Do you still practice mano po ( a sign of respect to elders by getting their hand and touching your forehead)?

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shirley g

Yes, Mano Po is still common practice at Angelus (6PM), or when one arrives at home, and when visiting or meeting elder relatives. The second generation though prefer the beso-beso.

Blue Eagle

Most Filipinos are still practicing mano. It is a Filipino sign of respect that cannot vanish in our culture.

Mr. Orangekitty

Yes!

green_butterfly

i still do to elders like my grandparents but to my parents, not anymore...

Dr. Gâ„¢

Yes.

agua dulce

Yes, I still do but there's no one here to make "mano po" to. Everyone is back home in the Philippines.

Tammy

Yes, we still do.

janus_17lopez

Mano Po...

â„¦ allan y

"amin" in cebuano. yes, we do and our immediate family members in america even in public places.**

Black Hat

Yes, my five years old daughter if she missed the "mano po" before dinner time, even at midnight she will wake me up and my wife and ask "mano po 'tay/'nay".

I hope new generations will do the same as I passed such tradition.

"beso-beso" is for business gathering only, of course you cannot say "mano po" to your lady Executive Officers. LOL

By the way in Ilonggo "mano po 'tay/'nay" is translated as "bisa ko 'tay/'nay".

wink-wink

Cat?Eyes =^..^=?

I love that tradition and witnessed it often while I lived in Manila..it's beautiful.

Coy

yes. we do it more nicely on our island. we kiss the hand (sign of respect) and place it on our forehead (sign of submission). then we touch our lips and place our right palm on our bosom which means we place that respect in our heart. four gestures in all.

Bopols

I still do the "mano po". For some reason, I find it to be more respectful than the casual beso-beso.

sky

we were brought up using the beso as greeting to elders but if it's our first time to meet the person we mano...

Linda

mano po or "bless" still used specially to elders. beso-beso most usually used by "social people".

siopaO

yup, here at home (elder) and at school(its a tradition in our school to bless our teachers).

myks_villanueva

yup

tranquil

Certainly, after the "mano po", it is followed by a hug and a kiss.

Makes the elders smile everytime. â˜º

Anathema Device

Yes, I still do. It's one of our traditions that I believe is worth keeping.

nice_n_easy

Yes definitely when we were young, we practice mano po as diligently as having a tea or coffee in the morning. MANO PO is one of the things that we inherited from the SPANIARDs, remember we were under Spain for 300 years, while 50 years from the Americans.

Mano po is not the usual getting their hand and touching one's forehead, this practice derived from the monarchial empire, during that time soldiers kiss the ring of the king before they go to war. Until such time it was some what replace by the Spaniards of hand to forehead stuff. This is the symbol of slavery of the Filipinos to foreign invaders that is why in our history there are countless revolt that mushroom during the reign of Spain.

The real symbol of respect is not asking the hand of your elders and putting your forehead on them. The real respect comes from the gesture, the heart and the mind. Some will do the mano po but when the person is gone, they will curse him or her. So where is the respect there? Why not help the elders cross the street, or ask to just help around the house...etc not the hand and the forehead.

battgirl

with my lolo and lolas, i "mano" and make "beso" with my Titas/Tito/Mom & Dad =)

Juan C

when with my fellow Filipinos...

but when with others, we just use beso-beso or handshakes...

gtdsquared

I am an American married to a Philipina. All of our kids and grandkids Mano PO (some even in their forties). Even the friends we have become associated with over the world in our travels do so. Being an american though, I do kiss the forehead, especially the babies. This is time honored and makes me feel as if rewarded when greeting them. I hope this tradition will live forever.

Romerico G

yes, I still do (when I'm in the Phils.)

kabisi

yes of course that is the way of respecting your mother,father and lolo & lola

fdgfdg

yes

tart

Yes, it's a tradition that is hard to get rid off..........

MaryAnne

Yes, I do. When I visit my relatives in the West Coast, I still make mano po to the old folks. And even here in FL, when I see some Pinoy friends in the church I make mano also to the elders.

Aref H4

While in this life, I will pay homage to my elders that way, and I expect the same obeissance from down the bloodline.

However, in the afterlife, I expect what you said, that a kiss be rendered in my thought from my loved ones.

"Y besa el alma mia
De tu ternura el soplo, de tu halito el calor"

ces

Yes, we still practice 'mano po'. Though some families ( a number actually) are into 'beso-beso' as well.

dhiren z

opo but sometime a kiss....

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