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puppyeared · 3 years ago

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what's mano?

Glad u asked!! It’s a gesture practiced in Filipino households. You take the hand of an elder (grandma, older relative, etc) and put it to your forehead. it’s both a sign of respect and translates to asking for a blessing (“your hand, please”)

You usually do it when you see an old person or the first thing you do when you enter a household (in my case, that’s why I had to fight the urge to Mano an old Italian lady lol). I was raised in Canada so idk if there’s more to it, but that’s the gist of it.

Also I think it’s ok for non-filipinos to do this in a Filipino household? They demonstrated this in Craig of the creek, it was really cute.

#I love sharing my culture!!! love talking about things that are dear to me!! /pos #my aunts and uncles are getting around that age where they get a Mano too so sometimes I’ll have to Mano them #not mandatory like my grandma though. depends on each household!#like my uncle will just bap the back of his hand on my forehead unexpectedly and that’s it lol #thanks so much for asking!!! if any Filipinos wanna add on go for it but I think I covered the basics? I’d love to hear more!!#txt #yapping #ask #answered

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