• The Philippine is innately rich in culture.

However,
the nation has been suffering with the disease that is
an “absence of a strong and sovereign national
culture” since the 19th century, when Western invasion
was at its peak. For the most, the country has been
trapped between local tradition and modernization
since then.
• Philippine tribes have retained some
of the older traditions of oral
storytelling, and art forms such as
rattan weaving, woodcarving and
textile weaving. Filipino music has
been synthesized the best of its
Spanish and American past although
unique folk dances such as tinikling
and singkil continue to be popular.
• “The situation of the Philippines is not too different
from the other countries in South-East Asia. It is
confronted by many socio-cultural challenges, such as
rapid population growth, poverty ethnics and religious
conflict, and other social problems.”
1. FILIPINO DIASPORA

“ Many Filipinos become ashamed of being Filipinos

and tend to think the culture of foreigners is more
superior on their own”.
2. CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

• Various ethnicities, languages and dialects have

emerged in different parts of the country. Linguistic
difference is the primary criterion for ethnic identity.
3. PRODUCT OF HISTORY

• The distinct between the “ethnic majority” and the

“ethnic minority” is a product of the Philippines’
colonial past.
4. OVER POPULATION & POVERTY

• Traced back to the elite-dominated power structure

compounded by the lack of economic planning ang
political foresight.
• Spaniards and Americans greatly influenced the current characters of
our Country’s Cultural System

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• Because of media, so many Western ideas have infiltrated the
Filipino culture.
• Technology has made interaction with other countries easier
; and hence, the mix of their culture with ours.