First, I was so impressed and proud of the images Manila once had. Then browse through the comments. As expected just as anywhere the filipinos in youtube are, debate and insults ensues. Everybody's smart. Everybody's right. So damn right. Then Manila fell. Where are the smart-assess?
I am not saying that these things did not exist in pre-Hispanic Philippines. I am just pointing out that Spanish influence is on the core of Filipino nationality. You cannot deny it.
@@underratedgod6899 If that was disappearing, I think Catholicism, Noche Buena, Fiesta, and many more must disappear also. You can see Spanish influence in the Philippines everywhere, even your last name was in Spanish. We can't speak Spanish, but still the culture and tradition that they left is still there. And no doubt that this was a part of being a Filipino.
Very educational,kids today should watch this kind of documentaries of about what kind and and how did the cities and peoples in Philippines looks like from the past.
Impressive documentary. So clear. It's great to see how it was back then so that we won't forget (hopefully) the basic values of decency... which is slowly falling on the wayside in our world now. Thanks loads for the post :)
Could we be able to return that hour of greatness? We were one of the great countries that showcases richness in culture probably because of our norms, traditions and cultures that we got from Spanish. It is nice to see this.
politics aside this video has some interesting information on locations such as fort santiago, jones bridge, officio san jose, a prison and a cigar factory. That's pretty cool.
You have to judge the narrator according to the standards of his times (1930s), and not with our own present-day standards. That's how history is properly interpreted.
I belong to that era...the 1930s. Nakaka-nostalgic naman talaga. But how exciting it is to relive those days. In black and white...the whole thing is very colorful, nevertheless, ano po! Si Lino @ nasa Hawaii na ngayon...
Philippines itself can make your face thick enough to stand through criticisms, judging by the amount of criticisms we hear everyday whether directly or indirectly to the person being criticized.
i remembered visitng Hospicio de San Jose way back 1994, looks like nothing has changed so much of the establishment since the 30's. The corridor where young girls are shown sewing is the same corridor i've seen 54 years after 1930's.
How wonderful it is to have a glimpse in the past -- back in the days of yore, where life seems comfortable, where Filipinos are recognized as one of the finest races in the world. Isnt it nice to bring the distant past? If only....
Ik you won't read this anytime soon but yeah Tisays disappeared because it's either they are killed, exiled, or their riches have been taken away from them, and they went back to Europe to start a new life.
E di bumalik ka yun nga lang wala pang cellphone nun walang wi fi at internet walang youtube at walang Facebook saka walang deodorant. Ano babalk ka pa sa 1930's? tapos 6:00 PM pa lang ng hapon dapat tulog ka na. alas singko dinner nyo.
@@crazydem75 damn dude, this comment of mine was from a decade ago! 10 freaking years holy shit! was still in my early 20s when i jotted this comment. now in my early 30s. thanks for bringing me back 😘😉
Maganda alalahanin ang nakaraan pero naniniwala pa rin ako na mas maganda pa rin ang kasalukuyan kaysa sa nakaraang Maynila. Maraming nawalang maganda pero maraming ring bagong maganda na dumating at pumalit sa mga nawala. Laging me bayad ang kaunlaran at pagbabago sa pagdaraan ng panahon. Hongapala, Medyo unggok ang narrator.
I can totally imagine the _mestiza_'s voice @2:25 saying "Ayun 'oh." Plus, the date this was shot was between 1930 to 1932. @1:43 To the left is the Agustinian compound (San Agustin Church and convent-monastery) Top center is one of two above-street bridges of Intramuros (the other is above Calle Anda); connecting towards the original Ateneo de Manila, which burned down in 13 August 1932 and relocated at Padre Faura St., near the original UP Unseen center is the Puerta de Santa Lucia To the right is Colegio de Santa Isabel, which was also gutted in the 1932 fire.
