Comments on Cat's Walks: Philippine prehispanic writings

To anonymous.If you think that the ancient philipi...

2008-04-02T01:48:00.000+02:00

To anonymous.

If you think that the ancient philipinos are savage than that obviously indicates that you know nothing of the history of the prehispanic history of the philipines, but for whatever reason without any proof, you assume they're savages. Before the spanish came, the ancient philipinos already had many attributes of a civilisation. They already had a written language, they had a highly advanced system of government and they had laws, they knew how to make metal weaponry and gold jewelry, they traded with many other civilisations of southeast asia, even china. They made prosperous city states, (Maynilad, Cebu etc.) they clothed themselves very well.
And also they had advanced social organsiation. Also they were excellent seafarers that would even compare with the ancient Phoenecians. To bad they didn't build any lasting structures to prove their existence.

Obviously the fact that my ancestors knew how to r...

2008-03-10T13:16:00.000+01:00

Obviously the fact that my ancestors knew how to read and write proves that they are not savages. I think anyway, the savage in our story are the people who came and killed our culture.

Prove that they're not savages.

2008-03-10T12:05:00.000+01:00

Prove that they're not savages.

Hi laibeus lord,I cannot agree with you more. Now...

2008-03-10T09:13:00.000+01:00

Hi laibeus lord,
I cannot agree with you more. Now, all we have is a version of our history written by westerners glorifying the west with the sole purpose of inflating their egos. It's about time that we find out who we really were.
Cheers!
Cathy

Yes, I agree, our government needs to start archae...

2008-03-10T05:08:00.000+01:00

Yes, I agree, our government needs to start archaeological projects, I'm sure there are many Filipinos who will benefit from these projects (talk about new jobs at home).

Sometimes we need to know the past so we can reach our future. The past will give us an understanding of who we really are, where we came from, and understand our identity and way of thinking. Then and only then we can face the future, as we say it in Filipino, "taas noo kahit kanino".

^_^

Hi!Thanks for the typo correction. The wrong spel...

2008-03-09T22:09:00.000+01:00

Hi!
Thanks for the typo correction. The wrong spelling is from me. =)
I don't know if they still teach these things today but for sure during my husband's younger years. I think our government should spend more money learning about the past because obviously there are so many things we don't know.
Cheers!
Cathy

That's great news! More window into the past!I ca...

2008-03-09T16:44:00.000+01:00

That's great news! More window into the past!

I can't believe they still teach the same thing today. Making themselves the "saviours" who taught us how to be "civilized", "read", "write", etc.

Here in the Philippines we are being taught that the Filipinos and Chinese were trade partners already even before the first Western colonial ships landed on our shores.

But oh well, Europeans also claim they invented this and that when the Chinese already invented those centuries before the Europeans :p

Btw, I think you made a typo "salvages" instead of "savages", unless that's how bad Europeans looked at our ancestors.