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    1) Before Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the Filipino people had already developed complex societies, systems of governance, and trade networks across the archipelago. 2) Early Filipinos had established writing systems, engaged in farming and international trade, and had their own social hierarchies led by local chiefs or "datos". 3) Accounts from the 1500s show that pre-colonial Filipino cultures were rich with their own customs, religious practices, and legal systems, demonstrating that the Philippines was well-positioned to continue progressing even without colonial intervention.

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    1) Before Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the Filipino people had already developed complex societies, systems of governance, and trade networks across the archipelago. 2) Early Filipinos had established writing systems, engaged in farming and international trade, and had their own social hierarchies led by local chiefs or "datos". 3) Accounts from the 1500s show that pre-colonial Filipino cultures were rich with their own customs, religious practices, and legal systems, demonstrating that the Philippines was well-positioned to continue progressing even without colonial intervention.

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    1) Before Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the Filipino people had already developed complex societies, systems of governance, and trade networks across the archipelago. 2) Early Filipinos had established writing systems, engaged in farming and international trade, and had their own social hierarchies led by local chiefs or "datos". 3) Accounts from the 1500s show that pre-colonial Filipino cultures were rich with their own customs, religious practices, and legal systems, demonstrating that the Philippines was well-positioned to continue progressing even without colonial intervention.

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    Filipino Ingenuity

    “Kayong mga Indio ay walang sibilisasyon, barbaro, pagaya-gaya, walang utang-na-


    loob, soberbio at angkop lamang sa pamamastol ng kalabaw”, this statement was uttered by a
    Spanish Friar (Salazar, 2015) which clearly mirrored how Spaniards perceived our ancestors and
    nation with utmost disgust and degradation back then. Hence, their three-century-long
    colonization tricked many minds into believing that the Filipino nation will never thrive if the
    Spanish intervention did not occur. This half-truth still lives up to this date overshadowing the
    fact that Filipinos had a glorious past.

    Even before the colonization of the Spanish, the people of the Philippines have already
    developed their structural system across various parts of the archipelago. In fact, our ancestors
    had already acquired their own system of writing, farming has arisen, and a trading system has
    already been established. According to Vallejo (n.d.), even before the arrival of Spaniards in
    1521, the Filipinos were literate people as they already established a syllabary derived from the
    south Indian evolution of the Brahmi scripts used in the Asoka Inscriptions about 300 years
    before Christ. Hence, the pre-colonial Philippines has a way to communicate to other
    neighboring countries and the barter system is prominent during that time making the
    archipelago prosperous. Furthermore, the book called “The Las Costumbres de Los Indios
    Tagalos de Filipinas” or “Customs of the Tagalogs” written by Fray Juan de Plasencia in 1589 is
    one of the authenticated documents to prove the rich customs and traditions of the Filipino
    natives. According to the book, early Filipinos already had a government system with chiefs
    whom they call datos. These datos serve as the captain of wars who leads and is obeyed by the
    people they govern (Blair & Robertson, 2013). Social classes were already practiced back then in
    which society was divided into three castes: the nobles, commoners, and slaves. Furthermore, the
    justice system is already prevailing as investigations and sentences are already made and passed
    by the datos. Arbiters were already present to ensure fair and just judgment with regards to
    disputes (Mapanoo, 2015). Lastly, Plascencia also tackled the customs of Tagalogs concerning
    their worship, their gods, the way of their burial, and also their strong beliefs in superstitions. 

    With all of that being said, I deem that the Philippines would have progressed even
    without the interventions of these colonizers who think they are above among others. Thus, even
    though their shared culture is what makes us today, it cannot outweigh the fact that we can be a
    flourishing country with an established national identity on our own. It is fascinating to
    reminisce the rich history of a pre-colonial Philippines when life is simple, and people are not
    enslaved. Knowing these events allows us to understand our past which in return grants us to
    understand the present. Indeed, history lights the truth that our 7 641 islands are a prestigious and
    prominent showcase to the world.
    References:
    Blair, E. H. & Robertson, J.A. (2013, June 05). The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume
    XXXIII, 1519-1522Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their
    peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in
    contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial
    and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European
    nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark
    Company. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42884/42884-h/42884-h.htm
    Mapanoo, S. (2015, September). Accustomed othering in colonial writing a review of “Customs
    of the Tagalogs” (two relations) by Juan de Plasencia from the Philippine Islands 1493-
    1898. Artes De Las Filipinas. http://www.artesdelasfilipinas.com/archives/186/
    incolonialwriting#:~:text=Customs%20of%20the%20Tagalogs%2C%20just,would%20b
    e%20appe aling%20to%20them.
    Salazar, Z. A. (2015). Ang Pantayong Pananaw Bilang Diskursong Pangkabihasnan.
    Daluyan. file:///C:/Users/pc/Downloads/4949-13336-1-PB.pdf
    Vallejo, R. M. (n.d.). Books and Bookmaking in the Philippines. National Commission for
    Culture and the Arts. https://ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca-
    3/subcommissions/subcommission-on-cultural- heritagesch/libraries-and-
    information-services/books-and-bookmaking-in-the-philippines/

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