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I know it's sounds obvious but actually I have an expanded question about this. We always portray most of our national heroes in movies and televisions with neutral Tagalog accent but did the Manila accent already exist when the Spaniards arrived or even before that? Did Emilio Aguinaldo have a Cavite accent? Can we find any proof if we examine all of their documented writings or is it all just circumstantial evidence?

From: https://www.filipinogenealogy.com/2019/06/the-euskaldunak-all-in-family.html#google_vignette

Very interesting to learn how they're all related to each other, Game of Thrones-style.

The Zobel de Ayala's own one of the biggest corporations in the country, the Aboitizes are the "Ayalas of the South" it seems? Araneta's are influential in politics and of course own Araneta Center, Elizalde's are in business? The Roxas family, aren't they related to the Ortigas family too?

EDIT: Typo

I have a school homework that requires me to talk about pandesal and its history. I tried searching for sources online but all articles I saw did not cite references. Do you guys have any books/readings that can help me? Thank you!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is it safe to say that today's corrupt politicians are descendants of the colonial era's principalia/principales class? Weren't they the precolonial datus,lakans , noblesand their families who were given positions by the Spanish such as cabeza de barangays and gobernadorcillios? And as time progressed they became the rich business families now and the politicians?

Help a girl out everybody, I am going to write a historical paper about the topic above and really want to know what you guys think, It doesn’t matter if you guys think it’s true or not because that’s the point–I wanna read different perspectives about it and compare you know understand the context from different point of views. And if you guys could drop sum sources or like links for reference I would really appreciate it:)) because really some of the one’s I have read are either really mediocre or doesn’t really scratch the surface for me. Thanks in advance:))))

Hi, I am currently researching about pre colonial Tagalog Practices and ritual, but can't really find anything, and public library is too far from us, and I am not financially ok to travel from my home town to where the library is cause it's like... 2 or 3 towns away, more or less, nonetheless, I have tried researching but half was not Tagalog Practices.

It could really help if I got some help for how the pre colonial Tagalog people practice worship, could also help if it said for what was the practice for .?

I was researching some info for my Filipino project when I saw this text in the Wikipedia article on Huseng Sisiw:

>De la Cruz was one of the three poets whose names are prominent for the use of "Corrido", a type/style of poem, in the history of Literature. The other two are Francisco Balagtas, his student, and Ananias Zorilla

This confused me since I have never heard of a trio of poets prominent in the use of the Corrido style, and although I knew Balagtas, I have never heard of the name Ananias Zorilla. When I searched for his name, few results came up, but apparently he was known for the works: "Dama Ines" and "Prinsipe Florinio". I did a little more digging, and I think why these works were attributed to him is because of this article from the National Library.

I also found this old Blogspot page, which is the best amount of info I could find on Zorillia. It states:

>Walang maraming tala na naiwan tungkol kay Zorilla. May nagsasabing siya’y taga-Laguna; may nagsasabing siya’y taga-Tondo. Ang natitiyak ay mga akda niya ang Dama Ines at Prinsipe Florinio

The works "Dama Ines" and "Prinsipe Florinio" are also confusing because I did some research, and the full title of Dama Ines is:

>Ang kahabag-habag na buhay nang dama Ines sa kahariang Portugal, alila nang isang princesa sa bayang España mulang pagka bata

Which I found here. This work seems to have been published anonymously.

For Prinsipe Florinio, it is actually written by a person named N. Ponte in Hiligaynon, not Tagalog, titled:

>Cabuhi sang africanhon ng̃a si Principe Florinio ng̃a anac ni Hareng Olfredo cag ni Reina Emilia

Which I found here. The earliest mention I could find of Ananias Zorillia is in this 1960s periodical. His name is also mentioned in the book "History of the Filipino People" by Teodoro Agoncillo, but aside from that, I can't find anything else. Who is this poet?

I’m curious about how Spain actually controlled the Philippines during the colonial period. Since the Governor-General was the highest-ranking Spanish official here, I want to know who had the power to choose him and how much control the Spanish king had over the Philippines.

Do you have any weird experiences about sa pamahiin or naka encounter ka na ba na sobrang strict sila na sundin yung pamahiin?

I remember when I was a kid, need pa raw naming umikot sa kabaong ng lola namin at yung iba bubuhatin pa sa kabaong para raw magmano or hindi daw kami masundan ng kaluluwa ng lola namin. And when I was in Tarlac, my lola's brother died and I saw na may red na sinulid yung fingers tapos yung wife niya need magsuot ng black na tela sa noo (don't know why) and no'ng libing naman; naglagay sila ng makapal na kumot bago ito ilibing kasi sabi nila para hindi raw lamigin.

We are superstitious, no? Like, bubulungan yung patay tapos mag w wish sila na mapanaginipan nila yung number sa lotto para manalo, pero magsisi pa yan na hindi binaliktad tapos sisihin pa yung patay kasi hindi tumama sa panaginip nila kuno. Ultimong number ng kabaong sa ilalim tatayain pa nila yun.

But serious questions: why are we so superstitious in our culture? May mga pamahiin pa ba mula sa precolonial and colonial na tuluyan nang nawala o kaya bibihira na lang tong sundin? Ano yung mga superstitious na alam ninyo that does not have any connection to it?

Gaano katotoo na ang mga Korean soldiers nga ang malupit sa mga Pilipino?

Lagi ko kasi itong naririnig. Totoo nga ba ito or defensive lang ang iba?

Did people from (Southwest ) Masbate come from Panay Island like the Negrenses did or did they evolve independently from a common ancestor language?

Why is it not well known among ilonggos that there are Hiligaynon speakers in Masbate like how it's well known that there are ones in Negros and Mindanao?

I have been searching about this, I know us Filipinos have been trading with China pre colonial times so using soy sauce is something we may already have before the Spaniards came. But I keep seeing many vlogs showing 'Adobong Puti' as the original Adobo.

Can you recommend YouTube channels that discuss conspiracy theories, hidden truths, lesser-known events, and controversial stories in Philippine history?

I’m particularly interested in content that goes beyond the usual textbook version of history, especially stories about historical figures, political events, unexplained incidents, and claims that are often overlooked or rarely discussed.