Who Was the First Filipino in History? 🇵🇭|

[@riiceey1473]

Varela was, in my opinion, one of the forgotten heros in Philippine history who was one of the first who promoted Liberal ideals. But another young Filipino Criollo by the name of Andres Novales was also a forgotten man in history who led a revolt in Manila in 1823 due to his fellow Criollos and other groups were being mistreated by the Spanish. His followers declared him emperor. He died that year at the age of 23. He was among the many who inspired Jose Rizal. Maybe Kirby knows this already. Edit: Andres Novales supported the views of Luis Rodriguez Varela and personally aligned himself to him.

[@lewildale28]

@rice eater I hope some people from the entertainment industry would take note of the story of Luis Rodriguez Varela and introduce him to the younger generation through movies or even telenovelas. I think it's high time to recognize our heroes before the revolutionary and reform movements.

[@TeaDrinker-eq3md]

I've read about a guy during the Spanish era being called "the Emperor of the Philippines" in an article on Facebook a long time ago.

[@riiceey1473]

@@TeaDrinker-eq3md Perhaps it was Andres Novales himself

[@bryanmanuelbaes7871]

Do you know whether he was a half filipino or half mexican? The sources I read differ between the 2.

[@riiceey1473]

@@bryanmanuelbaes7871 I've heard that too, idk if there's any evidence

[@ilovekalihivlogs2106]

And I thought that the best thing I did for my daughters born in the US was to bring them to the Ayala museum with an extensive collection of golds of our ancestors and artifacts proving the sophistication and wealth of pre-colonial Philippines so that they would have Philippine pride, among other things. Now your videos will be an added wealth of knowledge that I would share with my daughters.

[@arthurmoran4951]

now i wnat to see the filipino gold

[@pomtubes1205]

Sir Kirby, could you talk about the different gobernador-henerals of the Philippines? Seriously, it's rarely ever talked about, if at all.

[@astraeusgodofthestars676]

I'm rooting for this comment! I really want to hear this particular Governador-Genéral Francisco Claveria who commissioned Don Jose Uyanguren to form a Spanish settlement here in Davao City!!! Their names are used here in Davao City as street names but Davaoeños aren't familiar with these people 😔😔😔😔😔

[@franciekayesabalza2782]

As Renato Constantino quotes, “The true Filipino is a decolonized Filipino.” 👏 great content!

[@kenndokaponi]

A decolonized Filipino would no longer be a “Filipino.”

[@neilsumanda1538]

that is ironic in its own way...😄😄

[@gungatz6696]

A decolonized Filipino wouldn't even be a Filipino anymore, But an islander

[@karlnixon7566]

Wow. I am shocked to know that the only ones that called themselves "Filipino" were only spanish that were born in the islands. It is shocking. Great job and thank you for all this knowledge! I am officially a big fan of yours!

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you!

[@kawaiihana2303]

Not always pure but, sometimes almost pure.

[@valarmorghulis8139]

we as pure natives back in the day who had Austronesian Malayan blood were called "indios" by spanish or so called Filipinos during their time.

[@jaymoulic8144]

Pls correct me if I’m wrong: people in the Philippines during the Spanish regime. Indios- natives Meztizos - mixed Chinos - chinese Filipinos - island born Spaniards Insulares - Spain born Spaniards

[@mindmelders_2024]

@@jaymoulic8144 hello, insulares po, the Spaniards who were born in the Philippines.

[@lochinvar50]

The name, "Don Luis Rodriguez Varela" should be included in the Philippine history. Your topic is very informative and inspiring. I wonder what happened to him, his family and scions after their exile. The most prominent people who waged fruitless struggle against Spain prior to Gomburza were Dagohoy and Silang. Curiously, why did Dagohoy became Dagonoy in Manila?

[@lizli8339]

I'm grateful to this channel for giving me a wider and deeper knowledge about our country's pre-colonial past. Although not true for everyone, I would just like to appeal to my fellow Filipinos to embrace this identity now without overrating, for those who are living in the north and up to the central part, while for those who are living in the south to stop dwelling on the past to insist on separating from our country. We can never go back in the past and live like separate kingdoms. We can be proud of our ethnic group without thinking other group as tainted or inferior. We are now part of a country called the Philippines and we must do what it takes to live alongside each other with respect and in harmony like our ancestors did before there ever was Philippines, so that we can move forward and thrive. Thank you.

