Putsata Reang staff writer
The Philippines was under Spanish rule for more than 300 years (yes, that long) so Spain’s influence on Filipino culture runs deep and profound. The country itself is named after King Philip! You can see obvious Spanish influence on Philippine cuisine, from champorado to leche flan. Ironicall...
As a colonial power, Spain brought its influences all over the world. Everywhere from the Philippines to Mexico to the U.S., the Spanish made their mark on both history and architecture. In the United States, the two areas most influenced by Spanish colonialism are California and Florida. Bo...
Mexico, the Philippines, China, and Japan were all places that silver was exported to. But, the main destination of this silver was to Spain. The Spanish used this silver for many different things. “In Spain itself, which was the initial destination for much of Latin Americas silver, the...
I mean, if Spanish comes from there, it has to be the most correct. Although I know that Spain Spanish has a lot of influence from Arabic because of the African and Middle Eastern Moors. Is that why? And if so, this happened before Columbus “discovered” South America and the ...
Do People In The Philippines Speak Spanish? (Not Quite) Most Filipinos do not speak or understand Spanish, and the Filipino language is not close enough to Spanish for significant mutual comprehension (though there are many loan words from Spanish and some grammatical influence). Learning Spanish...
The siesta is a tradition from Spain. But other places also have this custom, including other Mediterranean countries in Southern Europe. People in countries with Spanish influence may also take siestas, like in the Philippines and some Latin American countries. In this program, we will look at...
Lava bien: you are absolutely right. Mindanao and the influence of the Muslims in that part of the Philippines have not been treated or considered properly in our history books. In school and university, I don’t recall any subject that mentioned Mindanao and the Muslims in any detail. Sad...
Regardless, there now seems to be Central Mexican influence in Tikal, including the adoption of the Teotihuacánian god, Quetzalcoatl, the "Feathered Serpent" -- a name that we also know, of course, from the Aztecs (in Nahuatl). Kings of Palenque K'uk' Bahlam I 431–c.435 AD "Casper"...
TheSpanish languageis a member of theRomance languagefamily, the group of languages descending fromVulgar Latin, the dialect spoken by the soldiers and provincial officials of theRoman Empire. Originally spoken in the northern regions of what is nowSpain, Spanish also draws some influence from the...