@@yooringonghan I am not demeaning you i'm just curious if you're alive that time so you can tell some stuffs you know if you we're born in that year, and thanks for the reply
@2:26 I noticed it as well. That pouted lip gesture has been a question for quite a long time. Why are we using such gesture whenever we point something. It is somehow trivial but it runs deep in our culture. Seeing that 1930's woman doing that gesture is fascinating. Now we have a hint that it already existed long before we took notice of it. I wonder if that gesture dates back even further? Even before pre-colonial era.
i like the two girls in this video its so beautiful love it. if there is a chance to go back to this year. ill go back to past and live with that kind of environment. hehehe
"Manila's most beautiful women generally are those with Spanish blood in their veins." Lol! How politically incorrect is that! But I am sure those of us who are still chained to a colonial mentality would agree with this voice-over. But thanks for this, what an amazing historical find you have here.
mayaman ang Pilipinas, mga politiko lang talaga nagpahirap sa bansa. Pero di pa huli a ng lahat, mayaman pa rin ang Pilipinas at makakabawe din ang mga pinoy, may darating din na magaling na pinuno na walang kinakapitan ng traditional na partido.
@ihpots: 2 thumbs up! I so totally agree with you! Filipino race is unique on its own! Sadly, not many of us could appreciate our race! I share my dream with all the Filipinos that one day, we will rise from the ashes and that time will come if we only think that we are Filipinos ourselves!
This is amazing! What a find. Sad though that many of these institutions and even people would be wiped out during the war. Buryongburaot - the narrator was referring to the cigars when he mentioned Lady Nicotina. Stop trying to find negaive meaning in this. It's a simple newsreel documentary.
and i like also the fashion may nag sbi na sosyal dw nun nka filipiniana pero hndi sosyal un normal lng na kasootan ung nung araw pareho din tyo ng spain and america na halos lhat ng mkita mo nka formal kahit sa kalsada. i like the two girls in this video
@bayyagg thailand or siam was never under the british rule. france and uk agreed to spare thailand because it was in between their colonial states (vietnam for france and one other country for uk, burma yata at malaysia, i forgot) so they agreed not to touch siam to avoid conflict.
@ihp0ts The "cancer" that Dr. Jose Rizal describes, which came from Spanish influence by the way is still very very much alive in the form of the ruling class. The Hacienderos who own lands as far as the eye can see, and the greedy politicians (many of whom are hacienderos). The landlords and people who toil in their lands are living in a system that existed in the middle ages. The only way to regain the soul is to remove the cancer which was stuck to us by the spaniards.
Just download "google earth" at makikita nyo ang Pinas from above.Ang Kamaynilaan ay sobrang congested, at mamasyal din kayo sa Amerika at iba pang prominent cities and compare kung gaano ka backward ang mga inprastruktura sa Kamaynilaan. Ang mga sikat na subdivision ,mga magagarang malls at commercial center ay maliit na porciento lamang ng buong kamaynilaan o buong Pilipinas & the rest are either urban decay or rural decay.Hindi magsisinungaling ang google earth.
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On Ibero-american colonies, mestizo was (and still means) half indigenous, half european (mostly spanish or portuguese on Brazil). I wonder, on Filipinas meant the same.
@ascano107 yep tama kayo jan ser..iba ang pinoy kasi talaga..dapat mapag-usapan ng mga filipino kung ano talaga tayo, define natin ang sarili natin NOW na. then we can move on step by step into realizing our full identity....start tayo sa pag-kilala at pag-accept ng heritage natin, gusto man natin itong heritage or not...and that includes the european blood unwantedly infused in our lineages...
It should be a "must" to preserve footage like this. I agree that Filipinos should learn to embrace the past. I hate to say this but I just don't want to hear people in this generation to see culture as something you only showcase during Buwan ng Wika or worst Araw ng Wika... I wish for the Filipinos to embrace this colorful culture. :)
4:34 comparing the water buffalo to one of its tropical brethren. In those days political correctness was unknown. Politically incorrect yet fascinating and educational film.
This is the real Filipino traits, honest, friendly and loving. The prisoners should be classified according to offense and teach them vocational courses to keep busy and skills. Construct new buildings and teachers.