[@joycemariejabanag1960]

all must subscribe to your channel..continue loving our history cause it also inspires us to learn more about our history..watching from iloilo

[@MayaRaimondo]

Thank you, Kirby. Very enlightening. I like your positive vibes! You have a passion for history & education. 👍🏼

[@josenilodinglasa6406]

Sir can i ask about what happened to the indigenous people during the pre colonial period in the philippines? #Askkirby

[@anime-ms7pu]

Good question, i want to know too. 🙏🙏🙏

[@neilsumanda1538]

which ethnic group especifically?..

[@RainMaker2kG]

Aetas/Negritos arrived 40,000 years ago..... OGs

[@coolbeans545]

I really wanna know too!! Especially the indigeneous people of Mindanao 🥺

[@steelflightwrappy1449]

People always have so many ways to say what filipinos actually are, and so many filipinos have a whitewash mentality because of the spaniards back in the days & also because of the Americans too. If you ask a Pinoy on the streets in the Philippines: what is more beautiful light skin or brown skin? Not all but most of them would say light skin.. It makes me a bit sad because real Filipino are naturally very brown skinned We have to be proud of who and what we are, some of them don't really go out of the house anymore on a sunny day in the Philippines or they use whitening cream. I wanna say that b4 the spaniards came we Filipinos were tribal indigenous people We decorated ourselves with feathers' example: igorot tribe, Lumad Tribe, Aetas/Negritos, the Badjaos, Kalinga Tribe, and they all still exist deep in the rainforests or hills. I would say we are indigenous Asians who lives in civiliced and modern society now, we have brown skin, full Lips, wider noses, and our eyes aren't that typical small compared to Vietnamese or Chinese n Korean & Japanese people. We should be proud of what we really are and we should know n do some more research about our ancestors :)) and alot of foreigners from other Asian country's came to the Philippines hundreds of years ago. In Reality we are indigenous People in the continent Asia, in South East Asia ^^ Peace & Love.

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

steelflight Wrappy it ain’t just the Philippines it’s damn near world wide

[@steelflightwrappy1449]

@@dannywearsthecrown567 Yes that's true ! I just wanted to say that for the Filipino part who may not really know it yet. But yes i Agree'

[@dannywearsthecrown567]

steelflight Wrappy sorry I wasn’t trying to come off like that I actually was piggyback’n on the sentiment and how bad stuff like that is

[@michaelgarcia5437]

I have no risk cuz I have white skin despite being Asian somehow(This is not who you’re talking to)

[@asiansrule45]

Actually theres some Spanish literature that described indigenous Filipinos as being "light skinned and able to handle alcohol well". So no we weren't all abunch of dark skinned islanders. I'm honestly sick of people saying Filipinos only love white skin because of Europeans as if asians haven't been idolizing porcelain skin for thousands of years.

[@kikojavier3804]

Ito ung talagang scholar activist ung mga talagang nagbbuwis buhay. Di katulad ng mga conyong aktivista ngayun nagiiyakan lng sa mga instagram nila

[@chazzam1155]

This channel is so underrated. You deserve more for your original topics and content

[@KirbyAraullo]

Salamat!

[@mariateresaaragon497]

I just love the content of your videos kuya. I do agree that history defines us, so not knowing your history is the same as not knowing yourself.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Salámat ♥️

[@CopperJedi]

Cool knowledge... now please teach about the people called negritos/ Moros; recognized as the oldest surviving people of what's now known as Philippines... I think that will give insight on how many nations in South East Asia, as well as the Polynesian islands were conquered... I think you'd be a great person to research and explain

[@iskra2516]

I was curious in this one too

[@polyso5123]

how? Polynesians experienced extreme isolation which in turn led to the distinctive characteristics that Polynesians share today.

[@CopperJedi]

@@polyso5123 look up, "Samoa Mo Samoa, office of the Mau

[@polyso5123]

@@CopperJedi I thouught you were talking preEuropean times.

[@yorumeroesugeravtex4074]

Wow I Never Taught About That Until Now Thank You Kuya Kirby For The Information Keep It Up To Teach more People Like Me Salamat

[@she-jhay5366]

We are proud Moro’s here in Mindanao 😊

[@KirbyAraullo]

👏🏽❤️

[@yowzki7284]

Love from cavite😗🇵🇭

[@cyjomadizznuts]

Love from luzon♥️

[@diyabersaumay5060]

Same🥰 magka pangalan pa tayo😅

[@lapulapupintado2892]

Exactly, Moro's Mindanao were never enslaved by the Spanish or Japanese or Americans. Unlike these so called proud to be ( F )ilipino from the North, that got Butt Raped by the Spanish and proud to say they are ( F )ilipino😂🤣😅

[@iya3082]

In order to have a more precise information, you should read the boxer codex or sometimes called the manila manuscript

[@associationartsetculturesd7350]

I'm proud that my country and our revolution influenzed the Condor Filipino! Mabuhay Piilipinas!

