The Zamboangueño courtship and traditions are elaborate and regulated by a long list of required social graces. An example is the fact that a suitor could not sit unless permitted to do so by the lady’s parents, or the heavy cross-examination of the suitor who had to answer satisfactorily all questions as to his lineage, credentials, and occupation, or the courtship curfew, the need to cultivate the goodwill of all the members of the lady’s family.

Songs-“Zamboangueño songs” also show much of culture. The songs of love show the need for the harana or the courtship serenade as well as the limits puts on the expression of love by the norms of culture and tradition. The Chabacano Song Festival, has produced numerous Chabacano pieces. The Chabacano Song Festival is one of the events of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival.

Dance-Chavacano de Zamboanga songs and dances are derived primarily from Spanish/Liberian performances.~ Chavacano de Zamboanga folk dance – danced by one pair or a group of pairs wearing amascota and a camiseta zamboangueño.

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