Thanks to PDI's Michael Tan for diverting us to this priceless documentary today. This will surely take our forefathers, bleess em who are still alive, down to memory lane. Before the world renowned Papaya-dancing Cebu Bilibid inmates, meron na rin palang Natl Bilibid calesthenics non. :) Long live, Manila! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
@amihan99 -physical description of _piña_ - "not unlike mosquito barb [ _kulambo_ ]" -description of the _mestizo_ - "half-Filipino, half-something else"; technically though true enough since the term is generic in itself -physical description of the _kalabaw_ - "uglier than its tropical cousins" -"average peasant" -"Lady Nicotina" is quite offensive though, since it's not something a Filipino would name an offspring -Tondo as the "nipa shack (_bahay kubo_) quarter" - though not offensive, Tondo was and still is the residence of the masses; maybe symbolic of its pre-Spanish past as the capital of the Kingdom of Tondo
Meta Jack Vesalius since the Philippines was formerly a Catholic-majority Christian country, most of the pre-War population were _Catolicos cerrados_ ("strict Catholics", nowadays would be equated to the Traditionalist Catholics), and would in the aftermath of childbirth, immediately baptize the infant and name it according to which saint/celebration/feast it was on the birthing day in the pre-Vatican II religious calendar. Take Imelda Marcos for example. Her full name is "Maria Imelda Remedios Visitación Romuáldez y Trinidad". -after her birth, she was baptized in less than 24 hours or else it would be considered a hethen/pagan -of course, the Philippines has a great devotion for Mary, so somehow there'd be a smidge of "Maria" in females -I have no idea why her parents chose "Imelda" (Italian "warrior woman/universal battle/powerful fighter") -"Remedios" after her mother; pre-War, it was a common naming practice in Europe to have names from relatives, even from godparents -her birthday was on July 2, which is the feast of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth -the particle _y_ was commonly unique in pre-War Philippines, which followed Iberian style of naming (for males & unmarried women, "name/s" "father's surname" _y_ "mother's maiden surname"; for married women, it varies but commonly "name/s" "husband's surname" _y_ "father's/former surname"), but must have added it as to not confuse people of calling someone mistakenly by their mother's middle name
@@chiquimabanta6152 it's not horrible it's the truth: as back then and even so now, mixed race people (mestizo/mestiza) are much more physically beautiful only racist xenophobes would think that interracial coupling is a crime
hello donnyab. yes that's right, that's what i meant - the terms did not refer solely to people but still politically-incorrect. i'm sure the makers had only good intentions, but 80 years later, the script doesn't sound right.
I guess some peasant on a caribou really ticked this guy off. Otherwise, all things considered, this is a pretty balanced and interesting overview of 1930s Manila. The part about the foundlings was surprisingly direct and poignant.
si lei de los varios idiomas que existe en el pais como el gallego y el euskera que no tiene conecciones con los idiomas romances...se me parece muy interesante por eso quiero vivir en espana para conocer su cultura.
I will never deny that it's a part of Filipino history because it is but to say it's the most important is absolutely ridiculous because it's denying the rich diverse cultures that inhabited those islands for over a thousand years.
@ihp0ts oo nga naman. ang hula nila sa akin ay parating thai kung hindi naman ay intsik at may dalawang nagsabing español (hindi naman matangos ang ilong ko) sa 3 taon na pagtira ko dito ay dadalawa pa lamang ang nakahula nang tama na ako ay isang pilipino. (mayroon na din kasi silang mga nakilalang mga pilipino)
I don't understand. The Philippines, as far as I'm concerned, is a Latin Asian country. Trying to run away from that is useless. We must accept our Hispanicity and reorient ourselves with the Latins of America as we share our heritage most with them than any of our neighbours, save Guam and East Timor. Mixed blood is not important. Our culture is mixed and we must claim that and be proud of it, imo.
The only way for Filipinos to progress culturally is to embrace everything from the past. We are not just Asians. We have european blood running in our veins. the blood of the castillans. mixed with chinese, malays and pacific islanders. The Filipinos must establish his race as a NEW RACE. and accept it. embrace it. That is the only way to regain our soul.
everyone, the film is from the 30's. of course there are gonna be some "spins" on the context and some dated comments. besides, i think yall are preachin to the choir.
If i have superpowers i will change Philippines into this era. Nowadays our country is still struggling economically due to corruption and greed amongst people
... let me add that the politics of what is a normative standard for beauty has to do with Eurocentrism, the appropriation of a superior identity by the European colonizers that has far deeper roots than just the material. It was a an anthropological issue.
