Pre-Colonial and Colonial Philippines (Culture)

The pre-colonial Philippine society had their own sense of culture and their own sense of identity even before they were colonized by the spaniards. They spoke their own language and had their own systemized way of writing. They had their own rituals and practices when it came to marriage, burying the dead, and other various activities. When the Spanish arrived, they washed away all the culture from the Filipinos and replaced it with their own. All the practices, rituals, and tradition was lost in the storm we will call colonialism. For example, the use of the manunggul jar is one of the long forgotten customs of our people.