MARY GRACE L.

COLAMBO

BTVTED FSM 1B

“DIFFERENCES OF PRE-COLONIAL FILIPINO AND FILIPINO TODAY”

INTRODUCTION

When we are going to elaborate the Pre-Colonial Filipino, it is the time where Philippines were
didn’t colonized by invader such as the Spaniards, Americans and the Japanese. According also
to history, Pre-Colonial period in the Philippines is from year 900-1521 until the Spaniards came
leads by Ferdinand Magellan. If we’re also going to define the Filipino today, it means that it is
the current period of time. It is also the time where our country was colonized by the Invaders.

There are differences between Pre-Colonial Filipino and the Filipino today that are classified
into religion, clotting and government. So now, let’s elaborate their differences based on their
classifications.

“PRE-COLONIAL FILIPINO AND FILIPINO TODAY DIFFERENCES”

In Religion differences between the Pre colonial Filipino and Filipino today, it has said that
the nature of religion in the Pre colonial Philippines is often unclear. Religious present include
Animism(the belief that all natural phenomena, including human beings, animals and plants but
also rocks, lakes, mountains, weather and so on), mythologies such as Anito(refers to ancestor
spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the indigenous folk religions) and they are also influences
by Hinduism and Buddhism. While in Filipino today’s religion, there are a lot of religions
including Roman Catholic, it is a religion spread by Spaniards when they colonized the
Philippines. We also have Iglesia ni Cristo, Born again, Protestant and etc. Pre colonial Filipino
mostly known for their beliefs in worshipping different gods, creatures and spirits.

For clothing differences, in Pre Colonial Filipinos, they’re wearing the G-string and the tube
skirt or mostly called as malong. There is also clothing worn by Filipino men such as the
BAHAG. For Filipino today’s clothing, present Filipinos prefer to wear T-shirt combined with
jeans, trousers for men and skirts for women.

In Government differences among the two, Pre Colonial Filipino was ruled by royal sultanate,
it is a rule of government leads by SULTAN( a king or sovereign especially of a Muslim state.
For Filipinos today, The Philippine government now is a republic with a presidential form of
government.

CONCLUSION

However religious beliefs, clothing and government changed, knowing our pre colonial period
in the Philippines is important because it gives us insights on how our ancestors live in their
time. We also need to be proud on how they do on their period even though we’re living in a
modern world right now, it is also need to recognized and proclaim Pre-Colonial because this is
our country and we need to love this.
References:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
History_of_the_Philippines_(900%E2%80%931565)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_pre-colonial_Philippines
https://www.google.com/amp/s/pinoy-culture.tumblr.com/post/30479656512/
pre-colonial-traditional-clothing-note-though/amp
https://asiasociety.org/education/religion-philippines