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  2. Culture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.

  3. History of the Philippines (1565–1898) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.

  4. Spanish influence on Filipino culture - Wikipedia

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    Despite years of colonial rule, the Philippines retained its culture and various languages. The most common languages spoken in the Philippines today are English and Filipino , the national language that is a standardised form of Tagalog.

  5. Cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The cultural achievements of pre-colonial Philippines include those covered by the prehistory and the early history (900–1521) of the Philippine archipelago's inhabitants, the pre-colonial forebears of today's Filipino people. Among the cultural achievements of the native people's belief systems, and culture in general, that are notable in ...

  6. History of the Philippines (900–1565) - Wikipedia

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    Polities founded in the Philippines from the 10th–16th centuries include Maynila, [16] Tondo, Namayan, Pangasinan, Caboloan, Cebu, Butuan, Maguindanao, Buayan, Lanao, Sulu, and Ma-i. [17] Among the nobility were leaders called datus , responsible for ruling autonomous groups called barangay or dulohan . [ 6 ]

  7. Education in the Philippines during Spanish rule - Wikipedia

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    During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1521–1898), the different cultures of the archipelago experienced a gradual unification from a variety of native Asian and Islamic customs and traditions, including animist religious practices, to what is known today as Filipino culture, a unique hybrid of Southeast Asian and Western ...

  8. Indigenous peoples of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The indigenous peoples of the Philippines are ethnolinguistic groups or subgroups that maintain partial isolation or independence throughout the colonial era, and have retained much of their traditional pre-colonial culture and practices. [1] The Philippines has 110 enthnolinguistic groups comprising the Philippines' indigenous peoples; as of ...

  9. History of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    By 2000 BCE the archipelago was the crux of a trans-oceanic Philippine jade culture. [9] Scholars generally believe that these ethnic and social groups eventually developed into various settlements or polities with varying degrees of economic specialization, social stratification, and political organization. [10]