Filipino and

Filipino Culture

Rizal Morga

Attitude towards Attitude towards

Filipinos Filipinos

Relationship between Relationship between

Spain and the Spain and the
Philippines Philippines
Viewed Filipinos as View of Philippine View of Philippine He portrayed Filipinos
proud and dignified as uncivilized and
Culture Culture
people with a rich barbaric.
culture and history.

Believed that the

He saw the Philippines
Spanish colonial system
as a land of opportunity
was a hindrance to the
for Spanish settlers
Philippines' progress
and merchants.
and development
Viewed Philippine culture Described it as primitive and
He criticized the He described the customs
as unique and valuable. inferior to Spanish culture.
Spanish colonial system He saw the richness of it He saw it as obstacles to the and traditions in a
for suppressing Filipino as a source of pride and spread of Christianity and negative light and
culture and language. inspiration civilization in the Philippines emphasized their
inferiority to the Spanish
colonizers