Filipino's beliefs and norms on their weddings

What are different kinds of weddings?

1. Religious Wedding - it is celebrated when there is a pastor, priest , rabbi , minister and etc.

2. Civil Wedding - celebrated when there is a judge or mayor and permissions and adopted by the civil law.

3. Tribal Marriages -  celebrated when the head of the tribe is there, and permissions and rules adopted tribal.

Wedding traditions and beliefs of different tribes

There are more than fifty tribes in the Philippines, each with distinct, diverse and independent courtship and marriage customs and traditions.

However, a scrutiny of these readily establishes certain incontrovertible features common to all, among which are:
1. Courtship is practically non-existent.
2. A marital union is always addressed to a pagan god.
3. Marriage is generally within the same tribe.
4. Women of the tribe usually marry young.
5.They are generally monogamous.
6. Superstition plays a significant role in the realization of marriage.
7. Parental intervention always attends a marriage.
8.A marital union is always for and in consideration of a dowry.
9. Dowry is meant only for the bride-to-be and held by her parents for safekeeping.
10. Dowry is always arranged and delivered before a wedding.
11. Dowry casts some form of stigma.
12. A wedding takes place shortly after a dowry's negotiation.
13. The brunt of a wedding celebration's expenses usually falls upon the would-be groom's parents.
14. Lavish and ostentatious celebrations always characterize a marital union.
15. The consummation of the sexual act before the wedding ceremony is not subscribed to.
16. The sexual act is consummated on the wedding night.
17. The price of infidelity or changeable disposition is exacting.
18. Divorce disgraces the parties concerned, especially the women.

  

This image is from Higa-Onon Tribe

Where is the Location of  Higa-Onon tribe and what are the norms on their weddings?

The Higaonon is one of the least known ethnolinguistic groups that inhabit North-Central Mindanao. They occupy the mountainous regions of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon plateau, the mountain borders of the provinces of Agusan and Lanao in the east and west, respectively.

Marriage in Higaonon society is arranged mainly by the parents of the boy and girl. The arrangement is a long and tedious process. Prior to the wedding, the boy must live in the girl's house for about a year to prove his worth and where he is scrutinized by the parents of the girl.
       The wedding ceremony is elaborate and expensive. Feasting lasts for several days at the residence of the bride and groom. The marriage of a datu is even more elaborate.