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Well... i live on Mexico, and I had Español asignature on elementary and junior high school, not Castellano. ;)
my lola is a tindera in pritil market while my lolo is a grave digger in la loma and north cemetery they used to live in lakandula tondo until ww2 came where my lolo joined the guerilla movement leaving his family in laguna... they reunited after the war and finally settled in bataan.
really?Well I'm from Puerto Rico and they always taught us that we we learning el epañol.Me imagino que en España se usa el castellano para clasificar el idioma.
guys hinde niyo ba napapansin na when foreigners visit our country,they call it The Philippine(observe,meyroong word na THE ...other example:The united states or the kingdom of Luxembourg)based on some history books it is a symbol of respect for once so called "PEARL OF THE ORIENT".tayo ang isa sa mga hinahangaaan nang mundo noon....2nd lang tayo sa japan in terms of economy,power and technological advancement.pero nayon ,binansagan tayo na "NATION OF SERVANTS"courtesy of chip stao, NAKAKAINIS!!
FYI: Manila was destroyed by American bombers it wasn't the Japanese, the only thing left standing in Manila was where POW Americans were held captive. Hence what stands today in old Manila. It was such a devastating destruction during the war that many were force to leave the city for those who were able too prior to bombing!
@ihp0ts I think you're forgetting the part when our forefathers fought for independence, so I'm just gonna say this- the only blood I claim is Filipino blood.
"Ngayon,may nakakasabay ako sa eroplano na naka shorts,tanktop at flip flop.Sabi ko sa kanila ay saan kayo pupunta? sa beach daw! sabi ko naman ay wala pa kayo sa beach nasa eroplano palang kayo. " -redsoil5 LOL! onga naman wala pa sila sa beach. hahaha!
First, I was so impressed and proud of the images Manila once had.
Then browse through the comments. As expected just as anywhere the filipinos in youtube are, debate and insults ensues. Everybody's smart. Everybody's right. So damn right.
Then Manila fell.
Where are the smart-assess?
I am not saying that these things did not exist in pre-Hispanic Philippines. I am just pointing out that Spanish influence is on the core of Filipino nationality. You cannot deny it.
Hahahha absolutely not. If you say this then you don’t know anything about the culture
@@pinquifrustri sure but that's not really the case anymore now that america conquered Philippines hispanic culture is disappearing
@@underratedgod6899 If that was disappearing, I think Catholicism, Noche Buena, Fiesta, and many more must disappear also. You can see Spanish influence in the Philippines everywhere, even your last name was in Spanish. We can't speak Spanish, but still the culture and tradition that they left is still there. And no doubt that this was a part of being a Filipino.
In my opinion, Philippines is an Americanized Hispano-Asian Nation.
@@rafenilgayunan8366 true people do call us the Hispanics of asia
Good video showing the past when the Philippines was known as The Pearl of the Orient. Someday again it will raise from the ashes to take its place.
This was shot in the 1930s? Very good quality!
I'm glad somebody was able to preserve this video of old Manila. Thanks Travelfilmarchive for uploading.
ang sakit isipin na lahat ng mga tanawin ng Reyna ng Pasipiko sa video na ito ay nasira lamang dahil sa giyera.. haay.. nakakaiyak..
:(
Very educational,kids today should watch this kind of documentaries of about what kind and and how did the cities and peoples in Philippines looks like from the past.
Impressive documentary. So clear. It's great to see how it was back then so that we won't forget (hopefully) the basic values of decency... which is slowly falling on the wayside in our world now. Thanks loads for the post :)
5:59- "this is lady nicitina, her best. A mild, plump, seductive creature. ..."
Go on a walking tour of Manila through Carlos Celdran - you will change the way how you view Manila.
Sadly, Carlos Celdran died last 2019
Could we be able to return that hour of greatness? We were one of the great countries that showcases richness in culture probably because of our norms, traditions and cultures that we got from Spanish. It is nice to see this.
Pre-colonial Philippines is better than colonial era and commonwealth era Philippines. Change my mind.
politics aside this video has some interesting information on locations such as fort santiago, jones bridge, officio san jose, a prison and a cigar factory. That's pretty cool.
You have to judge the narrator according to the standards of his times (1930s), and not with our own present-day standards. That's how history is properly interpreted.
I belong to that era...the 1930s. Nakaka-nostalgic naman talaga. But how exciting it is to relive those days. In black and white...the whole thing is very colorful, nevertheless, ano po! Si Lino @ nasa Hawaii na ngayon...
