Philippine Culture
Philippine CultureSEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINE CULTURE
The “Pearl of the Orient Seas”, more famously known as the Island Philippines, has its share of rich and colorful history and cultural background, which dates back to as early as 100 million years. During this time, it was mainly the Philippine land and habitat that evolved and there were no human inhabitants on the land. Nevertheless, it was during these years that the Philippines started to develop its resources and become what would soon be a region of abundant natural resources and fertile lands. In the next years, this land would host its very first dwellers and witness the birth and development of the Philippine culture. Over the years, man and his environment will continue to interact and produce new discoveries and breakthroughs not only in technology but also in the different aspects of human life. Here we would see how early Filipinos managed to survive during their time and contribute in the formation of what we now own for ourselves: the Filipino culture.
The Paleolithic Culture (250,000 B.C.- 10,000 B.C.) was the period in which the first existence of human culture was seen. The first tools ever produced by the first Filipinos were usually made of stones and woods and were improvised from their environment. These tools were used for food gathering and defense against wild animals. These early tools produced even before technology was introduced in our country greatly show the resourcefulness and creativity of the early Filipinos. They were able to survive mainly from their surroundings. Since people during this time were relatively small in numbers, there was not really a problem in terms of food supply and space to dwell (all from the environment). In this case, the need for social organization or leaders in the group was not seen necessary for everybody had an ample share of everything. It was also because of being in a small group (around 30 people) that the people valued so much the unity and solidarity of their group. Each one of them has the same duties: to survive and defend their land. This oneness of the early Filipinos still exists today in our families and our patriotism to our motherland.
Increase in the population of the Philippines brought about a new period in its cultural development. Because of the need for a more advanced technology for a bigger production of food, the Neolithic Culture (10,000 B.C.- 500 B.C.) became a period of new technologies, techniques, organization, and values for the pre-Colonial Philippines and its inhabitants. Social organization also evolved into a more systematic structure. The males were tasked to hunt and cultivate the lands while the females were in charge of the household duties such as nursing the young as well as the old ones, preparing the food, and maintaining the home. Leaders, usually the elders in the group, also began to hold positions in the community as conflicts start to arise...
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