Philippine History, Influences from Other Countries

Capalad, Raul Miguel C. January 3, 2012 2JRN2 I. During the Philippine pre-colonial period, the basic political subdivision was known as the barangay, which is control by a datu or village chief. Within the barangay argon ternary political divisions, the highest of which is the nobles. The nobles, which include the Datu and his bloodline, ar the highest figures in the barangay. The second in stray is the freemen. The freemen are the merchants, fishermen, farmers, and all other workers within the barangay. The lowest division is the slaves.The slaves are divided into two categories, the aliping namamahay, who stay at their owners homes, and the aliping sanguigilid, who bedevil their own home but still work for a master. II. Colonialism is, tally to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to some other. In the perspective of the Philippines past political, historical and social climate, his can in some manner be viewed as a positive thing beca enforce the Philippines back therefore was still severely underdeveloped.However if viewed from a moral standpoint, this is a interdict concept because it restricts the country (i. e. the Philippines) its natural ability to develop, grow, and prosper on its own. III. The Philippines cultures and traditions are very rich and diverse in every sense of the word. This attribute can be attributed to the umpteen colonizers that colonized the Philippines, and as well the tourists ang businessmen that entered the country. sensation the the biggest contributors were the Chinese. The Chinese people introduced many things to us in the categories of food, entertainment, and many more.They introduced the use of fireworks, their unique culinary art (like the noodles), porcelain ware, umbrellas, manufacture of gunpowder, and certain mining methods superstitions, etc. The clear style of dressing, like the sleeved jackets and loose trouser of the Mus lim Philippine women and the use of flip-flops, are of Chinese influence as well. They are also big players in our economy, with one of the richest and most successful businessmen in the Philippines being of Chinese descent. They have been in the Philippines for a very broad time and they have been through what everyone else in the Philippines has been through.As a result, many Filipino surnames are Chinese, like Cojuangco, Lim, Tan, Uy, and Tongco, among others. India also has similar offices. In cuisine is the making and consumption of the chicken curry, which has an Indian influence. They also introduced Hinduism into the Philippines, although only a small portion of the population practice Hinduism. Our language also has Indian influence. Here are some examples Tagalog * budhi which actor conscience in Sanskrit * dukha which means one who suffers in Sanskrit * guro which means teacher in Sanskrit * bathala which means imperious God in Sanskrit lalkambini which means princes s in Sanskrit Kapampangan * kalma which means fate in Sanskrit * damla which means divine law in Sanskrit * mantala which means magic formulas in Sanskrit * sampalataya which means faith in Sanskrit The wearing of a skirt and pillbox (sarong and putong respectively) also came from India. The great hindu epic Mahabarata is Indian. The Arabss greatest contribution to the Philippines is Islam, particularly in Mindanao. The sarimanok design, which has been used in a certain entanglement in the Philippines, is also of Arabic influence.