What is the Filipino Identity?

[TaramKalis]

With Independence Day coming, this would be a great opportunity to understand the Philippine National Anthem - Lupang Hinirang. Its origins, history, and how it can provide insight on what is the Filipino identity. Read the article and Let us discuss it here.

https://kapampangan.org/the-history-of- ... ory-of-us/

[Rose21]

Ing punto ku ken sir isipan ke pa , to be honest me shock ku kening article mu pu. I did not know pu atin palang batas RA 8491 and it makes me think about the law.

[AlexMi6]

Well I think its unfair that the National Anthem can only be sang by 1 Language and I recently learned that we have so many languages in the Philippines, so the way we are promoting national identity needs to be re visited and studied. My parents are Kapampangan but I recently learn that we have relatives in the bisayan regions, so according to the law my relatives in cebu cannot sing the national anthem in their language? are they not Filipino as well?

[susan43]

When I discovered Kulitan and information about pre colonial Philippines, to be honest I had an Identity crisis. WHy? I had no clue we had so much rich cultures, now I feel awful because we are using the identity the colonizers bestowed on us without knowing our History and multi cultures. Like I had no clue Kapampangan was a language not a dialect of tagalog. THere so much we need to do , we must unlearn what the colonizers used to brainwashed us and relearn our roots.

[siopao]

We are all FIlipinos, period. Me and my son used to argue about this. but I understand now why we must preserve Kapampangan, his frustrated with me. My husband speaks tagalog eventhough his family is Kapampangan but he was raised speaking tagalog. but i teached my sons speaking kapampangan. Filipino identity shows Tagalog language i think that is the problem , maybe we should show the world that FIlipinos is not just tagalog but many like kapampangan, bisaya, ilokano bicolano etc.

[EzekielCharlemagne]

a basa ke itang article about lupang hinirang, actually atin ya pu valid point ing sinulat. Namu ing RA 8491 mag discriminate ya ka reng aliwang regions ning pilipinas. ngeni ke pa mu a balu ining batas. ot makanyan la ne, namu papakit da nung e te kanta ing national anthem keng tagalug e ta na pinoy, regionalist tamu? bakit?

[Jenny1973]

apin metung a subject e maralas pisabian. ali ke balu nanung sagut ku ken sir kasakit na.

[ElishaRose]

I just finished reading the article. RA 8491 should be amend! It is a law the discriminates our other fellow FIlipinos! Why can't my mother who is cebuano and father who is Kapampangan sing it in both their mother tongue? Na buwang sila! Memurit la reng bolang!

[edward21]

I think that law that prohibits other Filipino dialects or languages to sign the National Anthem is wrong, it alienate other non tagalog pinoys its not good it is wrong

[Eldoras]

It different for us in U.S, man I think I am having an identity crisis now LOL