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Pakikisama: A Filipino Trait

Pakikisama refers to an interpersonal relationship style that is typical of Filipino culture, where people prioritize harmony and getting along within their social groups. It involves yielding to the group consensus in order to maintain unity and prevent anyone from feeling left behind. This trait is core to Filipino families, communities, and youth culture. While it can encourage rebellion if associated with the wrong peers, pakikisama generally promotes diplomatic and compassionate relationships when practiced within the family.

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Pakikisama: A Filipino Trait

Pakikisama refers to an interpersonal relationship style that is typical of Filipino culture, where people prioritize harmony and getting along within their social groups. It involves yielding to the group consensus in order to maintain unity and prevent anyone from feeling left behind. This trait is core to Filipino families, communities, and youth culture. While it can encourage rebellion if associated with the wrong peers, pakikisama generally promotes diplomatic and compassionate relationships when practiced within the family.

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PAKIKISAMA

A FILIPINO TRAIT
INTRODUCTION

▫ Pakikisama refers to an interpersonal relationship


where people are friendly with each other and is a
typical personality trait of the Filipino people. It is
expressed in their private lives, public workplaces,
and relation- ships with neighbors.
PAKIKISAMA TRAIT

▫ It comes from the word “sama” , which means to “go


along”

▫ yielding to the will of the leader or majority so as to


make the group’s decision unanimous
PAKIKISAMA, A CORE CHARACTERISTIC
OF A FILIPINO
▫ Pakikisama entails a genuine intrinsic appreciation of
togetherness. Group harmony and unity is valued

▫ People want to get along rather than stand out. If


progress is achieved, it is for the entire group and no
one should be left behind.
PAKIKISAMA, A CORE CHARACTERISTIC
OF A FILIPINO
▫ Families live in multi-generational household.
Different family houses lie within close proximity,
making it easy for regular visits between family
members

▫ Church also plays an important role for the


community, as a public space for communal bonding.
PAKIKISAMA IN THE CONTEXT OF
FILIPINO YOUTH
▫ Youthful age defines the essence of enthusiasm,
energy, adventure, risk and the like

▫ The most determining factor of youthful vigor is


breaking the usual and perhaps conservative rules.
FILIPINO TEENAGERS

Filipino Teenagers have current taste in

1. Food
2. Singing
3. Fashion
4. “Lingo”
5. Cause-oriented group
TWO VALUES OF PAKIKISAMA

1. Bad Value of Pakikisama

2. Good Value of Pakikisama


BAD VALUE OF PAKIKISAMA

Rebellious Factor

- is the tendency to relate and associate with others


in a bad way

- Among adolescents or teenagers, the peer group


becomes an important reference group
BAD VALUE OF PAKIKISAMA
- a young adult may do everything ranging from
rebellious behaviors to outright submission to extreme
evil forces.

- gangwars and violent riots that are common in the


streets mostly involve the youth
GOOD VALUE OF PAKIKISAMA
Pakikisama in the family
- Parents teaches their children to know how to
answer, ask, disagree by using diplomatic skills.

- Pakikisama as harmony-oriented in the family


GOOD VALUE OF PAKIKISAMA

Pakikisama is a desired skill taught to the youth

- it is evoked to win over a recalcitrant individual to a


family’s policy to make it unanimous
WHY PAKIKISAMA IS IMPORTANT?

Pakikisama is empathy or compassion. It means


you can identify and understand the situation or
feeling of another or a group.

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