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Till this day, are we still trying to define the Filipino?



What is it that makes us Filipino? Our being born in this country? An ethnographic commonality?

Perhaps these aren't quite what makes us Filipino. The Philippines is a country famed for its cultural diversity. We have our indigenous brothers and sisters in the Cordilleras, in Mindanao, and other remote areas. We have our Muslim citizens in Southern Mindanao and even here in Manila. We have the Cebuanos, the Illocanos, the Kapampangans, the Warays, the Tagalogs and many other groups all over the archipelago. We even have our urban Manilenos and our expatriate Filipinos. We have our Tsinoys, mestizos, Fil-Ams, and other mixes that are still Filipino in part. Since we are clearly not a homogeneous people, are we still able to define the Filipino?

Are we Filipino perhaps because of our beliefs? These are even less homogenous already than our individual genetic makeups. We Filipinos are of varying poles in the areas of politics, religion, economy, international affairs, family life, and just about every aspect of human life. One camp is for the President while others do not care, or violently oppose her. We are split between personalities to back, modes to follow, and stereotypes to adhere or defy.

Are we Filipino perhaps because of our history? It depends perhaps who you ask. Much of written Philippine history touches on the goings-ons in Manila and the closer parts of Luzon. What happened then in Northern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao? Is it possible that their struggles were different, that their history is not the same as the Manilenos? Is it also possible that perhaps their battles were the same as those waged elsewhere, only that they have not been brought to life?

Perhaps it is in the obscurity and amnesia of our past that we are Filipino. Perhaps if we seek to answer the questions that plague historians, we might find some thread in our evolution as a nation that will bind some 80 million citizens together.

Perhaps today is a good day to discover what is it that really makes us Filipino
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