BATANGAS

In Batangas, men manifest their sincerity and loyalty to the women they are courting through
their gestures and actions. The women are serenaded with Tagalog love songs which are
accompanied by the playing of guitar. Men serve the family and relatives of the women being
courted by doing household chores such as chopping wood, fetchinf water, clleaning the
surroundings, etc. through these various services, a man’s determination and trustworthiness are
tested.
When a suitor visiiits the woman in her home, he is obliged to pay respect to the woman’s
parents by saying “Mano po”. In the living room, they are seated within proper distance, not too
close to each other since they are being watched by the woman’s parents. Sometimes the man
makes several visits before he can receive the blessings of the woman’s parents. It may also take
several family conferences before the man can be aknowledged and accepted if he should ask
permission to marry the woman.

PANGASINAN
In Pangasinan, folks utilizes the taga-amo, 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, meaningshow 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.

PALAWAN
In Palawan, they perform courtship through the use of love riddles or pasaguli. 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.

MINDANAO
Palabas, sarakahan tupul, or magpasumbahi, is practiced by the Tausugs of Mindanao. 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.
 The Bagobos, on the other hand, 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.