[@inigomontoya3750]

The first Filipinos were Spaniards born in the Philippines, Spaniards who made the Philippines there home, and children of Spaniards and local natives. i.e., Rizal, Lopez-Jaena, Luna, etc.

[@charlesrodriguez8839]

I love this channel rather than other channel here in youtube, because some of content creator don't have any degree in history that's why it gives people a false info. about true history of our country,also I am shocked to know that the only people called "Filipino" were only Spanish that were born in here, and also make me believe to my lolo that we had a little bit of spanish blood hahahah so my surname came from spain hahaha,

[@anthonyarcaya4311]

Great pleasure to learn everything about our history, if filipino applied to those spanish born in Philippines, what are we, how did they call us, what was the name of the country? Basically country's name is attached on how they address the people.

[@andoylanggid]

The best professor I never had

[@paulabearvlogs3068]

Wow! Cabalen, galing nmn.. atin naku nanaman abalu.. Salamat

[@jenniferdavis2110]

Sir Kirby thanks for the info....Wow who knew??? A kababayan from New York 🇺🇸

[@christianmendizabel1187]

good job sir. you're an exceptional historian that makes our history more relevant...

[@kanaturallifeph146]

Thank you Sir for informative education content.Dakal Salamat.❤️❤️❤️

[@KirbyAraullo]

Dakal a Salámat 😊

[@czend5173]

"FILIPINO" only applied to Spaniards who were born in The Philippines. I think you re right bcos "Filipino" is also Spanish word

[@catheb2225]

Salamat po ang dami Kong natutunan!!! Nabwisit na naman ako sa mga kastila

[@KirbyAraullo]

Maramimg salamat din 😊

[@spiceupmylife444]

I think who is the native Filipino?!?

[@leeannsellote8494]

Kuya kirby can u make a video about what happened to cebu, philippines during world war II ? #AskKirby btw, i luv your videos!❤️ Subscribed👌🏻

[@al-mudznieabubakar35]

Precolonial Philippines... East King Sultanate of Sulu has its Own identity is Suluk. Kingdom of Butuan has its own Identity is Visaya. Kingdom of Lusong has its own Identity is Lakan. Kingdom of Mindanao has its own Identity is called Lanun.

[@elegiocantiga1756]

Sri wijaya na tol mga Hindu na tas naging visaya nayana

[@starbuckskrys]

Yes yes yes, so grateful to have found this

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thanks 😊

[@rhevyvistal3534]

Kuya kirby who was the first Native Filipino? The first Occupants of the Philippine islands

[@ourheritagebymichaeledilo8343]

The negritos. Aetas, ati, agtas.

[@kali_laya]

@@ourheritagebymichaeledilo8343 If you are referring to Wave theory of Migration by the white anthropologist that is false.

[@macmaczeizzgrabeman58googl3]

Yes. A simple but very complex question. Leading to VARELA to be the first by virtue of a title granted by the Spaniards,i guess. But, if becoming a FILIPINO only needs to be acquired in that manner, then the Kapampangan, Bisaya, Tagalog, Ilongo, Tausug, Yakan, etc.. would all request to "please qualify"✌️

[@shibodira]

I always forgot that we had to earn the title of Filipino. IMO maybe it’s a term that we shouldn’t hold so dear. I know it’s a touchy subject but maybe we should change the name of the country? 😅 Great video again, gaw.

[@neilsumanda1538]

sabi ko na, may mag-maharlika dito.... 😄😄.

[@elenwescott3644]

@@neilsumanda1538 wala namang sinabing pangalan eh. Sinabi laang na paltan walang sinabi na dapat maharlika na ang pangalan.

[@denniscabubas1641]

true. like Ceylon to Sri Lanka, Siam to Thais. Filipino is still very much colonial.

[@IanATruelove]

My friend, is there back ground music ? What is that band or track!!

[@alexanderpo185]

So much Philippine history forgotten-- and many revised by Spain and America!!

[@yzodelgado6735]

Sir, anong ancestors ang unang nanirahan sa southern tagalog? Particularly sa Batangas?

[@epsilonjuinio6100]

video tungkol kay Andrés Novales. Please

[@C3_55y]

thank you so much I have a history exam aka a civics exam about this I understood this so much!