Philippines itself can make your face thick enough to stand through criticisms, judging by the amount of criticisms we hear everyday whether directly or indirectly to the person being criticized.
i remembered visitng Hospicio de San Jose way back 1994, looks like nothing has changed so much of the establishment since the 30's. The corridor where young girls are shown sewing is the same corridor i've seen 54 years after 1930's.
Mabuhay Ang Pilipinas!
Viva Filipinas!
Long Live Philippines!
They're mostly now in big Visayan and Mindanao cities (wherever the Visayans are found.)
I'd love to see more videos like this of The Philippines. Please upload more if you have them 🙏
How wonderful it is to have a glimpse in the past -- back in the days of yore, where life seems comfortable, where Filipinos are recognized as one of the finest races in the world. Isnt it nice to bring the distant past? If only....
It's good to see real Tisays walk the streets. We ask the question.I wonder where they are now (we know what happened to Manila in the last war)?
Ik you won't read this anytime soon but yeah Tisays disappeared because it's either they are killed, exiled, or their riches have been taken away from them, and they went back to Europe to start a new life.
hayz, sarap tlgang balik balikan ang nakaraan, kakaiyak! :)
E di bumalik ka yun nga lang wala pang cellphone nun walang wi fi at internet walang youtube at walang Facebook saka walang deodorant. Ano babalk ka pa sa 1930's? tapos 6:00 PM pa lang ng hapon dapat tulog ka na. alas singko dinner nyo.
@@crazydem75 damn dude, this comment of mine was from a decade ago! 10 freaking years holy shit! was still in my early 20s when i jotted this comment. now in my early 30s. thanks for bringing me back 😘😉
@@ninja.saywhat It's good to go back in time actually, kaya naman natin tiisin na huwag muna hawakan mga modern things.
Maganda alalahanin ang nakaraan pero naniniwala pa rin ako na mas maganda pa rin ang kasalukuyan kaysa sa nakaraang Maynila. Maraming nawalang maganda pero maraming ring bagong maganda na dumating at pumalit sa mga nawala. Laging me bayad ang kaunlaran at pagbabago sa pagdaraan ng panahon.
Hongapala, Medyo unggok ang narrator.
I can totally imagine the _mestiza_'s voice @2:25 saying "Ayun 'oh."
Plus, the date this was shot was between 1930 to 1932.
@1:43
To the left is the Agustinian compound (San Agustin Church and convent-monastery)
Top center is one of two above-street bridges of Intramuros (the other is above Calle Anda); connecting towards the original Ateneo de Manila, which burned down in 13 August 1932 and relocated at Padre Faura St., near the original UP
Unseen center is the Puerta de Santa Lucia
To the right is Colegio de Santa Isabel, which was also gutted in the 1932 fire.
How did you know it are you looking at articles online or are you alive at that time?
@@dumpaccnifrankoten *I read wide and do my self research* , which apparently you don't judging by how your comment demeans my knowledge
@@yooringonghan I am not demeaning you i'm just curious if you're alive that time so you can tell some stuffs you know if you we're born in that year, and thanks for the reply
@@dumpaccnifrankoten no crone boomer can become THAT technologically savvy
@2:26 I noticed it as well. That pouted lip gesture has been a question for quite a long time. Why are we using such gesture whenever we point something. It is somehow trivial but it runs deep in our culture. Seeing that 1930's woman doing that gesture is fascinating. Now we have a hint that it already existed long before we took notice of it. I wonder if that gesture dates back even further? Even before pre-colonial era.
i like the two girls in this video its so beautiful love it. if there is a chance to go back to this year. ill go back to past and live with that kind of environment. hehehe
"Manila's most beautiful women generally are those with Spanish blood in their veins."
Lol! How politically incorrect is that! But I am sure those of us who are still chained to a colonial mentality would agree with this voice-over.
But thanks for this, what an amazing historical find you have here.
I'm such a baby saying this but the Recording Engineer's name is Crapp. Seriously though, this video is far from it! I love you for posting this!
mayaman ang Pilipinas, mga politiko lang talaga nagpahirap sa bansa. Pero di pa huli a ng lahat, mayaman pa rin ang Pilipinas at makakabawe din ang mga pinoy, may darating din na magaling na pinuno na walang kinakapitan ng traditional na partido.
