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I appreciate how respectful and sensitive this video is when compared to the works of other content creators, but I could tell that a lot of this is from Wikipedia. While this video holds some truth, it's still incomplete and misleading. The Spaniards didn't create the colony out of nothing and they highly relied on their local allies. By the way, I would like to apologize in advance because this would be a lengthy comment. By the time of Spanish contact, Manila had monopolized the archipelago’s trade. They managed nearly all inter-island and inter-ethnic exchanges, therefore all of the other polities became reliant on Manila. In fact the Spaniards mentioned that the Manila Moros brokered deals with the rules of Cebu to allow them to settle on the island, (The Spaniards didn't conquer Cebu). The Spaniards also mentioned that Manila Moros who were settled in Butuan, in the Southern island of Mindanao, ordered the locals to not deal with the Spaniards if it wasn’t silver that was being traded, and the locals obeyed. The Spaniards also mentioned a Manila Moro paramount ruler who was so well known throughout the islands that he was respected and treated almost like a king. At first, the Spaniards incorporated themselves into the trading network/colony that Manila had created. The Spaniards were importing silver that they mined in the Americas, which the Manila merchants wanted, because the Chinese mainly accepted silver in exchange for their products. Eventually the Spaniards grew to become very influential due to silver and they gained a lot of local allies. Among these was the Manila Moro merchant whose name is ‘Mahomar’. He had been dealing with the Spaniards in Cebu for years and he had become well acquainted with them, so he decided to bring the Spaniards with him to Manila, to make deals with the ruling family to allow the Spaniards to settle near the city. This would make things more convenient, because silver would flow directly to Manila, which they could easily trade with Chinese and Japanese merchants who were also settled near Manila. Unfortunately Rajah Sulayman refused the offer and ordered them to head back to their settlement in Cebu. Somewhere in their conversation, fighting broke out. Some sources claim that it was Rajah Sulayman who first fired a (lantaka)/locally made pre-colonial cannon, while other sources claim that it was the Spaniards who first fired a cannon. Manila would fall to the Spaniards and their allies. This is how the Spaniards took over what is now the Philippine archipelago. When Manila fell, the Spaniards basically took control of the trading network/colony that Manila had already woven prior to their arrival. They simply gave it a name and claimed it for themselves. That’s how the Philippines was born. There were several attempts by the local elites to get rid of the Spaniard. First was the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, where relatives and allies of the ruling family came to Manila from the regions of Navotas, Bulacan and Pampanga to aid them against the Spaniards, but this unfortunately failed and some nobles were executed. The next attempt is known as the “Tondo Conspiracy”… this was when the ruling family and nobles attempted to contact their relatives in the Bruneian royal court. Unfortunately this failed again, because a man named ‘Surabao’ revealed their plans. It is uncertain why Surabao snitched on them, but it is speculated that the reason might also have something to do with silver as well, because if they successfully get rid of the Spaniards, the steady flow of silver into the archipelago would stop. After this revelation, many of Manila’s royals and nobles were harshly punished, some were executed, while others were exiled to Latin America or heavily taxed. Those who allied with the Spaniards, we’re able to keep their wealth, properties and social status. The Spaniards gave these people or their descendants the “Principalia status/title” which was basically the “colonial noble class”. I highly recommend the article (Transforming Manila: China, Islam and Spain in a Global Port City - by Ethan Hawkley), it's freely available on the World History Connected website.
In case my lengthy comment bored you, I'll make this shorter one. I highly recommend the article (Transforming Manila: China, Islam and Spain in a Global Port City - by Ethan Hawkley), it's freely available on the World History Connected website.
I don't blame you if you had a hard time researching about Philippine pre-colonial history because information isn't easily available... but please understand me, I want people to see the intricate details. Our history is more than just some colonizers coming to our archipelago and "creating the country out of nothing"... as I said, the Spaniards based their colony on Manila's pre-colonial trading network/colony.
I'm a Filipino yet even I am having a hard time understanding this topic and it's nice to hear a foreigner prounounce most of Filipino terms mentioned in a great way. Thank you for making this, Kamusta from Metro Manila!🇵🇭
@@David242Rblx Not only Metro Manila mate, Metro Cebu can be hell as well. I don't know about other metropolitan areas here (Only went to Metro Davao once) but I'm sure they have their hell as well
9:06 Because the Philippines and Indonesia are brothers, in terms of many things, especially natural disasters😭 We both do experience earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical storms, landslides, flash flooding, tsunami, liquefaction, drought, hailstorms, etc.
As someone who's spend a chunk of their life in the Philippines, this video's well done. Hearing someone pronounce the names within the country correctly, or at least semi-correctly, is a breath of fresh air. Shame the country's society is steeped in such low-trust like that of Greece or Mexico, though. But I suppose that's par for the course for countries that's had purely exploitative administrations before and during their existance.
Located in Pacific Ring of Fire, prone to earthquakes and super typhoons every year, archipelago with hundreds of language. That alone is already much of a hassle for a developing country.
@@steberdeber6223 While I do believe that Imperial Manila is a thing, it's also worth noting that a big factor on why other provinces seem to stagnate economically is the ever presence of corrupt, feudalist, and elitist political dynasties across the country. EDIT: That said, we have to push for more decentralization even without a full-on transition to federalism. Maybe give some regions more autonomy but with stricter laws in place to rid the local governments of political clans.
@@sundalongpatpat i agree with you. And i dont even support federalism. Ph is definitely not ready for such with all the crooks in the political scene, everything is driven by self interest, nothing will be achieved.
I am Mexican and I am very interested in the geography and history of the Filipinas I love learning more about different countries, I hope to go one day, greetings ❤️🇲🇽🇵🇭❤️
I appreciate that you showed actual pictures and illustrations of Philippine cities and regions, and not the slum areas, which is usually what other youtubers tend to show. Thank you
@@jeddllau local media loves to portray pelepens as pagpag/slum land that's why indonesians and thais loves to mock and tease filipinos as pagpag eater
dont worry guys, the poverty rate has been halfed from like a decade ago and there's technically no more smokey mountain and payatas is mostly taken care of. the pasig river clean up too
@@jeddllau well we are underdeveloped compared to others. No use hiding it. Besides, the slum areas are part of the country. Or are those that live there sub-human?
I think you forgot to add the fact that the vast majority of Filipinos are of Austronesian origin. I think that's a factor why the archipelago can be managed with the Hispanic-influenced Austronesian Christian as the dominant culture. It's kinda like an even more diverse Yugoslavia. Also good job on pronouncing the word "barangay". You pronounced it much better than Epimetheus for sure.
While colonialism is the reason why the entire archipelico is united, similar to India, I think even without colonialism the Philippines would have consolidated somewhat. You can't have that many microstates nowadays, so they would have consolidated into two or three countries even if not one.
Colonialism have many pros and cons and there's no such thing as perfect Colonialism elsewhere. In spite of that, Philippines is still divided brought about the geographical disadvantage unless if we will be like Indonesia in which they have a huge success on unifying their country in spite of an archipelago nation and twice larger than the Philippines or if it is a single island county just like Cuba, Iceland or Sri Lanka.
@@rannarann9316 Yeah, the Spaniards simply took the most important trading cities that they could take... they even made a map of the regions that were under their control. This idea that the whole archipelago was controlled by Spain is a misconception.
And a very important side note: WE are NOT PACIFIC ISLANDER, we are SOUTH EAST ASIAN XD, If you ever heard some Pinoy called themselves as Pacific islander, they probably did not grew up in The Philippines
Can you be both? Your country is located entirely in the Pacific Ocean, technically you guys are Pacific Islander, let alone you are Austronesian. Dont forget that the people inhabiting countries in Micronesia and Polynesia region are all Austronesian too. But Philippines is also Southeast Asian too since some of your people were the descendant of reverse migration from Malay Archipelago and bringing their culture. I'm from Indonesia and I say my country is both Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander, since 5 of our 34 provinces are Melanesian.
@@anggitaputri3123 The identity of being Asian is more linked to our influences from China, India and Arabia, which from Palau to the other Oceanic countries didn't have influence with, despite also being Austronesian peoples.
I appreciate how respectful and sensitive this video is when compared to the works of other content creators, but I could tell that a lot of this is from Wikipedia. While this video holds some truth, it's still incomplete and misleading. The Spaniards didn't create the colony out of nothing and they highly relied on their local allies. By the way, I would like to apologize in advance because this would be a lengthy comment. By the time of Spanish contact, Manila had monopolized the archipelago’s trade. They managed nearly all inter-island and inter-ethnic exchanges, therefore all of the other polities became highly reliant on Manila. In fact the Spaniards mentioned that the Manila Moros brokered deals with the rules of Cebu to allow them to settle on the island, (The Spaniards didn't conquer Cebu). The Spaniards also mentioned that Manila Moros who were settled in Butuan, in the Southern island of Mindanao, ordered the locals to not deal with the Spaniards if it wasn’t silver that was being traded, and the locals obeyed. The Spaniards also mentioned a Manila Moro paramount ruler who was so well known throughout the islands that he was respected and treated a little less than a king. At first, the Spaniards incorporated themselves into the trading network/colony that Manila had created. The Spaniards were importing silver that they mined in the Americas, which the Manila merchants wanted, because the Chinese mainly accepted silver in exchange for their products. Eventually the Spaniards grew to become very influential due to silver and they gained a lot of local allies. Among these was the Manila Moro merchant whose name is ‘Mahomar’. He had been dealing with the Spaniards in Cebu for years and he had become well acquainted with them, so he decided to bring the Spaniards with him to Manila, to make deals with the ruling family to allow the Spaniards to settle near the city. This would make things more convenient, because silver would flow directly to Manila, which they could easily trade with Chinese and Japanese merchants who were also settled near Manila. Unfortunately Rajah Sulayman refused the offer and ordered them to head back to their settlement in Cebu. During their conversation, fighting broke out. Some sources claim that it was Rajah Sulayman who first fired a (lantaka)/locally made pre-colonial cannon, while other sources claim that it was the Spaniards who first fired a cannon. Manila would fall to the Spaniards and their allies. This is how the Spaniards took over what is now the Philippine archipelago. When Manila fell, the Spaniards basically took control of the trading network/colony that Manila had already woven prior to their arrival. They simply gave it a name and claimed it for themselves. That’s how the Philippines was born. There were several attempts by the local elites to get rid of the Spaniard. First was the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, where relatives and allies of the ruling family came to Manila from the regions of Navotas, Bulacan and Pampanga to aid them against the Spaniards, but this unfortunately failed and some nobles were executed. The next attempt is known as the “Tondo Conspiracy”… this was when the ruling family and nobles attempted to contact their relatives in the Bruneian royal court. Unfortunately this failed again, because a man named ‘Surabao’ revealed their plans. It is uncertain why Surabao snitched on them, but it is speculated that the reason might also have something to do with silver as well, because if they successfully get rid of the Spaniards, the steady flow of silver into the archipelago would stop. After this revelation, many of Manila’s royals and nobles were harshly punished, some were executed, while others were exiled to Latin America or heavily taxed. Those who allied with the Spaniards, we’re able to keep their wealth, properties and social status. The Spaniards gave these people or their descendants the “Principalia status/title” which was basically the “colonial noble class”. I highly recommend the article (Transforming Manila: China, Islam and Spain in a Global Port City - by Ethan Hawkley), it's freely available on the World History Connected website.