[@froicabuling]

There are no exact historical records how this country was settled in the past. What we have on the records are theories, studies and scientific probabilities made by western scholars and accepted by our local scholars. Let us go back in time and examine how the world was repopulated after the Great Flood if that is acceptable. From the lineage of Noah thru his three sons to the present day. There is a book which tell and describe how men began to multiply again on the face of the earth and describing their pattern of migration. It was recorded in the Bible but explained in more details which give us further understanding. Read the Book of Jubilee others call it the Book of Divisions.

[@erickmark2]

Woah ngayon ko lang to nalaman!

[@kawaiihana2303]

Earlier, I had an argument with these people in Facebook on a group, that they keep in telling and insisting that the first FILIPINOS were Aetas and called me a Charlatan for I have said and expound that the First FILIPINOS and legally were the Insulares that has title of HIJOS DEL PAIS, that these people were the Spanish born Filipino or almost pure Spanish born in Philippines, likewise the Creoles of Latin America that needs to be pure born Spanish or almost pure born Spanish for them to be called as CRIOLLOS.

[@KirbyAraullo]

There's also a lot of that on my KZbin/Facebook comments lol

[@kawaiihana2303]

@@KirbyAraullo oh, thanks for the ❤️ heart Kirby!.

[@RainMaker2kG]

Aetas discovered the Phillipines first. It makes a them spanish and chinese heads mad

[@johnramirez3247]

What they truly meant was "the first settlers" of the philippine islands I guess.

[@ajmarkauza9924]

Being a Filipino is being part Austronesian/Maharlikan and SPANISH in CULTURE. Being pure Maharlikan is being only pre Austronesian Maharlikan in culture. Note: Im not talking about blood, Im talking about the culture.

[@darylakinobustos8121]

#Askkirby Any tips on tracing lineage before the Catalogo alfabetico de apellidos was created? For example, I can't find my surname "Bustos" which is supposedly from Masantol/Macabebe. It would be interesting to know how to trace one's lineage or how that catalog was used in Spanish colonialization (i.e. using christianity for both tax purposes and social glue)

[@abigailmalabana9265]

Hello sir! Can you make a video about 18th century Philippines? I remember someone told me, although vague, that it's a lost century of our history as not much is recorded during that period. Salamat po!

[@astraeusgodofthestars676]

Sir Kirby, I hope you can make a video about those good Spaniards who live here in the Philippines during Spanish colonization. We've been antagonizing the Spaniards so much in our history books but I think there were good Spaniards existed also during the Spanish colonization in the Philippines. I'm researching about this topic but I rarely find any resources except Governador-General Blanco... 😔😉😉😉 Dakal a salamat sir! 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@501man9]

There were no "Filipinos" in the islands until the country got it's name. Then, everyone in the islands became officially "Filipinos" even if they were of Chinese, Indian or Muslim orgin. That is still the same today. If someone is a citizen of the country, he or she is a Filipino or Filipina. This is regardless of their religeon or heritage.

[@jenniferdavis2110]

Is it JOSE RIZAL?🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 My guess ...a kababayan in New York 🇺🇸

[@ontariofirs7347]

Filipino culture is much more Hispanized than many Filipinos realize, and Im saying this a Filipino in Canada. I have encountered and drawn many similarities with los Españoles and Latino-Americanos (many Mexican and Spanish dances have influenced folk Filipino dances- Fandango/Pandanggo, La Jota, Cariñosa has the Mexican Hat Dance incorporated into it etc.- and things like paella, dulce de leche, empanadas, ensaymada/ensaimada are commonly eaten in the Hispano world). Get rid of the "colonial influences" and Filipino culture wont be distinct from the rest of south east Asian countries. Even Malaysia and Singapore have distinct British influences which I realized as a Canadian citizen.

[@tonitskikun9059]

so he's a worthy candidate of the national hero title,nice

[@nathsan04]

Arooo Cabalen, agagamit ko reng videos mu quing klase ku! Luid ka! Dacal pa sanang ati canining videos para careng talaturung calupa ku!

[@patrickcilo2621]

Filipino is spanish term for MAHARLIKANS, the pre people of MAHARLIKA EMPIRE recently known as Philippine Archipelago.

[@w1thikonic]

Sorry to break it to you but maharlika is just a conspiracy theory. Philippine archipelago was not a country before spaniards. It was consists of different kingdoms.

