there is much more sunlight in Indonesia than in Philippines
true, people living right in the equator are darker; smaller due to the more strong gravity compare to above or below the equatorial country. but the best
answer is Filipinos were mixed with spanish race that's why we became whitier when the spaniard conquered and crossbreed our woman in
our country for about 400 years. but the original Filipino called the Igorots; Higaonon, Manobo Tribes, kongking and bajaos were curly hair; black as asphalt and no hygiene and even darker and stinking than of the africans.
The ancestors of the Filipino people were composed of various Austronesian groups, including the Malayo-Polynesians, Indonesians, Malays, and various indigenous tribes. These groups migrated to the Philippine archipelago over thousands of years and intermingled with the existing indigenous populations.
eating using there hands
Because the caucasians have lesser melanin pigments in their skin then the Filipinos bacuase the Filipinos are darker. And beeing darker will say more melanin pigments in the skin and more protection against UV light.
Filipinos have thicker skulls and darker skin
Because the caucasians have lesser melanin pigments in their skin then the Filipinos bacuase the Filipinos are darker. And beeing darker will say more melanin pigments in the skin and more protection against UV light.
Not that much. Anthropologically, many Indonesian people are descended from the Philippines. Since, the Taiwanese first reached the Philippines and then what is now Malaysia, and Indonesia. Which is why, Indonesians look exactly like Filipinos. Even their culture resembles Filipino cultures a little bit. But, Indonesians and Filipinos don't really know each other these days. They simply just don't pay attention to each other. They're caught up in much other things. If Filipinos and Indonesians started becoming aware of each other, there is much they would learn. They'd also be stunned at how similar they look.
Well, Filipinos do have a lot of Indonesian-Malay influence. Philippines and Indonesia were once Hindu empires. Philippine and Indonesian cuisine, also bear a lot of relation in terms of the ingredients. Such as lumpiang shangai, also popular in Indonesia as it is in the Philippines, though Indonesians don't use pork since Indonesian people are Muslim. Other than that, there's really not other much other than the fact that many Indonesians are descended from Filipinos, which is why we look a like. But Filipinos are barely aware of their southern neighbors. Philippines and Indonesia, don't even really hava foreign relation either, not as much as the Philippine relation with Malaysia.
Some Indonesians are Christian and some are Muslim.
Indonesians call Celebes 'Sulawesi.'
Darker than Amber was created in 1966.
Darker Than You Think was created in 1940.
Yes tan is darker than beige.