Hi Ate Dayang Marikit, I enjoy reading many of your articles in Quora. Writing so many elaborate answers, I hope you create TH-cam channel about precolonial history of the Philippines too. We Indonesians are very close geographically to The Philippines but yet our contemporary culture is going different ways. Learning Philippines precolonial history make us Indonesians aware that we share many intertwined culture hundred years ago. Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Here in Finland, we have 76 000 islands we have to take care of... Our secret is that most of the islands are really small and absolutely nothing in them.
meh. You guys just lucky to not have 6000 out of them populated. In Indonesia, despite having lesser number of islands than you, there are more people living in remote islands in Indonesia than in remote islands in Nordic Countries
Its important to know that Tagalog and Bisaya, ilokano, Illongo, Bikolano, Waray and some of the other languages is not its seperate Ethnicity however they are languages, still these areas have historically always been culturally similar despite having different languages you can see this in the old and modern times
I would argue that there are cultural differences across speakers of the different languages of the country; I myself am a speaker of an endangered minority language from Region 2 (we trace more direct ancestry to a similar tribe in Sumatra than the other IPs around us). Cultural differences can still lead to regionalism and discord in general. Without colonialism, the Philippines would not be a unified state, because even in the same province, there are multiple indigenous and non-indigenous groups that cannot even communicate with each other. I've seen my people's culture and language supplanted with the majority language of the province, and while that's a given since I'm technically descended from the migrants and the Ilocanos have been around for far longer, it's still sad to see.
@@weirdostick8023 it is "Ilonggo" not "Illongo" because it is based from the name "Iloilo" which is the province of origin for all the Hiligaynon-speaking people of the Philippines. Also, Ilonggo and Hiligaynon is interchangeable but if we get very technical, Ilonggo is supposed to be the term for the people native to Iloilo province and Hiligaynon should be the name of the language which is spoken not only in Iloilo but throughout the Visayas and Mindanao area.
“I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra” ― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere
Every island you step in feels like a new country. Different language and different culture. The water borders made us feel distant but familiar at the same time.
they done it quite terribly. I am Indonesian and I can assure you that Indonesia is very Java-centric. It amaze me though that despite those centralism, Indonesians outside Java still united (with th exception Melanesian in Papua and West Papua though). Hey, but at least melanesian moluccans and lesser sunda islands are still proudful Indonesians
@@hafizhradhitya4861 If its terrible then Indonesia should have been splitted since decades ago. I would say that the country did quite well. It makes sense if Indonesia is Java-centric since most of its population and economic activites are from there. Even the capital is located there for now. But i believe that the current president is also focusing on infrastructures on Java and outside especialy eastern Indonesia like Papua. One of the symbolic movement of that is to move the capital to Borneo. Greetings from the Eastern part of the country.
Finally another non Filipino who was intelligent enough to know that Philippines was not just one homogeneous country. Outsiders especially Hollywood tend to generalize us as just one race, one ethnicity and just all of us speaks Filipino which is dumb. Thank you, atleast outsiders or foreigners will be more aware of whatever happened or happening in Philippines.
Lets be fair here. How else can hollywood or any other entity identify what youre saying? It is the norm to be called Filipino, a resident of Philippines. No one cares kung anu mang ethnicity mo, it doesnt matter outside Philippines.
I would say you did your research very well, way better than other TH-camrs that cover the Philippines. Your pronunciation of the places is sort of okay for a foreigner standard.
It's kinda sad that I only gotten out of Luzon once through plane, usually when we go to vacation, it's usually in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, recently in Baguio, although I hope I could get to Visayas some day (I was going to go to Boracay until the pandemic arrived).
I hope you do! There's lots of cool places in visayas. Boracay is kinda overpriced but the sand quality is the best sand I have felt. Great for making sand balls and sandcastles. Its just kinda disappointing we went there when the seaweeds were present. Good luck in future!
Hi @KhAnubis ! I’m a Filipino and I am really dond of watching your videos. Also, being from the Province (Thank you for mentioning my island of Negros, which is actually divided into two provinces based on spoken language, Negros Occidental which are mostly Hiligaynon/Ilonggo speaking, and Negros Oriental, which are mostly Bisaya speaking), I would say the people are not really poor. My province is the “sugar bowl of the country”, the hub of the sugar industry which is also competent in international trade. Also, Metro Cebu (consists of the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu) is also a giant and is the home of some of the groundbreakers in business. How the Philippines is managed. If we speak politically, each province is divided into congressional districts and is represented by a congressman/-woman upon election. They have a three year term and sits at the congress of the Philippines. They are kind of equal to the Senate, the other house. They pass bills that would help in developing their cities they are responsible to. Going down, the provinces are administrated by the Governor and under the governor are the vice governors and board members. The board members are elected representatives of each congressional district of the province. The congressional districts are group of cities and municipalities and each city and municipality is under the leadership of the mayor.
5:48 Nice joke, but the Philippines were not part of Pangaea, the archipelago resulted as a result of volcanic activity caused by tectonic plates. Pangaea was long gone by the time the archipelago started to appear
The Philippines is ideally located in the Pacific Ocean. Its halfway between Japan, the Koreas, and China and Austrailia and New Zealand, all major trade countries. Which other than the aforementioned undeveloped ports makes it an idea location both economically and militarily. The location, in the event of a conflict, would be a place to control routes in the enter Asian region. For the Philippines, access from the Pacific to Indian Oceans can be restricted and ships can be stopped, whether for economic or military reasons, although these reasons blur really fast. A lot of flight routes go over or near the Philippines as well. As for economic trade, the realitively short trips between there and Oceana and there and mainland Asia eases the ability to buy from one location and sell to another. As said above, the Philippines proximity to other Asian countries makes it an ideal hub for industry and commerce. Goods and commodities can be easily delivered via air and sea. Add the low cost of labor and what you got is a highly skilled workforce that attracts many investors across the world. As a strategic military outpost. The Philippines is a very important and strategic gateway to Asia from the Pacific. If you look at the world map, there is basically nothing between the Philippines and the American continent (save Pearl Harbor) other than the vast ocean. A forward base in the Philippines can easily refuel and resupply military ships, and its proximity to Asia means that it can send in troops and reinforcements very quickly into the said continent. That is why MacArthur returned to the Philippines. He knew that a foothold in the Philippines will mean victory in the Pacific. Japan knew it, too, so they aggressively defended their positions during the war, resulting in one of the largest naval battles in history (Battle of Leyte Gulf). Strategic because you can invade other countries using philippines as gateway They are the center of most populate countries They are also the center of trade Most ship go to stop by at philippines before travelling to other countries same for planes If america is in control of the philippines then they’ll just tax the sea then you’ll have To turn to the pacific before you can reach other countries Unless you like to enter the disputed areas A pity philippines have large advantages too but, Too bad they can’t see it and if they ever see it the american masters will repremand them for seeing it . If they disobey, well… they’ll have many problems on the way cause by the US
The Philippines is run by corrupt officials. Heck, at this moment, the son of a dictator is leading as the most famous person to be elected as the president. Brainwashed fools.
Thumbnail: "The Philippines Geography Weakness" Title: How The Philippines Manages 7,641 Islands Then talks about mostly History It's all over the place, not saying it's wrong but it's confusing and can be concluded as misleading. It's like lawyers burying you in data by throwing 2 floors of Contracts to prevent you from digging deeper.
Kind of my issue with the video as well. He's a great narrator and puts a good deal of thought and care into his videos, he just needs to label them better so people know what they're getting into.
To be fair, he did mention that most travel through Ro-ro(s) in between islands, but yes I would've liked to see more about the country's geographical vulnerabilities and what the state is doing to address them (if they are addressing them).
I was hoping to learn more about Philippines' economy, but the video just went on with small history rather than explaining actual geographical and trade related things. 😔
Sanskrit in Philippines?! It's crazy how I fail to realise how far did Sanskrit spread to. "Rajah" sounds like Hindi "Raja" meaning king (from "Rajan" Sanskrit for king). History is so Interesting
there's a fair amount of words in different philippine languages that descend from sanskrit as loanwords, usually passed through malay. also, we say raja/rajah more like raha because of the spanish letter J pronunciation. it did also produce the word "ladya" before tho so at some point, they did also kinda say it like the english J sound. these days tho, history classes always teaches them pronounced like "Raha"
2:15 Mindanao is not predominantly Muslim. Only the Western part of it. Remember that the Muslim population in the Philippines only accounts for 5% (roughly 5 to 5.2 million Muslims) and that is scattered all throughout the archipelago
You are wrong too, Muslim population in Philippines is mainly 7% or 8% of the Philippines with 6-7 million population not 5-5.2 million bcoz that record is since 2015.