@ihpots: 2 thumbs up! I so totally agree with you! Filipino race is unique on its own!
Sadly, not many of us could appreciate our race! I share my dream with all the Filipinos that one day, we will rise from the ashes and that time will come if we only think that we are Filipinos ourselves!
so beautiful
Nakalulungkot na binura lahat ito ng Digmaan
This is amazing! What a find. Sad though that many of these institutions and even people would be wiped out during the war.
Buryongburaot - the narrator was referring to the cigars when he mentioned Lady Nicotina. Stop trying to find negaive meaning in this. It's a simple newsreel documentary.
4:50 May enforcer na pala kahit kalabaw kunti sasakyan palang noon. Hehe 😂
Talking man: half Filipino half something else
Sana may ganito pang film
and i like also the fashion may nag sbi na sosyal dw nun nka filipiniana pero hndi sosyal un normal lng na kasootan ung nung araw pareho din tyo ng spain and america na halos lhat ng mkita mo nka formal kahit sa kalsada. i like the two girls in this video
@bayyagg
thailand or siam was never under the british rule. france and uk agreed to spare thailand because it was in between their colonial states (vietnam for france and one other country for uk, burma yata at malaysia, i forgot) so they agreed not to touch siam to avoid conflict.
@ihp0ts The "cancer" that Dr. Jose Rizal describes, which came from Spanish influence by the way is still very very much alive in the form of the ruling class. The Hacienderos who own lands as far as the eye can see, and the greedy politicians (many of whom are hacienderos). The landlords and people who toil in their lands are living in a system that existed in the middle ages. The only way to regain the soul is to remove the cancer which was stuck to us by the spaniards.
It seems that the video is cut after the "lady nictina".. i wonder what happened..
I agree. It would be nice to have spanish back as one of our official languages
Just download "google earth" at makikita nyo ang Pinas from above.Ang Kamaynilaan ay sobrang congested, at mamasyal din kayo sa Amerika at iba pang prominent cities and compare kung gaano ka backward ang mga inprastruktura sa Kamaynilaan.
Ang mga sikat na subdivision ,mga magagarang malls at commercial center ay maliit na porciento lamang ng buong kamaynilaan o buong Pilipinas & the rest are either urban decay or rural decay.Hindi magsisinungaling ang google earth.
On Ibero-american colonies, mestizo was (and still means) half indigenous, half european (mostly spanish or portuguese on Brazil).
I wonder, on Filipinas meant the same.
6:05 the original dancing inmates.
2020
@ascano107 yep tama kayo jan ser..iba ang pinoy kasi talaga..dapat mapag-usapan ng mga filipino kung ano talaga tayo, define natin ang sarili natin NOW na. then we can move on step by step into realizing our full identity....start tayo sa pag-kilala at pag-accept ng heritage natin, gusto man natin itong heritage or not...and that includes the european blood unwantedly infused in our lineages...
@aVenGerzzzZZZ damn sir, you said it well. and for a moment it seem like you were referring to the FIRST PEOPLE POWER of 1986....
It should be a "must" to preserve footage like this. I agree that Filipinos should learn to embrace the past. I hate to say this but I just don't want to hear people in this generation to see culture as something you only showcase during Buwan ng Wika or worst Araw ng Wika... I wish for the Filipinos to embrace this colorful culture. :)
4:34 comparing the water buffalo to one of its tropical brethren. In those days political correctness was unknown. Politically incorrect yet fascinating and educational film.
sa 2:22 nakakabighani ang kagandahan ng dalagitang eto
If only i could go back
This is the real Filipino traits, honest, friendly and loving. The prisoners should be classified according to offense and teach them vocational courses to keep busy and skills. Construct new buildings and teachers.
What a good quality 👏
Thanks to PDI's Michael Tan for diverting us to this priceless documentary today.
This will surely take our forefathers, bleess em who are still alive, down to memory lane.
Before the world renowned Papaya-dancing Cebu Bilibid inmates, meron na rin palang Natl Bilibid calesthenics non. :)
Long live, Manila! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Ang ganda pa ng pilipinas dati, maganda ang tanawin, malamig ang hangin sa maynila at walang buwaya sa kongreso eh ngayon? makakakita ka pa na nun?
