8. Often times, this leads to
inaccuracies.
The use of English always
favor the Western-educated
elite, and this results in a
miscarriage of justice.
9. Legal training is almost exclusively
handled in the foreign colonial tongue.
Bar examinations administered
exclusively in English.
Family Code of the Philippines
The Civil Code of the Philippines
11. The captive Filipino mind
is sold to the idea that
Filipinos do not have any
indigenous religion and
that religion in the country
was simply borrowed from
Spain and America.
13. Central to indigenous morality is the
profound concept of pagkamakatao
(humane-ness) with its accompanying
practice of acknowledging the good in
man and preventing his exploitation.
14. Indigenous Religion
Has its :
• Babaylan (“ priestess/priesthood ”)
• Dambana (“ place of worship ”)
• Symbols for good and bad evil such as
the benevolent diwata (“ goddess ”) and
the malevolent aswang (“ vampire-like
creature ”)
15. Some Filipino writers, journalists,
and scholars label cultural
communities and ethnic groups of
their own country and people,
“primitive”.
16. Scholars who contribute important
studies and publications on
Philippine culture distance
themselves from the indigenous
Philippine religion by calling it
“indigenous pagan religion” (e.g,
Demetrio, Cordero-Fernando, and
Zialcita 1991)
