Philippine Society and Culture

  Regardless of its origin, one's culture is meant to be embraced and treasured. And knowing one’s culture is important as it represents and associates the people in a country.  Philippine culture, for example, is assimilation from different cultures introduced by its different colonizers. For centuries, the Filipinos adapted and embraced these cultures.  Filipinos preserve and observe these acquired cultures as they have been handed down from generation to generation.  Although, there are cultures and traditions that should not have been embraced and practiced by the Filipinos because of their perceived negative connotation reflective of some Filipinos traits.  Today, there are colonial cultures and influencers of the colonizers’ influences that are still evident in several aspects of the lives of the Filipinos.  Listed below are just some of the colonial influences and the colonizers:  The Spaniards  Among the three colonizers, the Spaniards were the ones who significantly shaped