Today that narrator in this video would be narrating in a different manner. Some words used would be offensive today.
interesting video. what are the offensive words did you notice?
@amihan99
-physical description of _piña_ - "not unlike mosquito barb [ _kulambo_ ]"
-description of the _mestizo_ - "half-Filipino, half-something else"; technically though true enough since the term is generic in itself
-physical description of the _kalabaw_ - "uglier than its tropical cousins"
-"average peasant"
-"Lady Nicotina" is quite offensive though, since it's not something a Filipino would name an offspring
-Tondo as the "nipa shack (_bahay kubo_) quarter" - though not offensive, Tondo was and still is the residence of the masses; maybe symbolic of its pre-Spanish past as the capital of the Kingdom of Tondo
Meta Jack Vesalius since the Philippines was formerly a Catholic-majority Christian country, most of the pre-War population were _Catolicos cerrados_ ("strict Catholics", nowadays would be equated to the Traditionalist Catholics), and would in the aftermath of childbirth, immediately baptize the infant and name it according to which saint/celebration/feast it was on the birthing day in the pre-Vatican II religious calendar.
Take Imelda Marcos for example.
Her full name is "Maria Imelda Remedios Visitación Romuáldez y Trinidad".
-after her birth, she was baptized in less than 24 hours or else it would be considered a hethen/pagan
-of course, the Philippines has a great devotion for Mary, so somehow there'd be a smidge of "Maria" in females
-I have no idea why her parents chose "Imelda" (Italian "warrior woman/universal battle/powerful fighter")
-"Remedios" after her mother; pre-War, it was a common naming practice in Europe to have names from relatives, even from godparents
-her birthday was on July 2, which is the feast of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
-the particle _y_ was commonly unique in pre-War Philippines, which followed Iberian style of naming (for males & unmarried women, "name/s" "father's surname" _y_ "mother's maiden surname"; for married women, it varies but commonly "name/s" "husband's surname" _y_ "father's/former surname"), but must have added it as to not confuse people of calling someone mistakenly by their mother's middle name
@@yooringonghan also him saying mestizas are prettier than local girls. Horrible thing to say
@@chiquimabanta6152 it's not horrible it's the truth: as back then and even so now, mixed race people (mestizo/mestiza) are much more physically beautiful
only racist xenophobes would think that interracial coupling is a crime
Old Bilibid was the largest penal institution in the world? Wow!
hello donnyab.
yes that's right, that's what i meant - the terms did not refer solely to people but still politically-incorrect.
i'm sure the makers had only good intentions, but 80 years later, the script doesn't sound right.
*3:59** “half something else”*
Probably Italian.
I guess some peasant on a caribou really ticked this guy off. Otherwise, all things considered, this is a pretty balanced and interesting overview of 1930s Manila. The part about the foundlings was surprisingly direct and poignant.
Welcome 2222 from 2020.
my grandmother's store was shown...
Idk if you'll see this but what timestamp it is?
yhup..
peaceful and simple life..
in this era T_T
but in our time no peace and simple life..
We used to be such an awesome country.
I wonder what happened > . >
Nangyari ang Digmaan
2:52 Masonic building?
I didn't know Masonry wasn't secretive during the time this video was produced.
haha naisip ko rin
Wala na ang mga Kastila noong panahong ito.
my my grandmother was 24 or 25 yrs old at that time
si lei de los varios idiomas que existe en el pais como el gallego y el euskera que no tiene conecciones con los idiomas romances...se me parece muy interesante por eso quiero vivir en espana para conocer su cultura.
Yes I saw that too I wonder if we did make better cigars back then or equal too the cubans?
mkhang siningit lng ung iba sa vid. 2:25 sabi ng girl na mahaba baba "ayun o" sabay nguso.hahaha!
0:30 look for the hidden crapp
nag ganda talaga ng manila of old
wow i didn't know that...that's pretty cool.
I will never deny that it's a part of Filipino history because it is but to say it's the most important is absolutely ridiculous because it's denying the rich diverse cultures that inhabited those islands for over a thousand years.
