333 year long, when The Spanish colonized The Philippines. Its was 1865-1898.
Almost all of the Philippines culture and Filipinos ways of thinking is influenced by the Spaniards. Particularly their own philosophy of life. Such as their habits, clothing, speaking and ways of entertainment like games, arts and even cooking.
SURNAMES
Filipinos do not have surname. The Spaniards confused by just first name and especially some are the same. As a result, the Spaniards prepared a long list of name for them to choose. A native filipinos parent chooses a name for their son or daughter by theie physical characteristics, qualities or coincidental events. For instance, when a baby girl born of a skin with tan color, her name wouldn be something same. And if a boy born looking strong, he will be Malakas.
Change in filipinos name happened when Spanish also replaced their name as Saints like Santo Jose, Santo Tomas, and San Carlos.
FIESTA
The overall impact of the Spaniards to Philippines could be benifial and destructive.
The fiesta was one of the Filipinos religious events of the Catholic Church. All of the filipinos must attend it or will be labelled as rebels or traitor. The fiesta was always held in different barrios or towns for honoring the town patrion saints. Fiesta has given birth to other occasions such as food gathering and street parades.
The Spaniards people contribution to Filipinos are seen to in current arts, poetry, educational system and dances and others.
LAGUAGE
Learning the Spanish language is not public to all Filipinos. Some native filipinos especially who had direct contact with the Spaniards, learned the language. The Spaniards inevitably spoke to native in a Spanish language when trading to market or churches.
Attachment led the Filipinos to adopt Spanish vocabulary and mixed it with filipinos language. It made the filipinos learned the foreign language slowly.
Filipinos languages influenced by Spaniards are Visaya, Bicolano, Ilocano and some other dialects.
CATHOLICISM
The union is made between the Church and the State in Spanish era. The Spaniards give the filipinos the religion Catholic. Introducing the new beliefs gets some uprising to some of filipinos who did not want new systems. Luckily for the Spaniards, the Catholic faith happened. Also with the building of the churches. And It revolutionized political life of the country with religious teaching.
The constitution law was mainly a Catholic in orientation. The Philippines law rooted during this Spanish time and set-ups deeply on the religion. Today it is still contains Spanish elements. An example is the same-sex marriage.
On the postive side, The Philippines merged in one nation with the 3 islands - LUZON, VISAYAS, MINDANAO. The Spanish served as a framework for further development.
But then, some Filipinos have strengthen their motivation to defend their land. And forget their fears against colonizer and other invaders. (The Americans and Japanese)
No mattrr what happened to the Philippines history.
The important is Filipinos progress themselves and made what they are today.
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