Unity in Arms in the 16th-Century Philippines
THE PRECOLONIAL FILIPINOS It is a popular belief that the ancestors of the modern-day Filipinos had a poor sense of unity across the archipelago. And this becomes a convenient excuse […]
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Unity in Arms in the 16th-Century Philippines
THE PRECOLONIAL FILIPINOS It is a popular belief that the ancestors of the modern-day Filipinos had a poor sense of unity across the archipelago. And this becomes a convenient excuse […]
The Preconquest Filipino Tattoos
TATTOO PRACTITIONERS IN THE VISAYAS Patik is the most familiar preconquest Filipino word for “tattoo”. It is a Visayan term that means “to strike, mark, or print”. And it was […]
The Preconquest Filipino Tattoos
TATTOO PRACTITIONERS IN THE VISAYAS Patik is the most familiar preconquest Filipino word for “tattoo”. It is a Visayan term that means “to strike, mark, or print”. And it was […]
The Mystical Babaylan
THE PRECOLONIAL BABAYLANS If other countries have druids, shamans, wizards, or sorcerers, the Philippines has the babaylans. And the precolonial babaylans played important roles in the olden times, for they […]
The Mystical Babaylan
THE PRECOLONIAL BABAYLANS If other countries have druids, shamans, wizards, or sorcerers, the Philippines has the babaylans. And the precolonial babaylans played important roles in the olden times, for they […]
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