@@arsalanalonto6056 Yeah. There's plenty of them just in Manila. Definitely higher reproduction rate than the surrounding populations. 4 kids on just 1 wife alone is no joke.
You might want to include the West Philippine Sea (former South China Sea) where Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal lies. This area area is claimed by neighboring countries but mainly China. This place is both politically and economically essential to our country.
2:03 closely related languages* the Visayan islands have a lot of closely-related languages. Panay island alone has several, while some linguists are still studying if the Capiznon is a dialect or a separate language already
I live in Capiz and technically, Capiznon is just Ilonggo with a pinch of different terms but still very mutually intelligible likewise I consider it as a dialect
Coming from a Half-Filipino, I'd say this is very well researched, good job! Though I do have to point out that Mindanao is still primarily Christian, and calling it Muslim is like calling the Rockies a Mormon region just because Utah is Mormon. Also, it's a shame that fairly large cities like Cebu, Bacolod, and Iloilo are close to each other but so difficult to travel between.
@@ausboy2281 but still, the Zamboanga peninsula has quite a lot of people and is 100% in western Mindanao but still mostly Christian. Only 1/5 of Mindanao's population is in the Muslim region
@@NoVisionGuy and also the number of Islamic insurgencies that happen around this region. Seriously I have met foreigners who mistaken Mindanao to have more Muslims than Christians and that they should be given independence. And my response was a big 'screw you' for their ignorance. I have Christian and Muslim friends from that region who don't want that to happen.
I remembered my childhood years of going back home to Laguna from a family trip to our old house and getting stuck in 8 hour traffic JUST to leave Metro Manila. We left pretty early to which the sun was yet to start setting, and we were not even that far from the edge of the NCR, yet still came home at around midnight. Good times. Now all I have to deal with are potholes and Jaywalkers in getto-ass New Jersey.
Hello KhAnubis thank you for mentioning our country and it's problems I'm Bisaya/Visayan which lives in Cebu also thank you for mentioning my province, thank you for pronouncing some of our provinces right, let me get straight to the point then. I have watched your videos for the past year not all of them but some of your recognizable videos out there, but I have not seen one that has been covering the Philippines (at least what I have found for now), and I am amazed at what effort you put to it especially nowadays and in this video, the Visayan islands is a pretty underrated province of the Philippines except for tourism, which you might know the best beach in the country or in fact the whole world which is Boracay, Iloilo, Philippines and parts of Palawan (which I consider is Visayan, it's so underrated exactly that even some Tagalogs or Filipino speakers I speak with in games don't even recognize Visayas by word. So I am so glad that you mentioned my province and my country in this video, it feels like we have the New Zealand effect in our own country nowadays.
Actually now I realized that the philippines are sometimes forgotten in map drawings I think its because Other than Luzon and Mindanao Island the islands are too small
Its because it looks like an old man with a stick The only islands that are usually drawn is luzon and palawan, like why not mindanao, thats way bigger than palawan... Its so sad that its funny
tips if you're planning on traveling here, don't go knee deep into the city there's just alot of crap in some places specially some densely packed and poor parts of the city not all but some (people are still going to be very friendly and curious though specially if you're a foreigner), if i have to recommend somewhere to go, go near the country side trust me the greenery here is beautiful and compared to the densely packed city it's a nice change.
It's interesting how much the Spanish and the Americans left their footprints here in the Philippines in terms of culture, and by extension, their language. This fact made me think: How would the languages here sound like if the American and Spanish influences were removed? How would Tagalog sound like in that scenario? How would Cebuano sound like in that scenario? I was thinking of a similar concept to what some folks are doing in the Shetland and Orkney islands with the language of NyNorn where they attempt to revive the lost language of Norn: a variety of the old North Germanic Languages and is probably a descendant of Old Norse. Cheers from the Philippines!
I had no idea Manila was so densely populated! That's crazy. Thank you for another interesting and informative video! Stay well out there everybody, and God be with you, friends! :)
Even worse, the person the country is named after, King Philip II of Spain, oversaw the enslavement of the natives on the archipelago and the decimation of about a third more or less of the native population, just so we know :)
A country named after a king who bankrupted his country Spain and never even set foot on atleast one of the islands.. That's why most people of phil wanted to change the name of the country
and more culturally/ethnically/linguistically diverse too than the West. It's very common to meet people who speak 3-4 languages, mixed-ethnicities, than those people in the West.
Interesting. Some name pronunciations were off, but most of them fit into my "this is how I'd pronounce the names in an American accent" and the rest were at least way closer than how most people do it (with the only real issues usually being where you put the stress on the words, which honestly is forgivable compared to other butcherings). Also, thankfully the facts are (as far as I know) up to date and accurate enough. The original 7,107 count for the islands has been so ingrained to students, that even tho the survey that updated the count to 7,641 was conducted in 2016, a lot of people here in the Philippines still don't know (or have a hard time remembering) the new count lol.
Made my day when I saw this. Being an archipelago is an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time (I mean ask Typhoon Rai or Odette as it is called here whacked us so hard that it's just been a week ago that we got electricity back). Hopefully we can make use of those advantages more to become a true power. Also P.S. in that article where cities are ranked based on worst traffic, is Metro Cebu there? Everytime I go there, it's a slugfest to ride XD
this is probably the most accurate video about the country's history and geography that an american youtuber ever made. i love this video amongst others lmao there might be some missing pieces of information and/or fun facts, but, it's still the best explanation video about the country for me. also, it's so nice to hear you pronounce every filipino/tagalog word correctly, you did such a great job trying to pronounce words from a language you're not 100% fluent.
Interesting how you left out events from World War 2 when covering the history of the Philippines. Two significant events. The Bataan death march where both American and Filipino soldiers were brutalised upon mass surrender. The battle of Manila, which is the Pacific War's equivalent of Stalingrad. The Japanese navy marines occupying the city refused to surrender, even though the army under General Yamashita had left the city. The Americans shelled the city to ruin to dislodge the stubborn defenders and avoid bloody urban combat.
Before the Spanish arrived in our country hundreds of years ago. You can imagine us as somewhat being like the islanders in Moana. Each island has its own tribe and the population was small.
Due to us being an archipelago, a form of federalism is not an option but a very clear remedy if we don’t want secession movements to happen. Great vid man
well done. in fact i’ve learned more about my own country in 10 minutes than my whole primary and secondary school back there. they tend to skip the Spanish occupation and go straight to Jose Rizal and Corazon Aquino (also maybe because i wasn’t paying attention in class oop)
@@ronaldonaldmcqueen3233 Our literal language now consists mostly of borrowed Spanish loanwords. Reimplement the instruction of Spanish in our schools and we would be fluent in Spanish again in a few years.
I truly truly TRULY APPRECIATE that you included the history before that magellan guy. Learning history subject in the Philippines always starts there as if the spaniards magically mold these islands with their hands leik dude?? As a kid, when i learned of my country's history on my own, it clears out so much questions i had of how things go this and that rather than what youre taught at school. So i really think the gov should work on how they want to teach the younger gens about their country's history because as it is today?? Theyd developed the thought that colonialism is a biyaya(blessing) rather than sumpa(curse). Jusko.
What our history and geography teaches us is, Palawan is considered part of the Region of Luzon. Here in the Philippines, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are regions here also. For example if you're from Tawi-tawi (A set of islands in Mindanao near Sabah), people from Luzon will immediately think you're from the Mindanao region.
Tagalog is pronounced as [t'GAAH-log], with emphasis on the middle (or second-to-the-last) syllable, as in most of the local words. The Philippine National Anthem (Marcha National) "Lupang Hinirang" was originally written in Spanish, translated first into English, and now required by law to be sung only in the official Filipino Tagalog lyrics. The Philippine Flag is unique in that the blue field is displayed uppermost (or on the left of the viewer when hung vertically) during times of peace but is displayed with the red field uppermost (or on the left of the viewer when hung vertically) in times of war. The flag thus acts as a unique war flag when displayed with the red field uppermost as during the Philippine-American War and World War II. When the flag is folded into a triangle, the blue field, the white triangle, and one gold star must be visible on the exterior. The national bird is the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the world's largest eagle. The national animal is the carabao (water buffalo, Bus bubalus), the national fish is the milkfish (Chanos chanos), the national tree is the "narra," the national leaf is the "anahaw," the national flower is the "sampaguita," the national fruit is the Philippine carabao mango. The world's largest fish, the whale shark, regularly swims in waters off Oslob town (Cebu province) and Donsol town (Sorsogon), to entertain tourists. The world's smallest commercially economic fish species ("sinarapan") is found in Lake Buhi in the Bicol region. The Philippine mouse deer is the world's smallest hoofed animal. The Bohol tarsier is the world's smallest primate. "Homo luzonensis" is one of the newly discovered extinct species of humans. The Ifugao rice terraces has been called the "8th Wonder of the World" while St. Paul's Underground River in Palawan Island has been awarded as one of the "7 Wonders of the Natural World." Palawan, El Nido, Coron, and Siargao have taken turns as being voted as the "world's best island." Luzon Island was recognized as the site of the discovery of 28 previously unknown mammalian species. Verde Island Passage south of Luzon is known as the "center of the Coral Triangle" (the center of the world's marine biodiversity). The Philippines has over 500 species of hard corals, 7 of the 8 known species of giant clams, several species of native endemic ferns, orchids, and other plants, and is on the flight paths of many species of migratory birds. The world's largest pearl and the most expensive and rarest seashell (the golden cowrie), the world's largest saltwater crocodile ("Lolong") held in captivity were all discovered in the Philippines. The only freshwater species of sardine ("tawilis") is found inside the waters of Taal Lake. Mayon Volcano is recognized as the world's most perfect volcanic cone while one of Taal Volcano's eruption sites was once the "world's smallest active volcano." Before the 2021 Taal eruption, Vulcan Point, at that time was the world's only island inside a lake (Taal's crater lake) in an island (Volcano Island), inside the bigger Taal Lake in an island (Luzon). The world's third deepest point, Galatea Deep, is the deepest part of the Philippine (or Mindanao) Trench off the east coast of Mindanao.
