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During the period before the Spanish arrived to the islands, clothing varied depending on the ethnic group. Because of the obscurity of pre-Spanish Philippines, it is somewhat hard to trace the evolution of Philippine clothing as most of the ones described by the Spaniards are from the late 16th century to mid-17th century.
Ifugao women in Banaue wearing alampay. The Tapis has been in use in the Philippine archipelago since at least the indigenous period before the arrival of Europeans. Spanish chroniclers from the period noted that this mode of dress remained common on many islands despite Spanish efforts to introduce what they considered more suitable clothing.
Spaniards are referred to by Filipinos as "Kastila" (Castilian) named after the former Kingdom of Castile, now a region of Spain. The small population of Filipinos which have Spanish ancestry are descendants of people from Spain and New Spain (Mexico) who came during the colonial era. [clarification needed] Another term for them is Spanish ...
The Spanish dissolved the kingdoms and united the country, resulting in a mixture of cultures from different ethnic groups of the conquered archipelago and Spanish culture. A new type of clothing called Barong tagalog (for men) and Baro't saya (for women) began to emerged and would ultimately define the newly formed Filipino culture.
Late 19th century barong tagalog made from piña with both pechera ("shirt front") and sabog ("scattered") embroidery, from the Honolulu Museum of Art. The barong tagalog, more commonly known simply as barong (and occasionally baro), is an embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men and a national dress of the Philippines.
The Spaniards did not colonize the Philippines in order to emigrate there, she said — they came to the Philippines to establish it as a hub for trade and spread Catholicism. Because of this, she ...
Tagalog maginoo (nobility) wearing baro in the Boxer Codex (c.1590). Baro't saya evolved from two pieces of clothing worn by both men and women in the pre-colonial period of the Philippines: the baro (also barú or bayú in other Philippine languages), a simple collar-less shirt or jacket with close-fitting long sleeves; [5] and the tapis (also called patadyong in the Visayas and Sulu ...
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