Filipino Cultural Glossary

(Very brief, and in the Tagalog dialect)

HIYA: shame; the uncomfortable feeling that accompanies awareness of being, in a socially unacceptable position, or performing a socially unacceptable action.

AMOR-PROPIO: self-respect

PAKIKISAMA: the ability to get along.

UTANG NA LOOB: personal favors carrying pakikisama;
    literally, a "debt of the inner self."

BARANGAY: kinship group.

COMPADRAZCO: Godparenthood.

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