Filipino Traits and Characteristics

1. THE FILIPINO TODAY
TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Presented by:
JOMALYN VILLAR TILEETILE
BSBA-MANAGEMENT

2. TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
•Filipinos has one of the best traits in the
world one of you must know. Although
they have been colonized by several
countries, core values from their ancestors
remained intact and is still applied up to
this time.

3. 1. HOSPITABLE
•This is one of the most popular qualities of
Filipinos. Foreigners who have gone to the
Philippines find themselves falling in love
for their hospitality. It's a different kind of
values which already existed thousands of
years ago

4. 2. RESPECTFUL
•This is often observed not just from
younger people but also from older ones.

5. 3. STRONG FAMILY TIES AND
RELIGIOUS
•Filipinos value their families so much that
they tend to be so intact.

6. 4.GENEROSITY AND HELPFUL
•This is observed when one person has
nothing and they tend to share what they
have to them.

7. 5. HARDWORKING
•Filipinos are hardworking people to the
fact that they are willing to work several
time to almost whole day just to feed their
families.
That's how Filipinos are.

8. 6.LOVING AND CARING
•This is so true! Filipinos are the sweetest
and loving people in the world.

9. 7.FAMILY ORIENTATION
•Filipinos possess a genuine and deep love
for family which includes not simply
spouse and children, parents and siblings,
but also grandparents, aunts, uncles,
cousins, godparents and other ceremonial
relatives..

10. 8.FLEXIBILITY, ADAPTABILITY, &
CREATIVITY
•Filipinos have a great capacity to adjust
and to circumstances and the surrounding
environment, both physical and social.

11. 9. ABILITY TO SURVIVE
•Despite grinding poverty, many Filipinos
survive. They can even make a livelihood
from garbage dumps. We have survived
many invaders, oppressors and natural
calamities, and have come out with hope
and determination to carve out our
existence anew.
• Significantly, the typical Filipino greeting
is "Mabuhay!"

12. 10.CAMARADERIE (PAKIKISAMA OR
KAPWA -TAO
•While this trait is true to some extent, it
must be noted that camaraderie is present
only among close friends and relatives.
Gone were the days when you will see
people helping others even if they don’t
know each other.

13. 11.DEBT OF GRATITUDE (UTANG NA
LOOB)
•Debt of gratitude still persists in the
Filipino psyche. You give a Filipino a favor
and he will surely remember it even if he
already returned the favor.

14. 12. COLONIAL MENTALITY
•Colonial mentality is the thinking that
foreign talents and products are always
the good, the better, and the best, and that
the local ones are of poor or no quality at
all.

15. GOOD TRAITS OF A FILIPINO
•Pakikisama/Harmony
• Joyous
• Highly Intelligent
• Faithful
• Loyal
• Bayanihan
• Being Optimistic
•Self Reliance
•Very competitive
•Very brave
•Also known for their
adaptability and
endurance

16. BAD TRAITS OF A FILIPINO
•We complain a lot
•See only evil /judgmental
•Plastikan/ Backstabbers
•Nepotism/Favoritism
•Crab Mentality
•Always Late
•Tsismoso/Tsimosa
•Pakialamero
•Paasa
•Mañana Habit
•Dirty Minded
•Pilosopo
•Too much hospitability
•Ningas Kugon
•Lack of historical
knowledge
•Padrino System