My Friend once told me that there was a Filipino Word that translated to "Living in an Island where Geography Constantly Punches you in The Face and Most of the Government Spending goes to Repairing Infrastructure and Corruption" He called it "Putanginangbuhayto"
That's a more apt term the Philippines was never a Colony it was just part of Spain people talked as if manila and Madrid were merely an hour's walk away
Well even Japan didn't colonized Korea in the early 20th century but they'd annexed it to become a Japanese province and France didn't colonized Algeria but rather they'd became a French province and Belgium didn't colonized Congo but they'd became a Belgian province. How's that for a world history that have full of revisionism? 😅
@@wazzup233 all the nations you mention have something in common and that is that none of them had laws that gave their inhabitants rights as Spain did.
lol that was not the sentiment shared by late 19th century filipino ilustrado writers and revolutionaries. the fact was, it was defacto a colony with little focus out of the oversight of Madrid. the concerns of Madrid mattered little two entire oceans away, subordinated twice, jumping from Madrid to Mexico City to Manila at the literal edge of the empire. the local friars and principalia nobility had real power, which they often abused regardless of Madrid or Mexico City's "rights". the ilustrado writers of the past even named a book, La frailocracia filipina
Interesting video. Was an LDS missionary in the Philippines way back in the day and it was nice to hear somebody actually pronounce most the stuff fairly correctly. After having lived there I've studied a lot about their history amd culture. The Philippines could honestly become a regional power and use their strategic positioning of maritime trade routes to their great advantage if they could all learn a little self discipline and get their crap together. Great to see this extremely overlooked country get a little attention.
The old Marcos regime has this planned for the republic. The west knows this and they clearly dont want the Philippines to stand on its own otherwise they will lose a foothold in Asia thus they paint the old guy red. This should answer the question why the current admin under duterte leaned towards China.
@@cjconge9076 bruh, the Americans supported the Marcoses. All the dictatorships in Southeast Asia at the time were supported by the Americans. That's why they rescued the Marcoses from Malacañan during the EDSA revolt and hid them in Hawaii. Otherwise they would have ended like the Ceausescus. 🤦♂️
@@cjconge9076 LOL the irony that the Marcoses were allowed to stay in power to fight communism and now they're allied with a family that is openly pro-China. I've never forgiven America for all those wasted years.
2:17 Nope, I live in Western Mindanao, most people are Christian here (mostly because of Visayan immigration.) Only some selected areas of the Philippines has Islam as its majority religion, they are collectively known as the "Bangsamoro" (Muslim Land or Muslim Nation.)
Philippines is in South East Asia, and Filipinos are South East Asians. The furthest eastern extent of the Asian continent is Japan which is way further east than the Philippines. And the Southernmost extent of the Asian continent is Malaysia & Indonesia which is further south than Mindanao of the Philippines. Native born Filipinos have NEVER identified ourselves as "Pacific Islanders". We are Southeast Asians. Hawaii, Samoa, and all those island nations deep in the Pacific Ocean are the Pacific Islanders.
3:15 Baybayin isn't the only indigenous Filipino script. Tagbanwa, Kulitan, Hanuno'o, and Buhid are some non-tagaloh indigenous writing systems in the archipelago. It's important to not conflate Filipino with Tagalog. We need to take pride in our local communities, not try to assimilate into Tagalog hegemony.
Don't forget Kurditan/Kuritan, Badlit and Basahan, the three of them are variations of Baybayin and the difference is that, the language in each 3 writing system is different.
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I appreciate how respectful and sensitive this video is when compared to the works of other content creators, but I could tell that a lot of this is from Wikipedia. While this video holds some truth, it's still incomplete and misleading. The Spaniards didn't create the colony out of nothing and they highly relied on their local allies. By the way, I would like to apologize in advance because this would be a lengthy comment.
By the time of Spanish contact, Manila had monopolized the archipelago’s trade. They managed nearly all inter-island and inter-ethnic exchanges, therefore all of the other polities became reliant on Manila. In fact the Spaniards mentioned that the Manila Moros brokered deals with the rules of Cebu to allow them to settle on the island, (The Spaniards didn't conquer Cebu). The Spaniards also mentioned that Manila Moros who were settled in Butuan, in the Southern island of Mindanao, ordered the locals to not deal with the Spaniards if it wasn’t silver that was being traded, and the locals obeyed. The Spaniards also mentioned a Manila Moro paramount ruler who was so well known throughout the islands that he was respected and treated almost like a king.
At first, the Spaniards incorporated themselves into the trading network/colony that Manila had created. The Spaniards were importing silver that they mined in the Americas, which the Manila merchants wanted, because the Chinese mainly accepted silver in exchange for their products. Eventually the Spaniards grew to become very influential due to silver and they gained a lot of local allies. Among these was the Manila Moro merchant whose name is ‘Mahomar’. He had been dealing with the Spaniards in Cebu for years and he had become well acquainted with them, so he decided to bring the Spaniards with him to Manila, to make deals with the ruling family to allow the Spaniards to settle near the city. This would make things more convenient, because silver would flow directly to Manila, which they could easily trade with Chinese and Japanese merchants who were also settled near Manila. Unfortunately Rajah Sulayman refused the offer and ordered them to head back to their settlement in Cebu. Somewhere in their conversation, fighting broke out. Some sources claim that it was Rajah Sulayman who first fired a (lantaka)/locally made pre-colonial cannon, while other sources claim that it was the Spaniards who first fired a cannon. Manila would fall to the Spaniards and their allies. This is how the Spaniards took over what is now the Philippine archipelago. When Manila fell, the Spaniards basically took control of the trading network/colony that Manila had already woven prior to their arrival. They simply gave it a name and claimed it for themselves. That’s how the Philippines was born.
There were several attempts by the local elites to get rid of the Spaniard. First was the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, where relatives and allies of the ruling family came to Manila from the regions of Navotas, Bulacan and Pampanga to aid them against the Spaniards, but this unfortunately failed and some nobles were executed. The next attempt is known as the “Tondo Conspiracy”… this was when the ruling family and nobles attempted to contact their relatives in the Bruneian royal court. Unfortunately this failed again, because a man named ‘Surabao’ revealed their plans. It is uncertain why Surabao snitched on them, but it is speculated that the reason might also have something to do with silver as well, because if they successfully get rid of the Spaniards, the steady flow of silver into the archipelago would stop. After this revelation, many of Manila’s royals and nobles were harshly punished, some were executed, while others were exiled to Latin America or heavily taxed. Those who allied with the Spaniards, we’re able to keep their wealth, properties and social status. The Spaniards gave these people or their descendants the “Principalia status/title” which was basically the “colonial noble class”.
I highly recommend the article (Transforming Manila: China, Islam and Spain in a Global Port City - by Ethan Hawkley), it's freely available on the World History Connected website.
In case my lengthy comment bored you, I'll make this shorter one. I highly recommend the article (Transforming Manila: China, Islam and Spain in a Global Port City - by Ethan Hawkley), it's freely available on the World History Connected website.
I don't blame you if you had a hard time researching about Philippine pre-colonial history because information isn't easily available... but please understand me, I want people to see the intricate details. Our history is more than just some colonizers coming to our archipelago and "creating the country out of nothing"... as I said, the Spaniards based their colony on Manila's pre-colonial trading network/colony.
I'm a Filipino yet even I am having a hard time understanding this topic and it's nice to hear a foreigner prounounce most of Filipino terms mentioned in a great way. Thank you for making this, Kamusta from Metro Manila!🇵🇭
KhAnubis really tries, and that's part of why I like his content a bit more than some similar content creators.
Is the traffic bad there
@@David242Rblx its hell
@@stewieg9628 lol
@@David242Rblx Not only Metro Manila mate, Metro Cebu can be hell as well. I don't know about other metropolitan areas here (Only went to Metro Davao once) but I'm sure they have their hell as well
9:06 Because the Philippines and Indonesia are brothers, in terms of many things, especially natural disasters😭
We both do experience earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical storms, landslides, flash flooding, tsunami, liquefaction, drought, hailstorms, etc.
ring of fire gang
we are also both toxic as hell in online games. we get along quite well.
@@ultrawhale1712 lol well said i got alot of friends in indo just by playing online games
Wait hailstorm? Seriously? I am a Filipino and i haven't experienced or heard a hailstorm happening in the country
@@OatmealLover-cs4yg very rare
As someone who's spend a chunk of their life in the Philippines, this video's well done. Hearing someone pronounce the names within the country correctly, or at least semi-correctly, is a breath of fresh air.
Shame the country's society is steeped in such low-trust like that of Greece or Mexico, though. But I suppose that's par for the course for countries that's had purely exploitative administrations before and during their existance.
Yep, the Philippines has neither a strong society, being very low-trust and politically apathetic, nor a competent state.
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@Michelle The Philippines' economy is growing faster than Greece's or Mexico's tho lol
@@ennui9745 Both are still shit
@Michelle "growing"
Located in Pacific Ring of Fire, prone to earthquakes and super typhoons every year, archipelago with hundreds of language.
That alone is already much of a hassle for a developing country.
Because of that, we are, quite literally, built different.
