's family.

  Rooster Courtship
• is a feeling of likeness to someone in a short period usually lasts for only a short time, a few weeks, or maybe a few months.

  Infatuation
• A period during which a couple develops a romantic relationship before getting married.

  Courtship
• can be described as a feeling of intense affection for someone who is based on a true desire for the other person’s best interests.

  Love
• _____ which means serenading from the basement. At midnight, the suitor goes beneath the nipa hut, a house that is elevated by bamboo poles, then prickles the admired woman by using a pointed object to catch the attention of the sleeping lady, after they converse in whispers.

  Bulacan, naninilong
• which means "tamer", a form of love potions or charms which can be rubbed to the skin of the admired. It can also be in the form of drinkable potions. The suitor may also resort to the use of palabas, meaning show or drama, wherein the woman succumbs to revealing her love to her suitor, who on the other hand pretends to commit suicide if the lady does not confess her true feelings.

  Pangasinan, taga-amo
• _____ has a practice that allows a man and a woman to sleep together during the night. This is known as _____. This form of courting assists in assessing the woman’s feeling for her lover.

  Apayao, mahal-alay
• ______ they perform courtship through the use of love riddles or _____. The purpose of the love riddles is to assess the sentiments of the parents of both suitor and admirer. After this pabalic/pabalik is done to settle the price in a form of dowry that will be received by the women from the courting man.

  Palawan, pasaguli
• Cebuanos also resort to serenading, called _____. They also write love letters that are sent through a trusted friend or relative of the woman. Presents are not only given to the woman, but also to her relatives. They also use love potions to win the affection of the woman.

  Visayas, Balak
• ______ performs the ______/_____ instead of paying a form of dowry during courtship. The suitor accomplishes household and farm chores for the family of the woman. The service normally lasts for approximately a year before the man and woman can get married. It is also referred to as subok - a trial or test period for the serving suitor. In Bicol, it is called pamianan.

  Leyte, pangagad/paninilbihan
• A suitor would threaten to stab his heart while in front of the courted woman’s father. If the father of the woman refuses to give her daughter’s hand to the suitor, the suitor is smitten by a knife.

  Mindanao, Palabas/sarakahan tupul/magpasumbahi
• sends a knife or a spear as a gift to the home of the courted woman for inspection. Accepting the weapon is equivalent to accepting the man’s romantic intention and advances.

  Mindanao, bagobos
• ______ will occur by playing percussive musical instruments such as the gabbang, the kulintang, and the agong. The wedding is officiated by an Imam. Readings from the Quran is a part of the ceremony, as well as the placement of the groom's fingerprint over the bride's forehead.

  Tusog, pangalay
• In this wooing form, parents of both the suitor and the pursued lady are present in the event where love riddles are delivered for two major purposes: to showcase certain expressions of love and to assess the sentiments of the parents of both parties.

  Pasaguli/Riddle courtship
• _____ is a traditional courtship practice where men introduce themselves and woo their admired lady by serenading underneath her window at night.

  Harana/Serenade
• _______ or act of servitude at the lady’s home was executed by gentlemen in order to depict their genuineness and loyalty toward the woman they love and adore. This act was accompanied by giving certain presents for the family and visiting the woman consistently.

  Paninilbihan
• Visayas Region, Cebu. This involved a highly emotive and expressive recitation of love verses by the suitor to his adored lady. 


  Balak/Spoken poetry
• Inspired by Dr. Jose Rizal. In this dating move, the gentleman asks the close relative or friend of his adored Filipino lady to hand in the letter for him. Whatever the response maybe, whether the woman accepts or rejects the gentleman’s love, she will respond to that letter and ask their mediator again to carry the letter to the gentleman.

  Sending Love Letters
• finding genuine companionship internationally

  International Online Dating
• court their desired ladies through cellular phones

  Becoming Textmates/Callmates
• "to be in front of the woman’s house” likely the same to harana and also to the balagtasan of the Tagalogs. The suitor begins singing a romantic song, then the courted lady responds by singing too.

  Illocos, Tapat
• The attempt by a team to properly handle the opponent’s serve or any form of attack.

  Dig
• The ability to prevent the ball from touching one’s court by bumping or passing the ball.

  Pass
• It is the attempt to drive the ball into the opponent’s court.

  Serve
• First hold the ball with the non-dominant hand then toss the ball 2-3 feet in front of the body and then hit it with the strong and hard surface of the dominant hand.

  Overhand Serve
• First the player needs to hold the ball with their non-dominant hand, drop the ball slightly and finally hit the ball with dominant hand.

  Underhand Serve
• A lifelong partnership of a man and a woman

  Marriage