Filipinos are very hospitable. They will send drinks and fruits to tourists first. Many Filipinos have the habit of chewing betel nuts, so they also chew betel nuts for their guests. During the conversation, the host will sincerely ask the guests. If there are any difficulties or things that need help, the host will try his best to help after the guest explains. No matter what purpose the guests come to visit, the host will receive them politely and will keep the guests for dinner again and again when the meal time is near.
Upper-class families often entertain guests with western food, while ordinary families entertain guests with traditional meals. The traditional food of Filipinos has a unique flavor. Famous dishes for entertaining guests include "roast suckling pig", "Bao Dao stewed with chicken or pork in vinegar", "Chara fried with papaya, onion, vegetables and pepper", "Bahruth cooked with semi-hatched eggs or duck eggs", and curry chicken and shrimp soup. The staple foods are rice, corn and rice cakes. Coconut juice is often used for cooking, and fresh and dry rice cakes are put on to entertain guests. Muslim families use a lot of spicy condiments when cooking, and make all kinds of delicious dishes with vegetables, fish, beef and mutton, but they don't eat pork, wine and milk.
After dinner, the host will entertain the guests with all kinds of fruits. The Philippines is rich in all kinds of tropical fruits and is known as the "fruit basket in the Pacific Ocean". Coconuts, bananas, mangoes, pineapples and durians are everywhere. Filipinos always entertain guests with many kinds of fruits at the same time, and never entertain guests with one kind of fruit.
There are tens of thousands of flowers in the Philippines all year round. Filipinos love flowers. In the Philippines, it is considered elegant and polite to visit a friend's house and send him a bunch of flowers.
The Philippines has the custom of respecting guests and elders. When an important guest comes to the door, the host should kiss his hand to show his welcome, talk to the guest and use more respectful words. Family members need to pass by the guests, always bending over and saying, "Excuse me, can I come over?" After the host answered, he walked slowly over and did not forget to say "thank you". In daily life, the younger generation in the family will kiss their elders sooner or later. There is a popular saying in the Philippines: "People who don't know how to respect their elders will not be respected by others."
Filipinos taboo "13" and think it is unlucky. If it is Friday again, they think it is an unlucky day. On this day, we don't hold banquets, parties and other activities, and live in fear, as if disaster will come at any time. In the Philippines, hotels don't have 13 rooms, buses don't have 13 seats, shops don't have 13 copies, buildings don't have 13 floor numbers, residential areas don't have 13 house numbers, and banquets are not arranged. In short, in this country, the Philippines tries to avoid the number 13.