I still think Ph could do more by not centralizing everything in fckng metro manila
@@steberdeber6223 thats true
@@steberdeber6223 While I do believe that Imperial Manila is a thing, it's also worth noting that a big factor on why other provinces seem to stagnate economically is the ever presence of corrupt, feudalist, and elitist political dynasties across the country.
EDIT: That said, we have to push for more decentralization even without a full-on transition to federalism. Maybe give some regions more autonomy but with stricter laws in place to rid the local governments of political clans.
@@sundalongpatpat i agree with you. And i dont even support federalism. Ph is definitely not ready for such with all the crooks in the political scene, everything is driven by self interest, nothing will be achieved.
I am Mexican and I am very interested in the geography and history of the Filipinas I love learning more about different countries, I hope to go one day, greetings ❤️🇲🇽🇵🇭❤️
Go to Zamboanga they speak Spanish
Thank you for the cacao. We added it to rice to make a sweet porridge.
Most of filipinos have the same last name with mexicans
hello far away brother, do you like puto ? very nice stomach filler.
Greetings there!
I appreciate that you showed actual pictures and illustrations of Philippine cities and regions, and not the slum areas, which is usually what other youtubers tend to show. Thank you
@@jeddllau local media loves to portray pelepens as pagpag/slum land that's why indonesians and thais loves to mock and tease filipinos as pagpag eater
dont worry guys, the poverty rate has been halfed from like a decade ago and there's technically no more smokey mountain and payatas is mostly taken care of. the pasig river clean up too
@@jeddllau that's only in the most crowded cities only.
I agree, i noticed it too...
@@jeddllau well we are underdeveloped compared to others. No use hiding it. Besides, the slum areas are part of the country. Or are those that live there sub-human?
Pagbati Filipinos 😄
Namaste from India 🙏 🇮🇳 ❤ 🇵🇭
I think you forgot to add the fact that the vast majority of Filipinos are of Austronesian origin. I think that's a factor why the archipelago can be managed with the Hispanic-influenced Austronesian Christian as the dominant culture. It's kinda like an even more diverse Yugoslavia.
Also good job on pronouncing the word "barangay". You pronounced it much better than Epimetheus for sure.
Omg I definitely remembered that 😂
and also mestizo
@@xXxSkyViperxXx prettysure mestizo is a spanish word
@@Dorimefasolatedo what about it
A version of Yugoslavia that managed to hold their shit together. Sadly, Yugoslavia failed to do what the Philippines was able to do.
While colonialism is the reason why the entire archipelico is united, similar to India, I think even without colonialism the Philippines would have consolidated somewhat. You can't have that many microstates nowadays, so they would have consolidated into two or three countries even if not one.
Colonialism have many pros and cons and there's no such thing as perfect Colonialism elsewhere. In spite of that, Philippines is still divided brought about the geographical disadvantage unless if we will be like Indonesia in which they have a huge success on unifying their country in spite of an archipelago nation and twice larger than the Philippines or if it is a single island county just like Cuba, Iceland or Sri Lanka.
Noy yet united during spanish era. But yes during american occupation.
Nope, the Spaniards didn’t colonized the entire archipelago.
@@dayangmarikit6860 right. The cordillera, bohol and the massive mindanao remain untouch.
@@rannarann9316 Yeah, the Spaniards simply took the most important trading cities that they could take... they even made a map of the regions that were under their control. This idea that the whole archipelago was controlled by Spain is a misconception.
And a very important side note: WE are NOT PACIFIC ISLANDER, we are SOUTH EAST ASIAN XD, If you ever heard some Pinoy called themselves as Pacific islander, they probably did not grew up in The Philippines
Fil Ams moment
Can you be both?
Your country is located entirely in the Pacific Ocean, technically you guys are Pacific Islander, let alone you are Austronesian. Dont forget that the people inhabiting countries in Micronesia and Polynesia region are all Austronesian too.
But Philippines is also Southeast Asian too since some of your people were the descendant of reverse migration from Malay Archipelago and bringing their culture.
I'm from Indonesia and I say my country is both Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander, since 5 of our 34 provinces are Melanesian.
We’re pretty much both, and due to the millennia’s worth of interaction with the Chinese can even be considered as East Asians
@@anggitaputri3123 The identity of being Asian is more linked to our influences from China, India and Arabia, which from Palau to the other Oceanic countries didn't have influence with, despite also being Austronesian peoples.
lmao no
Yeah The Philippines sure is unique for a country like it, and I love it for that.
and thats the reason why PH is hard to be develop country because of geographical reason
I appreciate how respectful and sensitive this video is when compared to the works of other content creators, but I could tell that a lot of this is from Wikipedia. While this video holds some truth, it's still incomplete and misleading. The Spaniards didn't create the colony out of nothing and they highly relied on their local allies. By the way, I would like to apologize in advance because this would be a lengthy comment.
By the time of Spanish contact, Manila had monopolized the archipelago’s trade. They managed nearly all inter-island and inter-ethnic exchanges, therefore all of the other polities became highly reliant on Manila. In fact the Spaniards mentioned that the Manila Moros brokered deals with the rules of Cebu to allow them to settle on the island, (The Spaniards didn't conquer Cebu). The Spaniards also mentioned that Manila Moros who were settled in Butuan, in the Southern island of Mindanao, ordered the locals to not deal with the Spaniards if it wasn’t silver that was being traded, and the locals obeyed. The Spaniards also mentioned a Manila Moro paramount ruler who was so well known throughout the islands that he was respected and treated a little less than a king.
At first, the Spaniards incorporated themselves into the trading network/colony that Manila had created. The Spaniards were importing silver that they mined in the Americas, which the Manila merchants wanted, because the Chinese mainly accepted silver in exchange for their products. Eventually the Spaniards grew to become very influential due to silver and they gained a lot of local allies. Among these was the Manila Moro merchant whose name is ‘Mahomar’. He had been dealing with the Spaniards in Cebu for years and he had become well acquainted with them, so he decided to bring the Spaniards with him to Manila, to make deals with the ruling family to allow the Spaniards to settle near the city. This would make things more convenient, because silver would flow directly to Manila, which they could easily trade with Chinese and Japanese merchants who were also settled near Manila. Unfortunately Rajah Sulayman refused the offer and ordered them to head back to their settlement in Cebu. During their conversation, fighting broke out. Some sources claim that it was Rajah Sulayman who first fired a (lantaka)/locally made pre-colonial cannon, while other sources claim that it was the Spaniards who first fired a cannon. Manila would fall to the Spaniards and their allies. This is how the Spaniards took over what is now the Philippine archipelago. When Manila fell, the Spaniards basically took control of the trading network/colony that Manila had already woven prior to their arrival. They simply gave it a name and claimed it for themselves. That’s how the Philippines was born.
There were several attempts by the local elites to get rid of the Spaniard. First was the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, where relatives and allies of the ruling family came to Manila from the regions of Navotas, Bulacan and Pampanga to aid them against the Spaniards, but this unfortunately failed and some nobles were executed. The next attempt is known as the “Tondo Conspiracy”… this was when the ruling family and nobles attempted to contact their relatives in the Bruneian royal court. Unfortunately this failed again, because a man named ‘Surabao’ revealed their plans. It is uncertain why Surabao snitched on them, but it is speculated that the reason might also have something to do with silver as well, because if they successfully get rid of the Spaniards, the steady flow of silver into the archipelago would stop. After this revelation, many of Manila’s royals and nobles were harshly punished, some were executed, while others were exiled to Latin America or heavily taxed. Those who allied with the Spaniards, we’re able to keep their wealth, properties and social status. The Spaniards gave these people or their descendants the “Principalia status/title” which was basically the “colonial noble class”.
I highly recommend the article (Transforming Manila: China, Islam and Spain in a Global Port City - by Ethan Hawkley), it's freely available on the World History Connected website.
Hi Ate Dayang Marikit, I enjoy reading many of your articles in Quora. Writing so many elaborate answers, I hope you create TH-cam channel about precolonial history of the Philippines too.
We Indonesians are very close geographically to The Philippines but yet our contemporary culture is going different ways.
Learning Philippines precolonial history make us Indonesians aware that we share many intertwined culture hundred years ago.
Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩
@@anggitaputri3123 - I highly appreciate this, thank you for reading my articles.
Oh wow. Are you that person from quora?
@@apinezstats2237 Yes, that’s me.
@@dayangmarikit6860 lodi
I'm happy you are covering the Philippines!
My entire family is from Luzon!
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Here in Finland, we have 76 000 islands we have to take care of... Our secret is that most of the islands are really small and absolutely nothing in them.
meh. You guys just lucky to not have 6000 out of them populated. In Indonesia, despite having lesser number of islands than you, there are more people living in remote islands in Indonesia than in remote islands in Nordic Countries
Its important to know that Tagalog and Bisaya, ilokano, Illongo, Bikolano, Waray and some of the other languages is not its seperate Ethnicity however they are languages, still these areas have historically always been culturally similar despite having different languages you can see this in the old and modern times
Konti lang ang alam kong salita sa ilocano
Also, Hiligaynon so yeah.
@@limaalphanovemberzulu Its also called Illongo
I would argue that there are cultural differences across speakers of the different languages of the country; I myself am a speaker of an endangered minority language from Region 2 (we trace more direct ancestry to a similar tribe in Sumatra than the other IPs around us). Cultural differences can still lead to regionalism and discord in general. Without colonialism, the Philippines would not be a unified state, because even in the same province, there are multiple indigenous and non-indigenous groups that cannot even communicate with each other. I've seen my people's culture and language supplanted with the majority language of the province, and while that's a given since I'm technically descended from the migrants and the Ilocanos have been around for far longer, it's still sad to see.
@@weirdostick8023 it is "Ilonggo" not "Illongo" because it is based from the name "Iloilo" which is the province of origin for all the Hiligaynon-speaking people of the Philippines. Also, Ilonggo and Hiligaynon is interchangeable but if we get very technical, Ilonggo is supposed to be the term for the people native to Iloilo province and Hiligaynon should be the name of the language which is spoken not only in Iloilo but throughout the Visayas and Mindanao area.
