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Strengthen|ng Indones|ah|||pp|nes Mutua| ke|at|onsh|p and Understand|ng

through Soc|oCu|tura| and n|stor|ca| 1|es
Sub 1heme
1ak|ng Steps for a 8etter ke|at|onsh|p

AL Lhe Apo vlew PoLel uavao ClLy hlllpplnes on SaLurday CcLober 1 2011 aL 830 am 1he semlnar
was really lnLeresLlng lL has myLhlcal hlsLorlcal culLural and pollLlcal lnLeresLs 1he vlslon of Laklng
sLeps for beLLer relaLlonshlp has been sLarLed wlLh a quesLlon Why near yeL so far and far yeL so
near?" 1hls ls wlLh regards Lo uShlllpplnes bllaLeral relaLlons compared Lo lndonesla 8uL why
hlllpplnes ls more soclally and pollLlcally aLLached Lo uS Lhan lndonesla? 1hls ls Lhe quesLlons and
lmaglnary barrlers LhaL need Lo be Lackled
1o say lL only Lakes Lwo and half hours more or less Lo Lravel Lo lndonesla and lL Lakes few days Lo Lravel
Lo uS 8uL ln reallLy few llllplnos are well orlenLed ln parLlcular Lo lndoneslan Language 8ahasa" as
compared Lo Lngllsh Language 1hls ls because of Amerlcan ColonlzaLlon and lnLegraLlon of Lhe wesLern
culLure Lhru peneLraLlon ln our educaLlonal sysLem Amerlcan CovernmenL Look an acLlve parL when Lhe
hlllpplnes ceded by Lhe Spanlards unLll Lhe Second World War where Lhe hlllpplnes flnally goL lLs
lndependence on 1946 Cur soclal culLural and pollLlcal sLaLus Lhen was greaLly lnfluenced by Lhe
Amerlcan eople
PlsLorlcal and myLhlcal records Lold LhaL lndoneslans mlgraLed Lo hlllpplnes parLlcularly ln SouLhern
Mlndanao durlng Lhe 13
Lh
CenLury 1he speclfled place ls klamba and Sarangganl 1here was a record
whlch recall lL was someLlmes called Lhe 1ugls (klLagas now klamba) where lndoneslan forefaLhers
mlgraLed seLLled and creaLed a 1rlbal Croup named Sangll
1here are many hlsLorlcal backgrounds LhaL wlll prove Lhe exlsLence of our lndoneslan lorefaLher ln Lhe
hlllpplnes long Llme ago 1here were many culLural herlLage LhaL were noL wldely recognlzed 1o
menLlon some ln culLural dances our 1lnlkllng uance ln Lhe hllpplnes ls slmllar Lo 8amboo uance ln
lndonesla and so many oLher culLural dances 1here are ldenLlfled slmllarlLles ln Languages beLween Lhe
hlllpplnes and lndonesla Lven when we mlngle wlLh our lndoneslan 8roLhers we seemlngly could noL
rlghL away ldenLlfy beLween a llllplno and lndoneslan because of slmllar physlcal resemblance unLll
afLer reallzlng LhaL we are speaklng dlfferenL languages 1hls ls one proof when we shared Lhe myLhlcal
orlglnal sLorles of lndoneslan We are ln one shooL kl1A SA1u 8uMun!"? Cr Mlndanao was noL Laken
lnLo conslderaLlon because of Lhe pollLlcal confllcL slnce Llme lmmemorlal? And Lhls culLural rellglous
and pollLlcal bellef has been deeply rooLed LhaL even Lhe Spanlsh Conquerors and Amerlcan Colonlzers
were noL able Lo rule ouL Lhls bellefs ls Lhls Lhe reason Lhen for Lhe so called hlsLorlcal dlscrlmlnaLlon?
hlllpplnes and lndonesla have a good bllaLeral relaLlons and lL ls Lhe vlslon on Laklng sLeps for a 8eLLer
8elaLlonshlps 1here ls already economlc Lrade exlsLlng and golng on llllplno are now en[oylng Lhe
producLs of lndonesla llke koplco oll LexLlles and many oLhers
ollLlcal lssues however could be Lackled harmonlously beLween Lhe governmenLs of boLh counLrles
CulLural relaLlons may be developed by exchange of scholars and arLlsL and Lhe llke Also Lo enhance
llllplnos Lo learn more on lndoneslan Language 8ahasa and lndoneslan as well Lo learn Lhe hlllpplne
naLlonal Language Wlkang llllplno Language ls a powerful Lool of unlLy and undersLandlng 1hls wlll
noL only develop and lmprove Lhe lnLernaLlonal 8elaLlons beLween Lhe Lwo counLrles buL wlll sLrengLhen
people Lo people relaLlons

We are on one shooL kl1A SA1u 8uMun!"