[@patrickcilo2621]

@@w1thikonic Maam, MAHARLIKA EMPIRE not MAHARLIKA ONLY

[@w1thikonic]

@@patrickcilo2621 tell which part of Philippine history are you going to insert MAHARLIKA EMPIRE? I'm willing to learn.

[@Galame2]

Native Negrito, AETAS, BALUGA, Igarot, Mayan. They are already in the island, before the, Indonesia, Borneo, Malaysia, Came to the island.

[@4s-elizabethcanlas947]

Sir may I ask about Bathalismo or Inang Mahiwaga?

[@jetski275]

I really enjoyed this I got lost somewhere along the way through. You were using the word White. To describe Spanish people?

[@AcousticAdd1ct]

He was refering to Spaniards born in the Philippines. Thats what the Spaniards were thinking back then. Not mixed spaniards but the european spaniards.

[@ourheritagebymichaeledilo8343]

He mean Spanish Filipinos or white Filipinos.

[@lnc8186]

Spaniards are considered caucasians, or white. That’s their ethnicity or race.

[@imhotep1934]

Kirby, how can I get a copy of your book “Black lives & Brown Freedom”?

[@KirbyAraullo]

You can order through Lulu, bit.ly/KirbysBooksLulu

[@KirbyAraullo]

Or through my website :) www.kirbyaraullo.com/shop Salamat!

[@imhotep1934]

Salamat!

[@chewy6487]

Find it in a trash can nearest you

[@samletargo2171]

Is it a fact or a myth that the early inhabitants of our islands have long traded with the Middle Eastern people (God Culture) as far as the time of King Solomon?

[@charleskuno]

So if 'Filipino' was exclusive for Spanish (white) identity, I'm curious what the natives call themselves as a national. I wonder if they had nationalistic values pre colonial times

[@Bakatacintoki]

They didnt. It was more about different tribes, kingdoms, chiefdoms, and city states who were sometimes at odds with each other. There was no sense of nationalism but more tribalism. So pre colonial Cebuanos didnt have much unity with pre colonial Tagalogs.

[@charleskuno]

@@Bakatacintoki wow... thanks.

[@Bakatacintoki]

@@charleskuno In reality what made all these different tribes and ethnic groups who spoke different languages and prayed to different Gods united under one were the conditions created from colonialism. Before that, these tribes were often fighting each other.

[@anglaruan6728]

There's no sense of nationalism of natives before as what the Mr. Kirby said. Natives don't identify themselves together with other native ethnic groups in the Philippines as one nation rather they only identify themselves according their local ethnolinguistic group which they came from. Example, a native who born in Pampanga called themselves Kapampangan or born from Katagalugan they called themselves as Tagalogs. But there's this term that made by spaniards to refer the natives and this is the term "Indios". But this term didn't accept by many because of the negative sentiment over the term.

[@lychajanepascua8512]

Kuya gumagawa ka din ba ng videos about history of other countries?

[@KirbyAraullo]

Minsan 😉

[@lychajanepascua8512]

Wish to see a Video about some history of Japan. It's hard for a dyslexic person Gaya ko magbasa Ng sandamakmak na books. Kaya sobrang saya ko po na mahanap ko tong yt channel nyo. Thank you kuya.

[@KirbyAraullo]

@@lychajanepascua8512 sige, minsan gawa ako ng tungkol sa Japan, isa din kasi ang Japan sa mga tinutukan long kasaysayan nung college, at maging sa grad school sa Harvard, kabilang parin ang Japan sa pinakaponagaralan ko 😊

[@mechasizer7878]

@@KirbyAraullo Kuya Kirby, totoo po ba na may Austronesian roots po ang mga sinaunang Hapon lalung-lalo na yung mga taong Ryukyu?

[@RainMaker2kG]

The Aetas are the first Filipinos, the rest came after. They are of African descent

[@kawaiihana2303]

Hahahaha! African descent. Haven't you watched the video?. The aetas were never been the first Filipino but, the first ethnic group who ever live in the Philippine. They're distinguished as Negritos not Filipino in Legal form during spanish rule, in prehispanic period they never called theirselves as Filipino they called theirselves as ati or aeta that varied and depends to the tribe they're were born.

[@RainMaker2kG]

@@kawaiihana2303 so basically they were one the first human beings to call the Phillipine Islands Home! Melenoesians and polynesians too

[@kawaiihana2303]

@@RainMaker2kG They were no Philippines before colonization. The word Filipino generally applied to all who lives in the Philippines after Spanish period. So, Aetas were not the first Filipino.

