Filipino Hospitality

[protein_gusher]

we always hear others (foreigners specially) praise us filipinos for being a very welcoming and hospitable people.

 

truly, we go out of our way to make sure our guests are comfortable, we show them our best behavior, treat them to the best food, the best room in the house, etc. etc. --- we all know the drill.

 

but i got to thinking: are we hospitable because we feel inferior? is hospitality the result of a difference in social rank?

 

do we treat others whom we feel beneath us the same way? example: if the family of your katulong came to spend the night, would you give them the guest room?

 

note that in countries like france and australia, they're not as hospitable as we are. is it because the french and the australians feel superior to us?

 

what do u think?

[protein_gusher]

so u would give the guest room to your maids family if they come for a visit?

 

on christmas time, when all these cultural minorities come to the metro and knock on your door you would open your gates and serve the best meal you have in the house?

 

thats what hospitality means, right?

[Defiant]

Not really... I think it's because Filipinos like to give the best they can offer to guests, either at par with us or higher... We sorta have a showy nature of proving who has the best... And our pride is a part of it also.

 

Syempre sa katulong hindi... May pagkamataas ang ugali ng pinoy eh.

[kenshin11]

Compare to all other nationalities, Filipino are most hospitable. I guess it is more of a cultural heritage, values instilled to them. People who are eating, regardless of the expensive or very cheap good they are eating, they will always offer a stranger food. No way that this is due to inferiority complex. Keep it up.

Edited June 12, 2008 by kenshin11

[LYCHEE]

historically the pinoys have been hospitable to all foreign visitors (esp. the spanish colonizers)...but if you mess up & abuse that hospitality, you'll end up like magellan. :upside:

[jetlag143]

it's in our culture

[Peitho]

I don't think so.

 

We just want to boast, that's all.

 

Let them use the nicest china, the newest blankets, the best tasting food they'll come across, etc. etc.

[Touching_drip]

I still reckon espanyol lang ang may pakana nyan para sa kanilang kapakanan nung unang panahon.

[lomex32]

Or Private Daniel Smith

 

..but if you mess up & abuse that hospitality, you'll end up like magellan. :upside:

[gadalej]

I don't think so.

 

We just want to boast, that's all.

 

Let them use the nicest china, the newest blankets, the best tasting food they'll come across, etc. etc.

 

i think this hits a spot.

 

i agree mahilig tayo magpabida.

 

that' also the reason why we react the way we do when we feel slighted, when our hospitality is abused. its an affront to our ego.

[makeoutwithme]

I don't think so.

 

We just want to boast, that's all.

 

Let them use the nicest china, the newest blankets, the best tasting food they'll come across, etc. etc.

 

:thumbsupsmiley: tama! sometimes its ok to treat them and all but i dont think its cool

bending backwards just to please them.

[JDC5]

Those are the things I miss about Philippines is the hospitality me being a british born filipino there is a big differents on how Europeans act compare to Filipinos im not just talking about UK but europe as a whole. So it's always a pleasure for me to go to the Philippines.

[mc_darklight]

we're born to be hospitably but unfortunately we're born with crab mentality also....

[jun dela cruz]

the longing to be accepted sooner by the superior race is the reason why most pinoys are hospitable...the moment the visitor feels comfortable with the host, the host may now brag "kaibigan ko yan"

[MRROUGHSEX]

I think Filipinos are hospitable because we are. It is a good trait to keep and be proud of.