Pasalubong (Tagalog, "[something] for when you welcome me") is the Filipino tradition of travellers bringing gifts from their destination to people back home.[1] Pasalubong can be any gift or souvenir brought for family or friends after being away for a period of time.[2] It can also be any gift given by someone arriving from a distant place.[3]
Pasalubong are also associated with the balikbayan, Overseas Filipinos returning to the Philippines, and may refer to items that migrant workers bring home to their families, friends, relatives or even non-relatives that they feel especially close with.[4][5]
- ^ Michael Tan (March 5, 2011). "The Best 'Pasalubong'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ Stone, Sidney Hunter (2003). The Caging of Kassandra. Trafford Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 1-4120-0517-5. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
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