[@RainMaker2kG]

@@kawaiihana2303 I said Aeteas were the first humans to live in the Phillipine Islands 40,000 years ago before everyone came. They were not called Filipinos your right but they were the 1st.

[@RainMaker2kG]

@Histerov YT the Aetas and Ati tribes often called Negritos came to phillipines 40,000 years ago, they are closly related and look very simlaer to Samoans/pscificislanders..... Sorry to break ya bubble 😂

[@matalino3614]

Great video! Very eye opening.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Salámat ♥️

[@xexnaessey3684]

I have a Question saan ba galing ang unang tagalog at pano sila umusbong sa Pilipinas at sino sino ba ang mga naging Bayaning Tagalog sa panahon ng pakikipag digma sa mananakop at anoano ba sakop sa Pinas na originaly tagalog province at city buti pa sa Bisaya alam ko Cebu ang sentro nila at ibang Tribe na Filipino maraming kasaysayan sila sa katapangan at saan galing pero sa tagalog limitado lang kaalamanko kundi Mga Taga ilog lang alam ko 😅😅

[@atayshyn6566]

Sir Kirby, could you explain why Rizal became an anti-friar in Guerrero's prologue and explain further about who is the friar in the Philippines and how it happened?

[@joeylopez1957]

I think Filipinos are from indonesia and malaysia watch masaman

[@jomelmenes7192]

According to history their are tree aetas,Hindu or indo and Malay though the Hindu had the first batch to arrived and the second batch. I think correct me f I'm wrong.

[@neilsumanda1538]

those spanish born in the philippines, those were the "insulares", right?

[@karlvb178]

Hmmmm.....A psychological revolution required in the Philippines. The colonial masters have gone but their legacy lives on in the ruling elite. Spanish feudalism is endemic in modern Filipino society. The old system of master and slave remains in all but name.

[@robertlowe979]

Now I understand why The Philippines is so poor. "Free from Foreign Business Influence" Foreign Businesses or Foreign Business Influence play a vital role in a country's macroeconomic growth. As a matter of fact, The Philippines does not allow foreigners to own land. This limits The Philippines economically. LET ME EXPLAIN HOW... The Philippines government tries it's hardest to influence foreign manufacturers to move to The Philippines based on low labor cost. However, not very many foreign Businesses will because foreigners are not allowed to own land without a Treaty with the Government. Foreign Business Decision makers believe it would be a bad business decision to build a business on land they do not own. Owning land on which a Business is built, gives owners absolute influence over their business. As a Business Broker, I absolutely agree. This limits The Philippines Macroconomical growth to mostly Filipino ingenuity. Which is clearly limited because of the lack of resources. The Philippines Government is impeding it's own "overall economic welfare" by holding on to the idea of "No Foreign Business Influence". Although Luis's idea of "no foreign business influence" sounds noble; in reality, the idea is very foolish in terms of economics.

[@michaelvalmo]

Sorry but the 60/40 was from the recent event and that is during EDSA revolution. Very far from Luis' influence.

[@robertlowe979]

@@michaelvalmo not even close to correct

[@itz.inferno_11]

I have question who is the father of this first Filipino guy

[@igorotaaki1255]

Before it became "Filipino" it was called "Pilipino."...

[@antoniopigafetta1995]

Is it true that the first people in the Philippines were from Taiwan?

[@michaelvalmo]

No one could know for sure but it is a theory. As part of the Austronesia.

[@ourheritagebymichaeledilo8343]

Mga negritos po or aborigine all over south east Asia and Australia.

[@Bakatacintoki]

The 1st ppl were proly the ancestors of the negritos (Aeta, Ati) who are decended from the 1st waves of ppl migrating out of Africa. They inhabited the islands for 22,000+ years and were also the 1st inhabitants of Malaysia, Indonesia and also part of the Pacific Islands. They may also be related to the Australian aborigines. Filipinos you see today (brown with asian features) are descended from the indigenous ppl of Taiwan (though Taiwan is the name the Han chinese gave that island when they started colonizing it) who came to the Philippines thousands of years after the 1st negritos inhabited the islands, maybe around 4000 - 5000 BC. Once our ancestors came and met the negritos they made an agreement that negritos can have the mountains (high lands) while our ancestors had the low lands by the seas and rivers. The low landers of the Philippines are often called "Austronesian" by social scientist because the theory is that our ancestors left Taiwan, migrating to the northern tip of the Philippines and kept moving southward to Malaysia and Indonesia then some went west migrating all the way to Madagascar in east Africa and some went east migrating all the way to the pacific islands like Samoa, Hawaii, Tonga and the Ester Islands. The evidence comes from the commonality of the languages between the different ethnic groups of these various places and also certain genetic markers. Together were called "Austronesian speaking people".

