Centuries of colonial rule under separate Western empires has not severed the cultural ties and similarities between two of the largest archipelagic nations in Southeast Asia.
KUYA WHAT THE HECK!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE pre-colonial writing I have ever consumed! Thank you so very much for writing this. I JUST CANNOT! WOW WOW WOW! Maraming salamat po. If people want to read up and research pre-colonial Philippines they need to start here!
Thank you for reading. I am happy my post resonated with you and I hope you can use this for reference in the future. This will always be up for us to look through.
I'd really like to write about Kare-Kare and trace it's roots. I have a feeling that this dish is history on the plate from pre-colonial, to colonial, to now but I am yet to gather more evidence.
Okay I +1 Luisa on on this but what I’m also seeing is that this kind of writing I am craving specifically is by us and for us and that makes me so hopeful about this kind of community centered in intentional writing and knowledge sharing
Love this post, it’s so detailed, it’s clear there’s so much love for both cultures. Would love to make a post that goes deeper in the comparison of PH and Indonesian gong cultures, it’s really fun. Your piece was so inspiring!
Halo! Fabi here - I’m an Indonesian writer. I just want to say that this is an incredible piece of in-depth writing. I truly enjoyed reading it! I’ve always admired how much Indonesia and the Philippines have in common. Unfortunately, I think many people haven’t realised this yet and through writing like this, we can then nurture a stronger shared spirit between our cultures! 🇮🇩🇵🇭
Thank you for reading. I feel like I constantly hear a new similarity between our countries so I felt the need to write it all down. I do however, think that more and more people are realizing how similar our countries are. For instance, some Filipinos on TikTok who have been to Indonesia, even just Bali, have made videos saying how similar Indonesia is to the Philippines, and so many people in the comments were agreeing. That is just one example. I think as we interact more and more, what I have written down will become common knowledge, in due time.
Wow, this will take me a long time to digest. I picked up an Indonesian dictionary at the library, and I was amazed at how many words were common. The first one I saw was ube.
Sometimes when I’m in the car, I get text messages and Siri would say, “So and so said something in Indonesian, would you like to reply?” I laugh because the message was really in Tagalog or Ilocano.
Yeah, it’s a ton of information but worth putting out there!
I knew that if I included more language similarities I think it’ll take too long to write so I kept it to some broad information. It’s funny how when I hear Ilocano it sounds like Indonesian. This is a good reference to always come back to, and something we should keep in mind.
Wow, this is such a well researched and enlightening piece! I have never been to the Philippines, but I recently visited Indonesia, and this shed light on some of the things I experienced there. I especially like the culture of mutual aid and gift giving (bakpia is so good, and it was fun to buy for friends). Really great article!
Oh yeah, I still have to visit but I’ve been to many neighboring ASEAN countries and they felt similar to the Philippines in their own ways! But so many Filipinos who have been to Indonesia say its so similar and feels familiar.
KUYA WHAT THE HECK!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE pre-colonial writing I have ever consumed! Thank you so very much for writing this. I JUST CANNOT! WOW WOW WOW! Maraming salamat po. If people want to read up and research pre-colonial Philippines they need to start here!
Hi Luisa,
Thank you for reading. I am happy my post resonated with you and I hope you can use this for reference in the future. This will always be up for us to look through.
I'd really like to write about Kare-Kare and trace it's roots. I have a feeling that this dish is history on the plate from pre-colonial, to colonial, to now but I am yet to gather more evidence.
LUISA WRITE IT I WANT THIS !!!!
Okay I +1 Luisa on on this but what I’m also seeing is that this kind of writing I am craving specifically is by us and for us and that makes me so hopeful about this kind of community centered in intentional writing and knowledge sharing
Love this post, it’s so detailed, it’s clear there’s so much love for both cultures. Would love to make a post that goes deeper in the comparison of PH and Indonesian gong cultures, it’s really fun. Your piece was so inspiring!
Nice!
I wrote a paper that will be published in a couple of months that connects PH and Indonesia, but it is more on the dark side of our cultures https://docs.google.com/document/d/15x-PiQXN_DeSEntyocSgaPBTKMOFD2xHCRf4lmdE1Jc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.3nzlsyxe197n
Halo! Fabi here - I’m an Indonesian writer. I just want to say that this is an incredible piece of in-depth writing. I truly enjoyed reading it! I’ve always admired how much Indonesia and the Philippines have in common. Unfortunately, I think many people haven’t realised this yet and through writing like this, we can then nurture a stronger shared spirit between our cultures! 🇮🇩🇵🇭
Hi Fabi,
Thank you for reading. I feel like I constantly hear a new similarity between our countries so I felt the need to write it all down. I do however, think that more and more people are realizing how similar our countries are. For instance, some Filipinos on TikTok who have been to Indonesia, even just Bali, have made videos saying how similar Indonesia is to the Philippines, and so many people in the comments were agreeing. That is just one example. I think as we interact more and more, what I have written down will become common knowledge, in due time.
Wow, this will take me a long time to digest. I picked up an Indonesian dictionary at the library, and I was amazed at how many words were common. The first one I saw was ube.
Sometimes when I’m in the car, I get text messages and Siri would say, “So and so said something in Indonesian, would you like to reply?” I laugh because the message was really in Tagalog or Ilocano.
Yeah, it’s a ton of information but worth putting out there!
I knew that if I included more language similarities I think it’ll take too long to write so I kept it to some broad information. It’s funny how when I hear Ilocano it sounds like Indonesian. This is a good reference to always come back to, and something we should keep in mind.
Wow, this is such a well researched and enlightening piece! I have never been to the Philippines, but I recently visited Indonesia, and this shed light on some of the things I experienced there. I especially like the culture of mutual aid and gift giving (bakpia is so good, and it was fun to buy for friends). Really great article!
Hi Ashleigh,
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’m also happy a lot of this resonated with your personal experience. I assume bakpia isn’t too different from hopia either.
Thank you, Datu, my friend who visited Yogyakarta with me (whose family is from the Philippines) said it was really similar!
Oh yeah, I still have to visit but I’ve been to many neighboring ASEAN countries and they felt similar to the Philippines in their own ways! But so many Filipinos who have been to Indonesia say its so similar and feels familiar.
This is an amazing article! Reading from fellow Filipino writers is so awesome
Glad you enjoyed it!
Highly underrated
Hopefully more Filipinos will re-connect with their ASEAN neighbors and see how much they have in common.