Cause and Effect Essay

Being a Filipino-Catholic

Raised in a Filipino family, it has been our tradition to pass down Filipino cuisine recipes from generation to generation. Our cuisine compliments one of our main agricultural products, rice. Rice has been a part of every Filipino meal even before the colonizers came. Without eating it, Pinoys can't go on a day. My culture is not only known for food, but also for our close family ties. We show respect to elders by the doing the mano, which is drawing the the elders' hand near to our forehead. For Tagalogs, they also show respect by using words like “Po” and “O po”. Filipino culture teaches children to respect elders and value the family. An addition to the rich Philippine culture is our major religion, Catholicism. Our faith taught us to pray before and after sleeping and eating. On Sundays, my family go together to attend the holy mass. It has also been a part of us to make the sign of the cross as pass by the church. These traditions and practices only show how my faith and culture influence my everyday life. I only hope that several years from now, the Filipino-Catholic culture will still be marching on.