[@Bakatacintoki]

@Histerov YT Of course my comment is an abridged version of a more deeper history that involves Austronesians, Papuans, Melansians, and Dark skin aborigines and the genetic, linguistic and cultural mixing with these various groups over thousands of years. Interestingly, theres a lot of Melanesian ethnic groups who speak austronesian languages.

[@quenchtv5436]

So basically those white spaniards born in ph were real filipinos and in our generation even these white people were born in ph we still we look at them as a foreigner but i still believe we exist before these spanish people came and we are not white we are malay race

[@danyielhari9837]

Pilipino alipin ni king Philip... kaya nga my tribe tau lahat yun ang pgkatao natin wla pa ang kastila...

[@thegoodsamaritet]

I’m a Filipino

[@rots.866]

Wrong. The first Filipino (who conceptualized the word for us as a people) was a Philippine Count of Mexican roots Luis Manuel Valentín Rodríguez-Varela y Sancena (13 February 1768-1826). This concept passed down to people like the Gomburzas who personally knew Luis Varela, who then taught this concept to their pupils, one of which was Jose Rizal's older brother, who was one of the greatest influence in Jose Rizal's life.

[@rots.866]

Rizal was not the first who conceptualized the word to include everyone who is culturally Filipino, as Filipino. But Rizal was the first person to bring up the concept of Asian Nationalism, preceding Sun Yat Sen, or Mahatma Ghandi.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Did you watch the video?

[@rots.866]

@@KirbyAraullo i stopped when you said that Jose Rizal was the First Filipino and who came up with the concept.

[@KirbyAraullo]

@@rots.866 well that's the thing, I never said Rizal came up with the concept. And this video was actually mostly about Luis Varela.

[@xosa2k]

I was smiling throughout the video until I heard "Filipinx", bruh whyd you gotta do that 🤦‍♂

[@silver7288]

just ignore it

[@johnacer1727]

Binasa mo lang ung nasa FB at wikipedia hahaha. But still, thanks to you, i have a new character and story to create. Preach it and thanks.

[@alejogarciajr022]

Pilipino not Filipino why there's no f in Abacada

[@ygolot1013]

The first one baptized

[@zadkieldjlongshire4468]

Adam and Eve lived

[@TheSweetnessDoctor]

I agree. The Filipinos are the latest settlers of the islands.

[@ellexiegabriellesaavedra703]

is this guy filipino

[@kcarcano7327]

Im the first filipino because I'm GOD mfs

[@mindset8247]

You pfp suits your comment

[@insulareshdxo9454]

eargasms 🤤

[@ranggawirautama3936]

Sorry wrong server

[@angelotargaryen3647]

FILIPINOS CONSIST OF MAJAPAHIT EMPIRE(Kapampangans)SRIVIJAYAN EMPIRE(Western Visayans/Tagalogs)FORMOSAN(Some tribes from Luzon,BORNEAN(Some Tagalogs and Visayans). THEY ALL SAILED AND MIGRATED TO THE ISLANDS OF PHILIPPINES

[@cherbiekylepagatpatan2435]

My comment is out of the topic. The way he speaks English is the real Filipino accent. I don't know why people exaggerate and think that the Filipino accent is ridiculous.

[@hilmalumay]

Indio nga tawag satin ng mga kastila nuon so hindi tayo Filipino as the old spanish standard. Kung tutuusin mga slaves tayo nuon under the rule of Spain and they name our land Philippines for King Phillip that time. So sana nabago ang pangalan ng Pilipinas nuon. . Parte pa tayo na tawagin nila na East Indies. Dahil mostly sating ninuno ay galing sa Brunei, Indonesia at Malaysia. Mga lahi ng Sultan, mandirigma, at Lakans. . Gusto ko sanang itawag sa Kalupaan natin ay RAYA MANDIRIGMA.

[@anthonyranque6061]

How Varela reclaim being a Filipino if he is just claiming it or wanting to be with the Filipino count?

[@joema4844]

We should not call ourselves Filipino because we are no longer under the oppression/control of Spain. As a people we must begin to revive what we are and our true identity before the colonial killers landed upon the sacred shores of our beloved motherland. We are not Filipino (slave name) nor are we PNoy, we are Maharlikan. Long Live the Federal Republic of Maharlika (FRM) and to Maharlikans.

