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    Filipino Life Circle or Kinship System

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    Filipino kinship systems are based on biological, marital, and spiritual relationships. The key kinship relationships recognized in Filipino culture are established through important life events: 1) Baptism creates spiritual kinship where godparents become part of the child's extended family. 2) Marriage brings together the families of the spouses through affinal kinship relationships like in-laws. 3) Funerals continue important kinship bonds as family, friends, and relatives attend wakes and burials to honor the deceased.

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    Filipino kinship systems are based on biological, marital, and spiritual relationships. The key kinship relationships recognized in Filipino culture are established through important life events: 1) Baptism creates spiritual kinship where godparents become part of the child's extended family. 2) Marriage brings together the families of the spouses through affinal kinship relationships like in-laws. 3) Funerals continue important kinship bonds as family, friends, and relatives attend wakes and burials to honor the deceased.

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    Filipino kinship systems are based on biological, marital, and spiritual relationships. The key kinship relationships recognized in Filipino culture are established through important life events: 1) Baptism creates spiritual kinship where godparents become part of the child's extended family. 2) Marriage brings together the families of the spouses through affinal kinship relationships like in-laws. 3) Funerals continue important kinship bonds as family, friends, and relatives attend wakes and burials to honor the deceased.

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    Filipino Life Circle or Kinship System

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    Filipino kinship systems are based on biological, marital, and spiritual relationships. The key kinship relationships recognized in Filipino culture are established through important life events: 1) Baptism creates spiritual kinship where godparents become part of the child's extended family. 2) Marriage brings together the families of the spouses through affinal kinship relationships like in-laws. 3) Funerals continue important kinship bonds as family, friends, and relatives attend wakes and burials to honor the deceased.

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    Filipino Life Circle

    or Kinship System
    What is Kinship?
    According to the Merriam dictionary, kinship systems
    includes socially recognize relationship based on supposed
    as well as actual genealogical ties.

    It also is the bond of blood or marriage which binds people


    together in group.
    Types of Kinship
    Consanguineous Kinship – Define as connection
    between two or more people that are related biologically.
    Such as Mother, Father, Siblings.

    Affinal Kinship – Is based upon relationship between a


    couple that lives together who are not married or legally
    married couple.

    Social Kinship – Define as connection between group of


    people in a society such as friends, peers etc.,
    Kinship System in
    Filipino Culture
    (Filipino Life Circle)
    Filipino Life Circle
    1. Baptism

    2. Debut

    3. Wedding

    4. Burial
    Kinship by baptism
    Baptism in the Philippines is such a popular life event
    among Filipino Catholics. Because given are our basic
    “family-centeredness” and “love of children.” These two
    Filipino characteristics are fostered as baptism is
    celebrated in our country. The Filipino culture has such a
    strong religious dimension, and from this foundation,
    baptismal celebrations play a significant role which is
    also meaningful in a social sense. (Catechism for Filipino
    Catholics, 1587).
    Kinship by Baptism
    Kinship by baptism or also know as Spiritual Kinship is
    generally consist of people whom you choose to be kin.

    As an example, if a married couple has a baby, when the


    baby baptized the parents of it chooses what we called
    “Ninong” and “Ninang” for the child. They also called as
    Godfather and Godmother. Once you have served as
    Ninong or Ninang, you become a relation to other
    Ninongs and Ninangs as well as the family of the Child.
    Kinship by Debut
    Debut is a traditional celebration of birthday in Filipino
    culture which celebrates a young women on their 18th
    birthday. A Filipino men celebrate own his debut on their
    21st birthday. They also called it as the age of Maturity in
    the Philippines as well as legal Age.
    You usually celebrate it with your Family, Friends,
    Cousins, Uncles, Aunts, Godfathers and Godmothers are
    the people whom you have a relationship.
    Kinship by Marriage
    According to Merriam-Webster, Marriage is the state of
    being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual
    relationship recognized by Law.

    Marriage is an example of Affinal Kinship because through


    Marriage the family of your husband or wife becomes your
    family also.
    Affinal Kinship is a relationship between two people who
    are married. In other words, they are your in-laws. The
    mother of your husband or wife will be your mother-in-law.
    The father of your husband or wife will be your father-in-
    law. The sister of your husband or wife will be your sister-
    in-law. The brother of your husband or wife will be your
    brother-in-law.
    Kinship by Burial
    According to English Dictionary, Burial is an act or
    ceremony of putting a dead body into grave in the ground.

    The Usual tradition of Burial in the Philippines the


    bereaved family hold a wake for up to 7 days in honor to
    their loved one. The coffin is elaborately adorned with
    flowers and lights.
    Kinship by Burial
    The Family, Friends and Relatives whom does the person
    died will visit during wake and can attend the burial.
    During wake there is a sign guess book that you are going
    to fill up upon entering the wake and you need to specify
    what is your relationship to the dead person.

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