@ihp0ts oo nga naman. ang hula nila sa akin ay parating thai kung hindi naman ay intsik at may dalawang nagsabing español (hindi naman matangos ang ilong ko) sa 3 taon na pagtira ko dito ay dadalawa pa lamang ang nakahula nang tama na ako ay isang pilipino. (mayroon na din kasi silang mga nakilalang mga pilipino)
I don't understand. The Philippines, as far as I'm concerned, is a Latin Asian country. Trying to run away from that is useless. We must accept our Hispanicity and reorient ourselves with the Latins of America as we share our heritage most with them than any of our neighbours, save Guam and East Timor. Mixed blood is not important. Our culture is mixed and we must claim that and be proud of it, imo.
The only way for Filipinos to progress culturally is to embrace everything from the past.
We are not just Asians. We have european blood running in our veins. the blood of the castillans. mixed with chinese, malays and pacific islanders.
The Filipinos must establish his race as a NEW RACE. and accept it. embrace it.
That is the only way to regain our soul.
anong bansa ba to?
@Archangelicque lol....10,20, 30 years ago....that's 2000, 1990 and 1980.....i'll stick to my previous statement.
My favorite country
everyone, the film is from the 30's. of course there are gonna be some "spins" on the context and some dated comments.
besides, i think yall are preachin to the choir.
If i have superpowers i will change Philippines into this era. Nowadays our country is still struggling economically due to corruption and greed amongst people
... let me add that the politics of what is a normative standard for beauty has to do with Eurocentrism, the appropriation of a superior identity by the European colonizers that has far deeper roots than just the material. It was a an anthropological issue.
Well... i live on Mexico, and I had Español asignature on elementary and junior high school, not Castellano. ;)
where did you get this 3% just curious?
my lola is a tindera in pritil market while my lolo is a grave digger in la loma and north cemetery they used to live in lakandula tondo until ww2 came where my lolo joined the guerilla movement leaving his family in laguna... they reunited after the war and finally settled in bataan.
as a foreigner,I can only say " what a nice country during 1930s"compair with other south east asia countries.
Philippines' golden age.
"Peace Time."
sana ibalik ang nakaraan mas ok pa yata
Manila then was a beautiful and sophiscated city. Now it's hell.
6:44 Early Filipino prisoner dancers.
really?Well I'm from Puerto Rico and they always taught us that we we learning el epañol.Me imagino que en España se usa el castellano para clasificar el idioma.
Do any parts of the Philippines still speak Spanish?
Es una minoría, pero el número de estudiantes del idioma se crece. El chabacano, una creole de castellano /español, es hablando en Zamboanga.
they still speak a creole version of spanish called chavacano
2:21 this girl is so freaking beautiful!!
creep
@@loop00p95 whats wrong with complimenting?
@@elisetaylor532 then ur not a creep
guys hinde niyo ba napapansin na when foreigners visit our country,they call it The Philippine(observe,meyroong word na THE ...other example:The united states or the kingdom of Luxembourg)based on some history books it is a symbol of respect for once so called "PEARL OF THE ORIENT".tayo ang isa sa mga hinahangaaan nang mundo noon....2nd lang tayo sa japan in terms of economy,power and technological advancement.pero nayon ,binansagan tayo na "NATION OF SERVANTS"courtesy of chip stao, NAKAKAINIS!!
@palidamors: oo nga..and i think sinabi nya "aun oh"hehehe nicely preserved...
FYI: Manila was destroyed by American bombers it wasn't the Japanese, the only thing left standing in Manila was where POW Americans were held captive. Hence what stands today in old Manila. It was such a devastating destruction during the war that many were force to leave the city for those who were able too prior to bombing!
@ihp0ts I think you're forgetting the part when our forefathers fought for independence, so I'm just gonna say this- the only blood I claim is Filipino blood.
So Filipino prisoner dance shows are a long-standing tradition.
@themongii1 natawa din ako doon sa sinabi niyang *half something else*
Probably Italian
wow
"Ngayon,may nakakasabay ako sa eroplano na naka shorts,tanktop at flip flop.Sabi ko sa kanila ay saan kayo pupunta? sa beach daw! sabi ko naman ay wala pa kayo sa beach nasa eroplano palang kayo. " -redsoil5
LOL! onga naman wala pa sila sa beach. hahaha!
its sad that all that was destroyed