Dekada ’70 is a film about the life of a Filipino family during the Martial Law.

It is very evident

that there is gender inequality in the movie. Amanda was portrayed as traditional martyr wife stuck

in a patriarchal society. Her views, concerns and emotions are not given much credence. She is

considered as mere support system to the family rather than an actual individual with dreams and

problems. As a wife and a mother, I do not know how she managed the situation given the fact that

she is being mistreated by his husband and sons just because she is a woman. I salute her for being

strong. I also felt the pain of Amanda. I can feel the sentiment of wanting to grow as an individual and

have self-fulfillment as a woman when she asked her husband that she wanted to look for a job. On

the other side, I understand how she sacrificed for her family just to keep them together. That’s a

love only a mother can give.

Amanda was torn between the problems in the country, her family, her sons and her husband. I

look up to her because she had enough courage to fight for something she believes in and in the latter

part of the movie, she has proven that she is not just a woman. She has proven that, like men, women

can also contribute something great to the society.

HAIKU

Life is wonderful

Appreciate all its beauty

Be grateful always

Blessed by great God

Adore, cherish each other

Je t'aime, Mon Amour

There are evidences that the Filipino Culture was indeed had been influenced by India. There
were many Sanskrit words that were mixed and used by the Filipinos.

One example of this is the word “Bathala” which is the term used by Filipinos to call their
God. This word came from the Sanskrit word “Bhattara Guru (the highest of all the Gods in
India).

The industry of cotton weaving, boat making, and mining are all knowledge we learnt from India.
India also brings to us some of the well-known fruit bearing and flowering plants and vegetables
such as mango, jackfruit, sponge gourd (patola), bittergourd (amplalaya), and more.

Even the cloths such as the sarong, putong, pantalong hapit, and burdadong balabal which were
used by many of our Muslim-Filipinos brother are all inherited from the Hindu. The use of
the veil and cord and the splashing of rice during a wedding are all of Hindu roots. It is only
here in the Philippines and other Catholic countries have this kind of customs.

The “Bahala Na” Attitude and the “Leaving of our fate to God” are behaviors that we inherited
from India. The giving of “dote” (dowry) by the groom’s family to the parents of the bride is a
custom that we probably inherited from the Hindu Culture.

Even some of our superstitions and believes came from India. An example of these is “when a
lady is singing while cooking in from of a stove will marry a widower ” or “a pregnant woman who
eats a twin banana will bear a twins” and “the occurrence of a comet in the sky means a war or
calamity is coming”.

The legend of Ifugao Balintuk who obtained water from the rock with his arrow is similar to
Arjuna’s adventure.

Greetings of visitors with garlands and flowers.

Giving dowry to the bride’s family

Began borrowing the imagery of Hindu avatars for their creatures.

Filipino dances like singkil

The concept of multi layered world- Heaven and Hell

Anting anting or agimat

They have ceremonies invoking the favour of spirits and gods to win battles.
Ceremonies dedicated to the knowledge and creation of poisons of whi ch they would dip their
weapons.

such as those of duty (dharma), action (karma), worship (bhakti), yoga, and non-violence (ahimsa)

They believe in the body and and eternal soul.

Royal families fighting over a kingdom, civil wars