“SPANISH INFLUENCE ON FILIPINO CULTURE” 1521 The spanish arrived and began to colonizing the philippines. philippines. Spanish settlement in the Philippines frst took place in the 16th century, during the Spanish colonial period o the islands. The conuistador Miguel López de Legazpi ounded the frst Spanish settlement in !ebu in 155, and later established "anila as the capital o the Spanish #ast $ndies in $ndies in 15!1. The Philippine $slands is named ater "i#g %iceroyalty o &e' P$ilip II %& II %& Spai#, and it became a territory o the %iceroyalty Spain 'hich Spain 'hich 'as governed rom "e(ico !ity until !ity until the 1)th century, 'hen "e(ico obtained independence. *rom 1'21, the Philippine $slands 'ere ruled directly rom "adrid, Spain. MI(UEL LOPE) *E LE(A)PI
+ as the frst -obernor -eneral in the philippines. $n year 155 until his death. 15!1 + he stablished the manila, 'hich became the capital o the ne' spanish colony and spains ma/or trading port in east asia0east indies. Augu+, 2-. 15!2 2 "iguel 3opez de 3egazpi 'as died in manila Philippines. LAN(UA(E
Philippine Spanish 0Spanish4 Spanish 0Spanish4 #spa5ol flipino, !astellano flipino is a variant o standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines. $t is a Spanish dialect o dialect o the Spanish language. language. The variant is very similar to "e(ican Spanish, Spanish, because o "e(ican and 3atin merican emigration to the Spanish #ast $ndies 0Philippines over the years. C$a/a0a#%, a Spanish+based creole, creole, is spoken in the )a%a#ga 8avao, and !otabato in !otabato in "indanao, "indanao, Pe#i#+ula 0'here it is an o7cial dialect, 8avao,
and !avite in !avite in 3uzon. 3uzon. *ilipinos today speak a variety o di9erent languages including languages including !ebuano, !ebuano, Tagalog Tagalog,, $locano, $locano, $longgo, $longgo, and :ikolano, :ikolano, in addition to #nglish; #nglish; all o 'hich contain up to several thousand Spanish loan'ords.
The most common languages spoken in the Philippines today are #nglish and *ilipino, the national language that is a standardised orm o Tagalog. Spanish 'as an o7cial language o the country until immediately ater the People Po'er !onstitution. The ne' charter dropped Spanish as an o7cial language. $t is no surprise that over this long period o time, the Spanish language made its 'ay into the *ilipino dialects. Today it is estimated that about ?@A o Tagalog 'ords are Spanish. $n act, the common Tagalog greeting BCumustaD 'as derived rom the Spanish B!omo estaD 0How are you . Eere are a e' very common 'ords that came rom Spanish 0the spellings have been *ilipino+ized4 8iyos 0-od #sk'ela 0school -'apo 0handsome Calye 0street Cabayo 0horse C'ento 0story Carne 0meat Pamilya 0amily Sapatos 0shoes :intana 0'indo' • • • • • • • • • •
NAME OF THE PHILIPPINES
The name o the Philippines comes rom the king o Spain P$ilip II3 $t 'as given by the Spanish e(plorer
"any cities and to'ns are also named in Spanish, such as "edellin, 3a 3ibertad, &aga !ity 0prior to 1)1) 'as kno'n as Nueva Cáceres, 3as Pi5as, Prosperidad,$sabela, Sierra :ullones, ngeles, 3a Paz, #speranza, :uenavista, Pilar, 3a Trinidad, -arcia Eernandez, Trece "artires, 3os :a5os, and many more. There are numerous other to'ns and cities named ater saints, such as San *ernando, Santa
RELI(ION The Philippines is one o t'o predominantly
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1 Oanuary + &e' ears 8ay 0:agong Taon
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"arch or pril + Semana Santa 0Eoly eek or #aster
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J1 Nctober to ? &ovember + 8ay o the 8ead, ra' ng mga Calulu'a 0ll SoulsU 8ay, and Todos 3os Santos 0ll SaintsU 8ay 'here amilies spend much o the J days and J evenings visiting their ancestral graves, sho'ing respect and honoring the departed relatives by easting, decorating and o9ering prayers.
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?I 8ecember + &ochebuena 0The -ood night or !hristmas #ve
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?H 8ecember + !hristmas 0Pasko
ARCHETICTURE Eave shape the cities o modern day philippines. :eore arrived in the philippines, building 'ere made rom native materials around the indigenous people such as bamboo, 'ood, mud, etc. The buildings had single room in 'hich amilies stayed in. ter they spaniards arrived, building 'ere made 'ith stone imitating churches and houses seen in me(ico and spain. Eo'ever, native resources 'ere used since it imposible to obtianed the materials used in me(ico and spain.