“I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere
Impressive, you are a man of culture it seems.
I'm a little surprised that a Pakistani would have read that.
Hey Remember Me? I saw you like a year ago
@@ennui9745 I mean Rizal was literally everywhere
Every island you step in feels like a new country. Different language and different culture. The water borders made us feel distant but familiar at the same time.
Indonesia has 17,000 islands. I'd be interested to know about their management too.
Pretty sure he's done that already
Hb Finland
@@rafly9544 and then Sweden
they done it quite terribly. I am Indonesian and I can assure you that Indonesia is very Java-centric. It amaze me though that despite those centralism, Indonesians outside Java still united (with th exception Melanesian in Papua and West Papua though). Hey, but at least melanesian moluccans and lesser sunda islands are still proudful Indonesians
@@hafizhradhitya4861 If its terrible then Indonesia should have been splitted since decades ago. I would say that the country did quite well. It makes sense if Indonesia is Java-centric since most of its population and economic activites are from there. Even the capital is located there for now. But i believe that the current president is also focusing on infrastructures on Java and outside especialy eastern Indonesia like Papua. One of the symbolic movement of that is to move the capital to Borneo. Greetings from the Eastern part of the country.
Finally another non Filipino who was intelligent enough to know that Philippines was not just one homogeneous country. Outsiders especially Hollywood tend to generalize us as just one race, one ethnicity and just all of us speaks Filipino which is dumb. Thank you, atleast outsiders or foreigners will be more aware of whatever happened or happening in Philippines.
Karamihan naman ng pinoy hinohomoginize sarili eh. “Dugong pinoy” ikanga
Lets be fair here. How else can hollywood or any other entity identify what youre saying?
It is the norm to be called Filipino, a resident of Philippines. No one cares kung anu mang ethnicity mo, it doesnt matter outside Philippines.
Mismo
Mismo
@@matthewtenorioduenas202 Tama
I would say you did your research very well, way better than other TH-camrs that cover the Philippines. Your pronunciation of the places is sort of okay for a foreigner standard.
It's kinda sad that I only gotten out of Luzon once through plane, usually when we go to vacation, it's usually in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, recently in Baguio, although I hope I could get to Visayas some day (I was going to go to Boracay until the pandemic arrived).
I hope you do! There's lots of cool places in visayas. Boracay is kinda overpriced but the sand quality is the best sand I have felt. Great for making sand balls and sandcastles.
Its just kinda disappointing we went there when the seaweeds were present.
Good luck in future!
@@flordelphinta when I went there recently, some scuba instructors said sea weeds makes the water clearer, were they bluffing?
@@earlkentsucalit3301 i have no idea about seaweed biology and ecology.
Just that they sometimes bloom occassionally
Hi @KhAnubis ! I’m a Filipino and I am really dond of watching your videos.
Also, being from the Province (Thank you for mentioning my island of Negros, which is actually divided into two provinces based on spoken language, Negros Occidental which are mostly Hiligaynon/Ilonggo speaking, and Negros Oriental, which are mostly Bisaya speaking), I would say the people are not really poor. My province is the “sugar bowl of the country”, the hub of the sugar industry which is also competent in international trade. Also, Metro Cebu (consists of the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu) is also a giant and is the home of some of the groundbreakers in business.
How the Philippines is managed. If we speak politically, each province is divided into congressional districts and is represented by a congressman/-woman upon election. They have a three year term and sits at the congress of the Philippines. They are kind of equal to the Senate, the other house. They pass bills that would help in developing their cities they are responsible to.
Going down, the provinces are administrated by the Governor and under the governor are the vice governors and board members. The board members are elected representatives of each congressional district of the province. The congressional districts are group of cities and municipalities and each city and municipality is under the leadership of the mayor.
STUPID Hiligaynon is visaya also in fact the term visayans are applied first to the tribes of panay Cebuanos are called Pintados
@@dasigkatama029 You don't need to insult someone to correct them
@@dasigkatama029 hoi buang ayaw pag inana. O sakto ka pero ayaw pag insulto diha. Peeling mo smart ka?
@@dasigkatama029 L+ratio
Interesting as an Indian, never expected ancient Indian connect with Philippines! Hope our relationship grows in the future too.
India connected with all of Asia to some degree
India and China both had a lot of influence in SE Asia. Heck, even a lot of our supernatural beliefs dates back from our Hindu-Buddhist ancestors
5:48 Nice joke, but the Philippines were not part of Pangaea, the archipelago resulted as a result of volcanic activity caused by tectonic plates. Pangaea was long gone by the time the archipelago started to appear
No we risen from sea most maritime South East Asia
The Philippines is ideally located in the Pacific Ocean. Its halfway between Japan, the Koreas, and China and Austrailia and New Zealand, all major trade countries. Which other than the aforementioned undeveloped ports makes it an idea location both economically and militarily.
The location, in the event of a conflict, would be a place to control routes in the enter Asian region. For the Philippines, access from the Pacific to Indian Oceans can be restricted and ships can be stopped, whether for economic or military reasons, although these reasons blur really fast. A lot of flight routes go over or near the Philippines as well.
As for economic trade, the realitively short trips between there and Oceana and there and mainland Asia eases the ability to buy from one location and sell to another. As said above, the Philippines proximity to other Asian countries makes it an ideal hub for industry and commerce. Goods and commodities can be easily delivered via air and sea. Add the low cost of labor and what you got is a highly skilled workforce that attracts many investors across the world.
As a strategic military outpost. The Philippines is a very important and strategic gateway to Asia from the Pacific. If you look at the world map, there is basically nothing between the Philippines and the American continent (save Pearl Harbor) other than the vast ocean. A forward base in the Philippines can easily refuel and resupply military ships, and its proximity to Asia means that it can send in troops and reinforcements very quickly into the said continent. That is why MacArthur returned to the Philippines. He knew that a foothold in the Philippines will mean victory in the Pacific. Japan knew it, too, so they aggressively defended their positions during the war, resulting in one of the largest naval battles in history (Battle of Leyte Gulf).
Strategic because you can invade other countries using philippines as gateway
They are the center of most populate countries
They are also the center of trade
Most ship go to stop by at philippines before travelling to other countries same for planes
If america is in control of the philippines then they’ll just tax the sea then you’ll have To turn to the pacific before you can reach other countries
Unless you like to enter the disputed areas
A pity philippines have large advantages too but,
Too bad they can’t see it and if they ever see it the american masters will repremand them for seeing it .
If they disobey,
well… they’ll have many problems on the way cause by the US
The thing that America is good at that the Philippines is not good, is *"How to capitalize it's natural resources"*
The Philippines is run by corrupt officials. Heck, at this moment, the son of a dictator is leading as the most famous person to be elected as the president. Brainwashed fools.
dude just made a whole essay about philippines
@@sorcierenoire8651 old folks never learn. Someone I debated with on the internet told me I don't know what it's like during the martial law.
@@dustinalecxander8647 theres a bbm supporer going around the comments and glorifying the darned family lmao
Thumbnail: "The Philippines Geography Weakness"
Title: How The Philippines Manages 7,641 Islands
Then talks about mostly History
It's all over the place, not saying it's wrong but it's confusing and can be concluded as misleading.
It's like lawyers burying you in data by throwing 2 floors of Contracts to prevent you from digging deeper.
Kind of my issue with the video as well. He's a great narrator and puts a good deal of thought and care into his videos, he just needs to label them better so people know what they're getting into.
To be fair, he did mention that most travel through Ro-ro(s) in between islands, but yes I would've liked to see more about the country's geographical vulnerabilities and what the state is doing to address them (if they are addressing them).
Just like motorcycle drivers and politically aligned bloggers carrying with clickbait thumbnails with no straight to the point taste.
I was hoping to learn more about Philippines' economy, but the video just went on with small history rather than explaining actual geographical and trade related things. 😔
Finally, a content about the Philippines. Thanks Khanubis. Looking forward for more. Philippines has a lot of interesting stories to offer.
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As a Cebuano we travel from islands by Ferry's even Vehicles can come too. If you're rich go for a Plane. We pretty chill
Sanskrit in Philippines?! It's crazy how I fail to realise how far did Sanskrit spread to. "Rajah" sounds like Hindi "Raja" meaning king (from "Rajan" Sanskrit for king). History is so Interesting
In my language (Bahasa Sūg) Raja means king
Sanskrit-old malay-tagalog,tagalog borrowed many word from Malay language because malay once a lingua franca in the nusantara/malay archipelego
there's a fair amount of words in different philippine languages that descend from sanskrit as loanwords, usually passed through malay. also, we say raja/rajah more like raha because of the spanish letter J pronunciation. it did also produce the word "ladya" before tho so at some point, they did also kinda say it like the english J sound. these days tho, history classes always teaches them pronounced like "Raha"
Even the word Rajah is related to the Latin word Rex, or king. Hence a common Indo European origin.
2:15 Mindanao is not predominantly Muslim. Only the Western part of it. Remember that the Muslim population in the Philippines only accounts for 5% (roughly 5 to 5.2 million Muslims) and that is scattered all throughout the archipelago
Uhm he said Western part of MINDANAO
You are wrong too, Muslim population in Philippines is mainly 7% or 8% of the Philippines with 6-7 million population not 5-5.2 million bcoz that record is since 2015.
@@arsalanalonto6056 Yeah. There's plenty of them just in Manila. Definitely higher reproduction rate than the surrounding populations. 4 kids on just 1 wife alone is no joke.
@@nunyabiznes33 Yeah man... It doesn't feel good to say but Muslims are very ignorant about the need to regulate reproduction rate.
