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My Opinion In Our Filipino National Values Is A Treasure To Filipino People And We Learn This In  The Indigenous Culture Is Related To Those Of Melanesia And The Later Polynesian Culture Has Similarities To Pacific Island Cultures. These Similarities Include The Filipino Language And Ethnicity; Most Common With That Of Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands. The Spanish Colonization Heavily Influenced The Culture. The Most Significant Influence Is The Religion - Roman Catholicism, Plus, Spanish Is Spoken In Some Parts Of The Philippines, And There Are Even Some Descendants Of The Spanish Colonizers Today. As Well As The Spanish Culture, The Native Mexican Culture Was Introduced As The Philippines Was Governed From Mexico. In Filipino, There Are Many Borrowed Words From Native Mexican Languages, And Some People Also Have Native American Origins. Today, Many People Do Not Acknowledge The Philippine's Relations With Latin America, Spain And The Pacific Islands. Instead, Because Of The Country's Location, It Is Common To Notice The Similarities With Other Asian Countries.

The Indigenous Population In The Philippines, Known As The Negritos, Has Many Similarities With The People Of Melanesia And Papua New Guinea. Some Of These People Wear Traditional Clothes Such As Grass Skirts, Live In Isolated Villages In The Mountains And Rainforest And Practice Traditional Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyles. After The Negritos, Groups Of Polynesians Came To The Philippines, Coming From Taiwan (Filipinos Are Not Descendants Of The Han-Chinese Taiwanese People Who Inhabit Taiwan Today, But The Taiwanese Aborigines, Who Have A Very Small Population.) And Spreading As Far As Madagascar, Hawaii, New Zealand And Easter Island. Today You Can See Similarities In Language, Ethnicity And Traditions Between The Philippines And Pacific Island Cultures, As They Have Common Origins. Later, A Small Number Of People Coming From Malaysia And Indonesia Also Settled The Islands.

Spanish Colonization In The Philippines Lasted From 1565 To 1898. Most Of That Time The Islands Were Governed From Mexico And Later Directly From Spain. As A Result, There Is A Significant Amount Of Spanish And Mexican Influence In Philippine Customs And Traditions. Hispanic Influences Are Visible In Traditional Philippine Folk Music And Dance, Cuisine, Festivities, Religion, Ethnicity And Language. In Filipino, There Are Many Native American Words That Were Introduced By The Mexicans In The Philippines. The Most Visible Example Of Spanish Are The Spanish Names Of Filipinos, Which Were Given Through A Tax Law (See: Alphabetical Catalog Of Surnames), The Thousands Of Spanish Loanwords In Native Languages Such As Tagalog And Cebuano, The Spanish Speaking Parts Of The Philippines, And The Majority Catholic Religion.

Later, The Philippines Was A Territory Of The United States From 1898 Until 1946. American Influences Are Widely Evident In The Use Of The English Language, And In Contemporary Pop Culture, Such As Music, Film, Fast-Food, And Basketball.

There Are Also Strong Similarities With The Pacific Islands, Mexico, And Spain. There Are Some Similarities With Islamic Malaysian And Indonesian Cultures, And Chinese And Japanese.

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The Philippine Culture Is Rich In Customs And Traditions. Philippines Culture Reflects The Complexity Of The History Of The Philippines Through The Combination Of Cultures Of Foreign Influences.Spanish Colonization Of The Philippines Lasted For More Than Three Centuries. There Is A Significant Amount Of Spanish-Mexican Influence Within Filipino Culture, Customs And Traditions. Hispanic Influences Are Visible In Traditional Philippine Folk Music, Folk Dance, Language, Food, Art, And Religion.

Pre-Hispanic And Non-Christian Philippine Cultures Are Derived From The Indigenous Tradition Of The Austronesian Primitive Tribes Called Malayo-Polynesian. The Philippines Was A Colony Of The United States From 1898, At The End Of The Spanish-American War, Until 1946. American Influences Are Evident In Philippine Culture By The Use Of The English Language, And In Contemporary Pop Culture, Such As Fast-Food, Music, Film, And Sports.

Other Asian Ethnic Groups Such As The Chinese, And Japanese Have Been Settling In The Philippines Since The Colonial Period, And Their Influences Are Evident In The Popularity Of Mahjong, Jueteng, Filipino Martial Arts, And Other Asian Cuisine.

Family Relationships Are The Basic Building Block Of Philippine Culture And Society. Each Filipino Is At The Center Of A Large Circle Of Relatives, Usually Extending To Third Cousins. Marriage Is Rarely Permitted For Members Of The Same Kinship Circle. The Kinship Circle Is Customarily Enlarged Through Ritual Co-Parenthood, The Catholic Custom Of Selecting Godparents To Sponsor One’s Child At Baptism. In The Close-Knit Filipino Family, Members Are Provided Assistance When Needed And Expected To Give Their First Loyalty To Their Kin. In Rural Areas The Villages Contain Clusters Of Households Supporting An Extended Family System Within The Philippines Culture. The Social Support Provided By These Close-Knit Communities Is Reflected In The Absence Of Retirement Homes.