mano po!

Kids get elder's right hand on themselves 'foreheads and say mano po to them , whereby to send their respects to elders.What a moving scene it is!I think such a good tradition may be traced up to ancient times.There is a need for you to hand it down generation after generation.

I'm guilty of this XD Whenever I see my aunts/uncles/titas/titos/ninongs/ninangs I would approach them and do "beso-beso" rather than "mano" :P I'm not too sure when I stopped doing it though. Even my younger cousins, nephews and nieces don't practice it anymore. We only do "mano" when they reach out their hands and we will do "mano" I remembred two incidences about this. One is my nephew. My aunt (his lola) extended her hand, expecting him to do "mano" but what he did is he stared at it then looked at his mom then took the hand and kissed it like what those princes do on movies XD It's funny that I laughed hysterically :P Another is when my guy friend ranted about his mom. His new GF visited his house for the first time so he can introduce her to his parents. Everything went well and after the girl left, his mom commented that the girl is not respectful enough to do a "mano". This even surprised me too. I think a lot of older people would appreciate "mano" :)

It is strictly still well practiced here in our area because majority of out relatives are very particular with good manners. I have to admit sadly that most children nowadays have grown to be distant with what has been practiced before most especially with when it comes to showing respect.

I still use Mano Po as a greeting every time there's an elderly coming to our house. Honestly, I don't use it to my aunts since I usually kissed them in the cheeks. I think this Mano Po greeting is one of the things that I would love to teach my children in the future.

I teach my kids to "mano po", all of us in our clan practice it including the family of my wife. Mano po is more for greeting so it's also combined with hugs and kisses especially when guest relatives are about to leave. Mano po when they arrive, hugs and kisses when they are leaving. Yes we have to keep that tradition alive, it's very Filipino

this makes me proud to be a Filipino. the custom of doing mano to old family members is still practiced in our family. now i feel old when my cousins children would do that to me but still i allow them to do so because i want them to pass that tradition over to our next generations because it seemed to be gone nowadays still there is the greeting but some would kiss their parents instead. a more modernized greeting endangering the filipino custom.

yes, we still practice this custom and even visayans do not use "po" in their dialect, i taught them that this is the way we show respect.

We are from a part of the country where the mano is not practiced very much, but, there are ways to show respect for the elders like the use of proper language. It's always nice to know that some kababayans still teach their children our values even if they don't reside here.

I think this is one Filipino custom that we should really be proud about. If in other countries they see to it that they bow to elderly people or those who are superior to them, we as Filipinos should observe this polite manner too. It's sad that this isnt being put into practice by most of us anymore. To be honest, we do not practice it at home, I grew up kissing (beso-beso) our elders but not doing the "pagmamano". With what's happening in our country nowadays, ie. kids being impolite and rude, I wonder if "pagmamano" will withstand all of these and still be known by the future generation.

Hi Simplyd! Mano Po or kissing the hands of the elderly is one of the best practices that we Filipinos should be proud of. This is a tradition that is worth practicing for it shows respect to the elderly and I admire those Filipinos who still do this even if they are now living in foreign countries. I can say that you can take the Filipinos out from the Philippines but you cannot take the Philippines out from the Filipinos. My brother and his family immigrated in Canada a couple of years ago and they still practice a lot of Filipino tradition including "mano po". They believe that even if they are now Canadian citizens it is still very important to teach their kids this as a sign of respect and helps strengthen the family bond. My parents taught us "Mano Po" and I also teach this to our kids every time they leave the house and when they get home from school. I think it is up to us parents and elders to continue this practice. It is also a valuable practice that our children can pass on to our grandkids and future generation as well.

we still practice the "mano po" system in our family..but yes it is now slowly disappearing in some Filipino's out there..it is our way to show respect to our elder relatives..i only wish this tradition of ours will not totally vanished as it is known to be one of the good values that the filipino has..