@@aryan_bhat "Our women's wombs are our weapons"
You might want to include the West Philippine Sea (former South China Sea) where Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal lies. This area area is claimed by neighboring countries but mainly China. This place is both politically and economically essential to our country.
2:03 closely related languages* the Visayan islands have a lot of closely-related languages. Panay island alone has several, while some linguists are still studying if the Capiznon is a dialect or a separate language already
I would say it's a dialect. My aunt speaks Ilonggo and her husband was from Capiz and they can still understand each other.
The towns here in Antique have different dialects and accents from their neighboring towns. Like how? 😂
I live in Capiz and technically, Capiznon is just Ilonggo with a pinch of different terms but still very mutually intelligible likewise
I consider it as a dialect
@@leahiddlebarnes seems like England to me
Pretty spot-on pronunciations. Kudos to you. Many have failed in this aspect.
Coming from a Half-Filipino, I'd say this is very well researched, good job!
Though I do have to point out that Mindanao is still primarily Christian, and calling it Muslim is like calling the Rockies a Mormon region just because Utah is Mormon.
Also, it's a shame that fairly large cities like Cebu, Bacolod, and Iloilo are close to each other but so difficult to travel between.
He said western mindanao is primarily Muslim not the whole island
@@ausboy2281 but still, the Zamboanga peninsula has quite a lot of people and is 100% in western Mindanao but still mostly Christian. Only 1/5 of Mindanao's population is in the Muslim region
@@hamanakohamaneko7028 foreigners always mistake Mindanao island as a Muslim majority. Maybe because of the reputation of Moros there.
@@NoVisionGuy and also the number of Islamic insurgencies that happen around this region. Seriously I have met foreigners who mistaken Mindanao to have more Muslims than Christians and that they should be given independence. And my response was a big 'screw you' for their ignorance. I have Christian and Muslim friends from that region who don't want that to happen.
btw, "filipino" is a nationality, not an ethnicity. half-filipino is like saying half of a nationality
I remembered my childhood years of going back home to Laguna from a family trip to our old house and getting stuck in 8 hour traffic JUST to leave Metro Manila. We left pretty early to which the sun was yet to start setting, and we were not even that far from the edge of the NCR, yet still came home at around midnight. Good times.
Now all I have to deal with are potholes and Jaywalkers in getto-ass New Jersey.
Fantastic video about a country that doesn’t get the coverage it deserves. Thanks 🎉
Hello KhAnubis thank you for mentioning our country and it's problems I'm Bisaya/Visayan which lives in Cebu also thank you for mentioning my province, thank you for pronouncing some of our provinces right, let me get straight to the point then.
I have watched your videos for the past year not all of them but some of your recognizable videos out there, but I have not seen one that has been covering the Philippines (at least what I have found for now), and I am amazed at what effort you put to it especially nowadays and in this video, the Visayan islands is a pretty underrated province of the Philippines except for tourism, which you might know the best beach in the country or in fact the whole world which is Boracay, Iloilo, Philippines and parts of Palawan (which I consider is Visayan, it's so underrated exactly that even some Tagalogs or Filipino speakers I speak with in games don't even recognize Visayas by word. So I am so glad that you mentioned my province and my country in this video, it feels like we have the New Zealand effect in our own country nowadays.
So far, if you are a Korean tourist, Cebu is very well known
Thankyou for this video KhAnubis🙏
My wife is from Philly, cant wait to show her 🤍💛🇵🇭💙❤
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On your point there, no.
My geography teacher said that the phillipines is just indonesia except its vertical and pocket sized
Actually now I realized that the philippines are sometimes forgotten in map drawings
I think its because Other than Luzon and Mindanao Island the islands are too small
Its because it looks like an old man with a stick
The only islands that are usually drawn is luzon and palawan, like why not mindanao, thats way bigger than palawan...
Its so sad that its funny
omg true 😭😭
My mum bought a world map for my room and the Philippines wasn't even on there
As well as the other small countries
@@flordelphinta it's a profile of a dude squatting outside his house... probably drinking coffee early in the morning. just chillin'
tips if you're planning on traveling here, don't go knee deep into the city there's just alot of crap in some places specially some densely packed and poor parts of the city not all but some (people are still going to be very friendly and curious though specially if you're a foreigner), if i have to recommend somewhere to go, go near the country side trust me the greenery here is beautiful and compared to the densely packed city it's a nice change.
This is one of the better content when it comes to review/summary/analysis of the Philippines
It's interesting how much the Spanish and the Americans left their footprints here in the Philippines in terms of culture, and by extension, their language. This fact made me think: How would the languages here sound like if the American and Spanish influences were removed? How would Tagalog sound like in that scenario? How would Cebuano sound like in that scenario?
I was thinking of a similar concept to what some folks are doing in the Shetland and Orkney islands with the language of NyNorn where they attempt to revive the lost language of Norn: a variety of the old North Germanic Languages and is probably a descendant of Old Norse.
Cheers from the Philippines!
I found this video to be quite informative! Thanks!
Also, nice joke with the "New Zealand Effect"!
0:35 dannm you're the only Chanel so far who actually pronounced it perfectly 🎉
Am a filipino as will and happy that someone explained i country very will.MABUHAY PILIPINAS!🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
You did something great, you just pronounced the names of our places quite properly. WELL DONE! In research GOOD JOB!!
Amazing content that inspired me to create a similar video for my own TH-cam channel. Keep motivating other content creators like myself. Love the 🇵🇭
I had no idea Manila was so densely populated! That's crazy. Thank you for another interesting and informative video!
Stay well out there everybody, and God be with you, friends! :)
What would a good name be for a group of islands be, oh yeah, Philip!
Inaros?
Even worse, the person the country is named after, King Philip II of Spain, oversaw the enslavement of the natives on the archipelago and the decimation of about a third more or less of the native population, just so we know :)
A country named after a king who bankrupted his country Spain and never even set foot on atleast one of the islands.. That's why most people of phil wanted to change the name of the country
Most of us in the west never realise how freaking huge countries outside the west actually are.
Bruh technically the west has the biggest country or part of the biggest country
@@chingelauria7415 russia is mostly in the northeast. china is definitely in the east.
and more culturally/ethnically/linguistically diverse too than the West. It's very common to meet people who speak 3-4 languages, mixed-ethnicities, than those people in the West.
I too am also suprised to see that some western countries are small in comparison.
The mercator map was a bad choice for children.
@@flordelphinta might be better to have a globe i guess
Interesting. Some name pronunciations were off, but most of them fit into my "this is how I'd pronounce the names in an American accent" and the rest were at least way closer than how most people do it (with the only real issues usually being where you put the stress on the words, which honestly is forgivable compared to other butcherings).
Also, thankfully the facts are (as far as I know) up to date and accurate enough. The original 7,107 count for the islands has been so ingrained to students, that even tho the survey that updated the count to 7,641 was conducted in 2016, a lot of people here in the Philippines still don't know (or have a hard time remembering) the new count lol.
Made my day when I saw this. Being an archipelago is an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time (I mean ask Typhoon Rai or Odette as it is called here whacked us so hard that it's just been a week ago that we got electricity back). Hopefully we can make use of those advantages more to become a true power.
Also P.S. in that article where cities are ranked based on worst traffic, is Metro Cebu there? Everytime I go there, it's a slugfest to ride XD
Sana all may kuryente na!
Saamin wala pang kuryente
Of course you saw a lot of parallel between PH and ID, we are basically brothers that was 'adopted' by different parents.
But yeah, hi PH bros!
Hello hello
Bantayan Island is my favorite island of the Philippines
Man you again i saw you like 3 times bruh wtf???
kasi mahilig magbantay
Mine is Palawan.
I have a lot relatives there. This is nostalgic.
Glad you enjoyed the island.
Heh, same. I find it more peaceful and relaxing than Boracay.
Woaaah that 10 -16 seconds of frame was my town here in the Philippines. The name of my town is Anda located in Bohol, Philippines 🇵🇭
8:32 to add to that we have a saying here "filipino time" which whenever we are late it is often related to traffic
this is probably the most accurate video about the country's history and geography that an american youtuber ever made. i love this video amongst others lmao
there might be some missing pieces of information and/or fun facts, but, it's still the best explanation video about the country for me.
also, it's so nice to hear you pronounce every filipino/tagalog word correctly, you did such a great job trying to pronounce words from a language you're not 100% fluent.
Philippines is a really wonderful country🦋
I asked this one a long time ago and finally glad you made it. I love your videos!
Interesting how you left out events from World War 2 when covering the history of the Philippines. Two significant events. The Bataan death march where both American and Filipino soldiers were brutalised upon mass surrender. The battle of Manila, which is the Pacific War's equivalent of Stalingrad. The Japanese navy marines occupying the city refused to surrender, even though the army under General Yamashita had left the city. The Americans shelled the city to ruin to dislodge the stubborn defenders and avoid bloody urban combat.
Cringe. The video was about the archipelago, not the geopolitical aspect of the Philippines.
We are talking about the geography of the Philippines?
This is about geography, not the history, he did talk about the history in the first part but that was just for context
OMG, I'm a fan of you, this is like the first time you talk about my country.
You pronounced Baybayin so well I'm impressed
This is so well researched, kudos to you man!
Before the Spanish arrived in our country hundreds of years ago. You can imagine us as somewhat being like the islanders in Moana. Each island has its own tribe and the population was small.
Fascinating crash course in the history and geography of the Philippines. Even better, no adverts!
I love how you pronounce the islands properly
Due to us being an archipelago, a form of federalism is not an option but a very clear remedy if we don’t want secession movements to happen. Great vid man
Thank you for mentioning Sultanate of Maguindanao (Mindanao) and Sulu.💚💚
well done. in fact i’ve learned more about my own country in 10 minutes than my whole primary and secondary school back there. they tend to skip the Spanish occupation and go straight to Jose Rizal and Corazon Aquino (also maybe because i wasn’t paying attention in class oop)
7:35 I wish to travel the Philippines by the Rocinante. By the way, great Expanse namedrop. Love Philippines from India.
