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Filipinos are friendly, warm and open towards foreigners. They are known the world over for their hospitality. If you happen to live with a Filipino family, they will go out of their way, even borrow money for additional comforts, just to make you feel at home.
Filipino moral values are governed by complex ideas of hiya (fear of losing face), pakikisama (social sharing) and bahala na (fatalism). Thus, one should never challenge any Filipino's manhood for that will certainly provoke a fistfight. Neither should one put to shame any member of the family for a brother'shame is a taint to the family honor; and a Filipino will even do violent means to save his face. On the other hand, Filipinos will walk a mile for a person in need in the spirit of pakikisama. In the same breath, foreigners who have been taken into the inner sanctum of a family are also expected to share in the spirit of camaraderie. Filipinos are also known to be fatalistic primarily due to their religious upbringing. Their motto is: if in doubt, do ... and pray to God as you do.
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