Question

What can you say about the nature of precolonial literature in the philippines

Answer 1

The pre-colonial literature of the Phillipines consisted of transcribed oral traditions and fables.

• The oral traditions dealt in the Pre-colonial Era were in the form of folktales, epic poems, riddles, genealogies and proverbs.
• The underlying theme of these pieces was spirituality and cosmology.
• Every person of the community in pre-colonised Phillipines could contribute to the literature.
• It is assumed that there were more accounts existing associating with the pre-colonisation literature however they are believed to have been destroyed when Spain invaded the country.

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