[@SDKidX619]

Filipinos are not Maharlikans either. Maharlikan is a tagalog term that should only apply to Tagalogs. If we stop referring to ourselves as Filipinos and revive who we truly are then I'm not a Maharlikan but Bicolano. Pushing for Tagalogism will only cause more friction amongst our already divided country.

[@johnramirez3247]

Who cares?? We wouldn't become a one nation without the spanish and americans anyway. And by the way "maharlika" is a title for a warrior individuals in the tagalog precolonial society. It's not even a name of a place.

[@okngarod7180]

Mga Aeta( Negrito)

[@abyyfidel5606]

Cite the origin of the first Filipino people and its location?

[@arturogutierrezjr4191]

The first filipino in the philippines is OPHIR in the bible father of filipino people and his three tribes,havila,sheba and tarsish. ..

[@rowenadigal8648]

Knowing that originally 'filipinos' are only those spaniards born in our islands, I don't want to be called a Filipino nor our country be called Philippines. What do we call our islands before the spaniards came here? What do our ancestors call themselves? I want the name of our country to be changed. Philippines is so foreign and it doesn't represent us with honor.

[@jonasfelisilda5777]

Nag pakamatay Ang bayani natin para Lang matawag Tayong pilipino tapos gusto mong palitan

[@jonasfelisilda5777]

Filipino is a nationality not a race

[@rowenadigal8648]

@@jonasfelisilda5777 I don't think so. They wanted to be treated like the filipinos but not to be spaniards born in our islands filipino..

[@rowenadigal8648]

@@jonasfelisilda5777 If I would be given a chance to change the label given to me to something that represents me better, why wont I take the chance? Specially if that label given to you means you are someone else's property.

[@jonasfelisilda5777]

@@rowenadigal8648 Ang problema Kasi maraming Tribo at kingdom sa pilipinas. Wala tawag sa mga tao na nakatira sa archipelago natin dahil hiwalayhiwalay at iba't ibang dialecto o wika ang ginagamit Ng bawat Isa kaya malabo Ang sinasabi mo

[@mimi-oe8nn]

It is eva and Adan or adam I live in the philippines i learned it from my teacher Called A.P / araling panlipunan

[@eulogiojagape7463]

ang pilipino nag mula sa maharlika orihinal na tao. maharlika ay tao isang taong judio. pilipino it was name by spaniards .. maharlikans people it was original from jerusalem the first one coming in site of place they called ophir. one of their leader his name mordecai..that was first to accommodate of that island modecai make it writs. a document laws of his men about FISTA.. kailangan daw sa isang taon mag fista ng dalawang araw sa isang taon

[@eulogiojagape7463]

dalawang araw sa isang taon

[@anglaruan6728]

Maharlika mo mukha mo! Gumising ka hoy! Hindi yan totoo! Wag kang magpakatanga!

[@roeltv2286]

Ang una sa luzon Igorot, sa Visayas Bisaya, sa Mindanao Lumad Bla-an .

[@PrinceEC]

Don’t want to sound like a hater because I’m not, I know you probably didn’t mean to but this video is a little disrespectful & demeaning towards the First Nation People of Philippines. The Negritos. Here in Australia the Indigenous Australians (formerly know as the Aboriginals) & also the Torrest Strait Islanders are considered the original & the first Australians. In New Zealand, the Maoris were the First Nation People so they are considered the first New Zealanders. It doesn’t work in a way, that when the country was established is only when they should be considered the first Filipinos. If you were leaving in your house first & no one was there before you, and then someone moved in, you were still there before them so you are the first owner of the house. No matter if a new set of rules or government was placed after the time. Please don’t confuse your viewers, our own people, and foreigners. This isn’t correct. No disrespect. One love! ✌🏽 Yes I am a modern day Filipino.

[@michaelvalmo]

Sorry po pero matanong lang kung saang banda po ang mali sa sinabi ni Kirby? Kasi sa pagkakaalam ko din po hindi pa iisang bansa ang Arkipelago ng Pilipinas. Wala pa pong salitang "Pilipinas o Pilipino". Walang isang pangalan na nagbuklod po nito. Tayo po ay binubuo ng mga iba't ibang konektadong mga kaharian. Kaya po tayo nagkaisa dahil meron tayong iisang kalaban at iyon ay ang mga kastila.

[@jaystylin1744]

Furthermore if you wanted to be called Filipino alongside the colonizer you also had to convert to Christianity Catholic otherwise you were called indio's