Reminiscence

The Tejeros Assembly of 1897 from traveltothephilippines.com    What is behind the nationhood in the Philippines? The start of a  government in the country which gives out a relatable issue until now? In the past, Katipunan is an organization that has its structure and officers. Two associations of the Katipunan were seemingly indifferent towards each other. They honor two different supremos in Cavite, namely Andres Bonifacio and Baldomero Aguinaldo; however, Emilio Aguinaldo, being the leader, is more known to the public. Only after three months of the Imus assembly, Bonifacio presided on assessing the government structure of the Katipunan to achieve its goals, which weren't sufficed on the previous assemblage. There's no accomplished resolution in an attempt to identify what the government would be. On March 22, 1897, a convention was held in Tejeros to settle the dispute between two factions, and decide on what type of government should be installed. These t...

Photo from: gmanetwork.com      Are we all familiar with the natives in the southern part of the Philippines? The lumads in Mindanao that had been living on the islands even before the colonization of the Spaniards? The Moros were bounded by religion, which is Sunni Islam. It is their Islamic faith that makes them distinct among the majority of the Filipinos. As a Filipino, are we aware of the continuing dispute in Mindanao? The situations where the other parts in Mindanao wanted to be autonomous from the Philippines? The Moro people don't want to live in a system that doesn't support their culture and faiths. They were ardent on keeping their culture and beliefs by persisting on their grounds. The Moro people struggle for their sovereignty long before the Marcos administration and have refrained from being under national control.       After Christianizing the other natives and colonizing other parts of the Philippines, the Spanish in...

The Philippines was under the Spanish regime for 333 years, so there's no doubt that the Filipino populace would embrace Spanish ways of living. For years, our character, customs, traditions, and beliefs as a pre-colonial Filipino were slowly changed and become somewhat attached to Spain's culture, which also links people to the past to know what was the life before. What can you notice in your surname, isn't there an evident mark of Spain? The remains of Spain's influence have become embedded in the Filipino culture. The Filipinos are already accustomed to their adopted culture that it can't be changed anymore. However, it doesn't mean that the Filipinos do fully embraced Spain's culture, they just balance the new and the old; in a way that they are using Spain's culture to bring up Indigenous practices. Also, the presence of Spain is still evident when you see through the name of our country- the Philippines, which came from the "Las Islas Filipi...