As i Filipino, I will say this video is very informative good job on making this!
Here in Latin America, we like to think of the Filipinos as our distant cousins
I mean Philippines and Latinos are historically and culturally linked.
We are not lol we maybe colonized but we are the same people of pre colonial time
No! Filipinas no longer speak spanish and hispanic routs culture isnt longer closer to latin/spanish
Nope
@@ronaldonaldmcqueen3233 Our literal language now consists mostly of borrowed Spanish loanwords. Reimplement the instruction of Spanish in our schools and we would be fluent in Spanish again in a few years.
Love Philippina from indonesia 🇲🇨😍🇵🇭
I'm a Filipino and I believe that this is one of the reason why the Philippines needs to be politically and legally reformed as a Federative Republic.
@@jakobinobles3263 that's why they are using Lefties as their wilful idiotic puppets to push their agenda on controlling the country.
Nahhh
agree
I truly truly TRULY APPRECIATE that you included the history before that magellan guy. Learning history subject in the Philippines always starts there as if the spaniards magically mold these islands with their hands leik dude?? As a kid, when i learned of my country's history on my own, it clears out so much questions i had of how things go this and that rather than what youre taught at school. So i really think the gov should work on how they want to teach the younger gens about their country's history because as it is today?? Theyd developed the thought that colonialism is a biyaya(blessing) rather than sumpa(curse). Jusko.
dude your pronunciations are spot on, kuddos
I,m Indian and I think that Filipino are very kind heart and loyal people 🇵🇭❤️🇮🇳
Similarities between Indonesia and The Philippines :
1. Member of ASEAN
2. Volcanic Country
3. Colonized by European
4. Narcissistic Citizens
Pancit Canton Country vs Mi Goreng Country
8. Have a habit of Jakarta-centric and Manila-centric on TV and News
9. Country name of foreign origin
I'd say indo and phil are more manageable than let's say.. Malaysians
@❤️ Glodelania Channel ❤️ agree but what is mei goreng?
Indon number one 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱
What our history and geography teaches us is, Palawan is considered part of the Region of Luzon. Here in the Philippines, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are regions here also. For example if you're from Tawi-tawi (A set of islands in Mindanao near Sabah), people from Luzon will immediately think you're from the Mindanao region.
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Marinduque, Romblon, Masbate, Poilion Island, Catanduanes, and Northern Palawan Islands: Maybe we're neither any of them.
Tagalog is pronounced as [t'GAAH-log], with emphasis on the middle (or second-to-the-last) syllable, as in most of the local words.
The Philippine National Anthem (Marcha National) "Lupang Hinirang" was originally written in Spanish, translated first into English, and now required by law to be sung only in the official Filipino Tagalog lyrics.
The Philippine Flag is unique in that the blue field is displayed uppermost (or on the left of the viewer when hung vertically) during times of peace but is displayed with the red field uppermost (or on the left of the viewer when hung vertically) in times of war. The flag thus acts as a unique war flag when displayed with the red field uppermost as during the Philippine-American War and World War II. When the flag is folded into a triangle, the blue field, the white triangle, and one gold star must be visible on the exterior.
The national bird is the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the world's largest eagle. The national animal is the carabao (water buffalo, Bus bubalus), the national fish is the milkfish (Chanos chanos), the national tree is the "narra," the national leaf is the "anahaw," the national flower is the "sampaguita," the national fruit is the Philippine carabao mango. The world's largest fish, the whale shark, regularly swims in waters off Oslob town (Cebu province) and Donsol town (Sorsogon), to entertain tourists. The world's smallest commercially economic fish species ("sinarapan") is found in Lake Buhi in the Bicol region. The Philippine mouse deer is the world's smallest hoofed animal. The Bohol tarsier is the world's smallest primate. "Homo luzonensis" is one of the newly discovered extinct species of humans.
The Ifugao rice terraces has been called the "8th Wonder of the World" while St. Paul's Underground River in Palawan Island has been awarded as one of the "7 Wonders of the Natural World." Palawan, El Nido, Coron, and Siargao have taken turns as being voted as the "world's best island." Luzon Island was recognized as the site of the discovery of 28 previously unknown mammalian species. Verde Island Passage south of Luzon is known as the "center of the Coral Triangle" (the center of the world's marine biodiversity). The Philippines has over 500 species of hard corals, 7 of the 8 known species of giant clams, several species of native endemic ferns, orchids, and other plants, and is on the flight paths of many species of migratory birds. The world's largest pearl and the most expensive and rarest seashell (the golden cowrie), the world's largest saltwater crocodile ("Lolong") held in captivity were all discovered in the Philippines. The only freshwater species of sardine ("tawilis") is found inside the waters of Taal Lake.
Mayon Volcano is recognized as the world's most perfect volcanic cone while one of Taal Volcano's eruption sites was once the "world's smallest active volcano." Before the 2021 Taal eruption, Vulcan Point, at that time was the world's only island inside a lake (Taal's crater lake) in an island (Volcano Island), inside the bigger Taal Lake in an island (Luzon). The world's third deepest point, Galatea Deep, is the deepest part of the Philippine (or Mindanao) Trench off the east coast of Mindanao.
My Friend once told me that there was a Filipino Word that translated to "Living in an Island where Geography Constantly Punches you in The Face and Most of the Government Spending goes to Repairing Infrastructure and Corruption"
He called it "Putanginangbuhayto"
🤣😂 your friend literally said "F*ck this life"
It means "fuck this like"
"Motherf***ing life".
Wow, you managed to say Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao correctly. Saludo sa'yo kaibigan! 👍
Spain did not colonize, Spain conquered. The Philippines were not a colony, the Philippines were part of the viceroyalty of new Spain.
That's a more apt term the Philippines was never a Colony it was just part of Spain people talked as if manila and Madrid were merely an hour's walk away
Well even Japan didn't colonized Korea in the early 20th century but they'd annexed it to become a Japanese province and France didn't colonized Algeria but rather they'd became a French province and Belgium didn't colonized Congo but they'd became a Belgian province. How's that for a world history that have full of revisionism? 😅
@@wazzup233 all the nations you mention have something in common and that is that none of them had laws that gave their inhabitants rights as Spain did.
lol that was not the sentiment shared by late 19th century filipino ilustrado writers and revolutionaries. the fact was, it was defacto a colony with little focus out of the oversight of Madrid. the concerns of Madrid mattered little two entire oceans away, subordinated twice, jumping from Madrid to Mexico City to Manila at the literal edge of the empire. the local friars and principalia nobility had real power, which they often abused regardless of Madrid or Mexico City's "rights". the ilustrado writers of the past even named a book, La frailocracia filipina
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle We were a colony of the US after Spain sold us
Interesting video. Was an LDS missionary in the Philippines way back in the day and it was nice to hear somebody actually pronounce most the stuff fairly correctly. After having lived there I've studied a lot about their history amd culture. The Philippines could honestly become a regional power and use their strategic positioning of maritime trade routes to their great advantage if they could all learn a little self discipline and get their crap together. Great to see this extremely overlooked country get a little attention.
This is an unruly country with people having regionalist tendencies unfortunately.
The old Marcos regime has this planned for the republic. The west knows this and they clearly dont want the Philippines to stand on its own otherwise they will lose a foothold in Asia thus they paint the old guy red. This should answer the question why the current admin under duterte leaned towards China.
@@cjconge9076 bruh, the Americans supported the Marcoses. All the dictatorships in Southeast Asia at the time were supported by the Americans. That's why they rescued the Marcoses from Malacañan during the EDSA revolt and hid them in Hawaii. Otherwise they would have ended like the Ceausescus. 🤦♂️
@@nunyabiznes33 that is what the US wanted the world to believe. Showing the world his left hand while manipulating the rest using his right hand.
@@cjconge9076 LOL the irony that the Marcoses were allowed to stay in power to fight communism and now they're allied with a family that is openly pro-China. I've never forgiven America for all those wasted years.
2:17 Nope, I live in Western Mindanao, most people are Christian here (mostly because of Visayan immigration.) Only some selected areas of the Philippines has Islam as its majority religion, they are collectively known as the "Bangsamoro" (Muslim Land or Muslim Nation.)
This is more entertaining than our history teacher, its the same topic but better
How does the Philippines manage its 7,641 islands?
It’s simple, it doesn’t
Originally went to the comment section to say this, but I'm glad you did.
Thanks Justinian, very cool.
Very correct. Tama.
This is so sad can we restore the Eastern Roman Empire?
Meanwhile VP LenLen said that the number of islands in our country is 1,707. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My mom’s from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Federalism is the key!!! 💖
#LabanPH
I've been waiting for this for the longest timeeeee
Philippines is in South East Asia, and Filipinos are South East Asians.
The furthest eastern extent of the Asian continent is Japan which is way further east than the Philippines.
And the Southernmost extent of the Asian continent is Malaysia & Indonesia which is further south than Mindanao of the Philippines.
Native born Filipinos have NEVER identified ourselves as "Pacific Islanders". We are Southeast Asians.
Hawaii, Samoa, and all those island nations deep in the Pacific Ocean are the Pacific Islanders.
3:15 Baybayin isn't the only indigenous Filipino script. Tagbanwa, Kulitan, Hanuno'o, and Buhid are some non-tagaloh indigenous writing systems in the archipelago. It's important to not conflate Filipino with Tagalog. We need to take pride in our local communities, not try to assimilate into Tagalog hegemony.
Basically, Kulitan is a Kapampangan version of Baybayin.
Don't forget Kurditan/Kuritan, Badlit and Basahan, the three of them are variations of Baybayin and the difference is that, the language in each 3 writing system is different.
Finally, a video about my country. Thanks!
1:51 hey visayas, michael here