FILIPINO

CULTURAL
UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE,
HERITAGE AND
THE FILIPINO
 CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Refers to cultural aspects like
heritage sites, monuments, churches,
folklore, traditional activities and
practices, language and others that
are considered vital to preserved for
the future generations.
 CULTURAL HERITAGE
- It provides identity to a group of people,
gives them an automatic sense of unity
and belonging within a group, and allows
them to better understand previous
generations as well as the history of a
people’s origin.
 CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Is often expressed as intangible, those
that cannot be touched or seen,
(traditional music, folklore, language etc.)
and tangible, those significant places that
advocate the country’s history and culture
(monuments, mosques, shrines, bridges,
churches, houses, etc.).
 TWO TYPES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Built heritage which is the most visible forms of
heritage such as townscapes, archaeological
remains
- They are the buildings, artifacts and visible forms of
heritage that are the historic, aesthetic,
architectural, and cultural significance which include
natural features within such areas of environmental
significance or scenic beauty such as sacred groves,
hills, water bodies, wooden areas, etc.
 TWO TYPES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Natural heritage which includes all
components of our surroundings
not created by man but with
cultural, aesthetic, spiritual, biotic,
or ecological value which can be of
direct usable value.
 CULTURE
- Comprises the whole complex
of distinctive spiritual, material,
intellectual, and emotional
features that characterize a
society or social group
 CULTURE
- It includes not only the arts and
letters, but also mode of life,
the fundamental rights of the
human being, value systems,
traditions and beliefs(UNESCO:1982)
3 COMPONENTS OF CULTURE
- What people think
- What they do
- What material objects
they produce
A Filipino is different from other
races because he inherited a
number of values. These values
formed his Filipino heritage as a
person giving rise to the kind of
orientations he has
 A Filipino
- Kabuuan-oriented
- Companion-oriented
- Region-oriented
- Utnag-na-loob-oriented
- Kapayapaan-oriented
- Bayani-oriented
- Remedyo-oriented
- And beauty-oriented
Looking back: Philippine
Society and Culture from
the Pre-Colonial to the
Colonial Period
 Pre-Hispanic Time
- Rich culture made dynamic
and richer by the contacts
with the Indians, Chinese,
Japanese and Arabs
 Pre-Hispanic Time
- Divided into hundred different
tribes, speaking many languages,
ruled by petty kings or chieftains,
constantly warring with each other,
practicing the rites of animism, or
professing the faith of Islam
 Pre-Hispanic Time
Three classes of people:
- Maharlika
- Timawa
- Alipin
- Aliping Namamahay
- Aliping Saguiguilid
 Pre-Hispanic Time
- System of government was
barangay ruled by datu, raha, or
lakan
- Men of prowess
- Council of elders
- Women were treated equal as men
 Pre-Hispanic Time
- People then wore clothing but did
not wear anything on their feet
- Tattooes
- They were very clean in their
bodies
 Pre-Hispanic Time
Drinking was part of their customs:
- Tuba
- Lambanog
- Basi
- Tapuy
 Pre-Hispanic Time
Music:
- Kundiman, a song with sad melody
- Pamulinawen, courtship song for ilocanos
- Kumintang, love song for Tagalogs
- Baleleng, love song of the Samals of Tawi-
Tawi
- Bayok, traditional love song of the
Maranaos
 Pre-Hispanic Time
Musical instruments:
- Kudyapi
- Kulintang
- Gangsa
- Tultogan
- Kaleleng
- Silbay
 Pre-Hispanic Time
Written and unwritten literary pieces:
- Awit
- Bugtong
- Salawikain
- Tula
- Alamat
 Pre-Hispanic Time
Epics:
- Daragan, of the Maranaos narrating the
adventure of Bantugan
- Ilim at Hudhod, of the Ifugaos
- Indarapatra at Sulayman, of the native sof
Mindanao
 Pre-Hispanic Time
House:
- Nipa
- Bamboo
- Silong, where they kept their belongings
- Batalan, where they kept big water jars
- Hagdan