Media and Information Literacy

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University of Bohol

Senior High School

City of Tagbilaran

Performance Task in

Media and Information Literacy

By

Gerald Gamutan

Trixia Fuderanan

Dianne Aranzado

Carville Cabrera

Elder 1

Name: Lucila Deliso        Age: 58       F

Question: What are the cultural beliefs or practices in the community that you value?

Answer: The “pagmamano” is a very important practice that we, Filipinos must maintain and must pass to future generations. Pagmamano was taught by my parents and they were taught also by their parents. And also the “panliligaw” or courtship is very important for us to have among couples to get to know them very well and if they are suited for each other.

Elder 2

Name: Asterio Ampong       Age: 53       M

Question: What are the cultural beliefs or practices in the community that you value?

Answer: Blessing to elders or what we called ‘pagmamano’ is one of the cultural practice that we still do today and we value. Because it is known for Filipinos to have a deep respect to the elders. And we have this belief that if we visit a wake of a dead, we must do “pagpag” or we must visit another place first before going home to prevent the spirit of the dead to follow you at home.

So the cultural beliefs or practices we got from the two elders are:

• Pagmamano (blessing to elders)
• Panliligaw (courtship)
• Pagpag (visting another place first before going home from a wake)

The information given can be an example of media and information sources, where in it is an Indigenous Knowledge, which is a local knowledge. It is unique to a given culture or society and in this case, culture of Filipinos in the Philippines. This cultural beliefs and practices are part of daily lives of every Filipinos and has been widely known among Filipinos.

Millennial 1

Name: Aubrey Marie Sumalpong          Age: 17           F

Question: Do you still do ‘pagmamano’? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, because it is a sign of respect to our parents and elders.

Question: Do you believe that ‘panliligaw’ is a must? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, to prove that that person is willing to be with you.

Question: Do you believe in ‘pagpag’? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, for us to not be followed by the spirit of the dead.

Millennial 2

Name: Kimber Jhon Cutaran          Age: 18           M

Question: Do you still do ‘pagmamano’? Why or why not?

Answer: I still do pagmamano because it shows respect to our elders and it is common here.

Question: Do you believe that ‘panliligaw’ is a must? Why or why not?

Answer: Well panliligaw is a must but it only depends on how people are having relationship but for me it’s a must because it is important to get to know the person.

Question: Do you believe in ‘pagpag’? Why or why not?

Answer: I don’t think so because there is no evidence that it is true but some elders says that it’s true.

Millennial 3

Name: Mildred Luminarias          Age: 17           F

Question: Do you still do ‘pagmamano’? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, because I want to show some respect to my elders.

Question: Do you believe that ‘panliligaw’ is a must? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, to know him better.

Question: Do you believe in ‘pagpag’? Why or why not?

Answer: No, because there is no scientific explanation about pagpag.

Millennial 4

Name: Nicole Macapinlac          Age: 17           F

Question: Do you still do ‘pagmamano’? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, because pagmamano is an act that most Filipinos do in order to show respect towards the elderly. Pagmamano may be deemed as traditional or “old” but a lot of Filipinos still do it as a sign of respect.

Question: Do you believe that ‘panliligaw’ is a must? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, I believe that panliligaw is a must because it validates my value as a woman

Question: Do you believe in ‘pagpag’? Why or why not?

Answer: Personally, I do not believe in pagpag but I grew up in an environment where people l around me believes in such. To this day, I follow/do the pagpag because I got used to it and I believe there’s nothing wrong if we follow it. “wala namang mawawala”

Millennial 5

Name: Britney Racines          Age: 17           F

Question: Do you still do ‘pagmamano’? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, because my parents taught me so, and it has always been part of our daily lives to show respect to elders.

Question: Do you believe that ‘panliligaw’ is a must? Why or why not?

Answer: Yes, I believe that panliligaw is a must because in this way, we will know if the guy is really serious about the girl and how he will prove himself that he is worthy.

Question: Do you believe in ‘pagpag’? Why or why not?

Answer: No, I don’t believe in pagpag because I don’t do those things and I did not experience it with myself.