Learn about the Filipino American Tribe Apat Na Alon!
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2015
- Original Air Date: October 27, 2015, Tuesday Part 3
"Apat na Alan" or "The Four Waves" is a group of Filipino Americans that all have body art or tattoos in common to pay tribute to their Pilipino ancestors. Special Thanks to Documentarian Alejandro Talens.
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All these Filipinos from the Philippines are mad that these guys are reviving our traditions as if they did as much/more research than the guys who are actually doing what our ancestors did. Stay mad, we all have the same Filipino blood but how dare you try to take these guys down for celebrating our ancestors through traditions even from across the seas
Gtfoh.. these are fil ams playing dress up... theyre exploiting this shit.. they dn t even show respx to wang-od or mention her.. they are over doing this shit... i know fil ams.. they always wanna be down with other cultures like latino polynesians or black. So they push these over done representation of "culture"
Joy A That’s all well and good, but the issues is how are they giving back to the communities that they claim to belong through lineage to receive these tataus? Is it truly revival to take headhunting tattoos that one had to earn by taking heads and kill another human to be able to deserve these markings? If it was true conservation and revival they would get tataus that wasn’t head hunting related. Just because you are of Ilocano decent doesn’t give you the right to wear Kalinga markings. Do they give back to these communities? No. So how are they honoring their ancestors? What work do they do for the culture besides putting these markings on fellow Fil-Americans for money? If it was truly traditional the majority of these people wouldn’t even have these tattoos, as they had to be paramount warriors, chiefs etc.
@@kilipaki87oritahiti "what do they give back to their communities" Balikbayan box. You didn't get one so you are mad? Maybe you should learn about the manong generation who fought racism, bigotry and adversity. Fighting😢 takes many forms. It changes over years others went into service to be part of the US navy's filipino mafia. Do understand how these communities here make sure their children embrace their culture in a land 5,000 miles from their roots. The struggle that takes when they are inundated by a plethora of other cultures? So maybe instead of being judgemental learn the adversity these Filams have overcome and wish to express.
It is misguided. They didn't research the meaning of tribal tattoos in the visayas region. Tattoos back then are very specific to the tribe you belong to. Once you die, your ancestors will recognise you by the tattoo that you have. These people are just confused mutts reaching for a culture that they don't understand because they can't accept the American culture they grew up in
Reading most of the comments are crazy!! Everyone island has its own sacred tattoo for those islands. The Samoans have been tattooing for years all the way back from the beginning, and so on with all the rest of Polynesia! Different patterns and lines with Mostly THE SAME MOTIFS!!! The inspiration came from what they saw on our islands and gave it meaning! So have Melanesians, and Micronesians... our own patterns gave us our own identities as a people or Island to Island. Just because you have a bigger Island doesn’t make you the originator! All South Pacific people share similarities because of island life but we are different in identities! Our Samoan culture is very Strong and way of life and tattooing! And so are the other Poly islands. Our tattooing and culture thrives still to this very day, reteaching our brothers and sister islands the art that was lost or taken away!! But the art BELONGS to us South Pacific people!!!! Damn, I mean Tonga still has a king and Queen! Very strong culture. Our history goes back thousands of years along with the tatau (tattoo). If Filipinos have there own tattoo but looks similar because of the motifs, well guess what? it’s Filipino because of there traditions and meaning that the sacred art meant to the tribe.. that’s the identity I’m talking about. They have there own. Are they the originators?NO..but they are in the South Pacific with us Polys, Mela’s, and micro! it’s our South Pacific Motifs but pattern is different for every Island. We should accept that they are Reviving it back for them. The Motifs and pattern belong to all the South Pacific! Also... To tell people where they come from is crazy... you should Go to Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa to give your thoughts but I bet you’ll leave learning something. Hawaii revived way finding for THEM!!other islands in Polynesia still practice it, it wasn’t lost.. the guy just reached out to the Micro dude for help! They still practice this in Samoa along with other islands, the Tatau is a very big part of my culture in Samoa and being Samoan. Its signifies, identifies and represents our culture way of life and status, WE NEVER STOPPED THE TATAU!!! We never lost the Fa’a Samoa way, it’s stronger than ever! Along with the Fijians, Tongans, and other Poly Islands. Filipinos have every right to revive the art because they also represent that region in the South Pacific!! We all share it!!! They have their own meaning of the motif such as the four waves.. we have ours.
Really? The first tattooed man find by Europeans are from Philippines not in the pacific .hispanic called as las islas pintados or islands where the people are painted. 1521
Tatooeing origin is from iceland then egypt then south east asia.. Polynesians are just younger.. Infact when you look at thailanders and samoans they have similar costumes..the only difference is samoans are much bigger
Thanks for your support brother but just a fact: tattooing in the Philippines started happening long before it did in Polynesia. Polynesians came from the Austronesian people from (second) the Philippines, and (first) Taiwan. All the magic of *Austronesian* tattooing is thought to have its home there.
Respect to these FilAm group. Thank you for saving our arts and sharing the knowledge of it around the globe.
I'm Mexican,Filipino and American Native mix. My great grandmother was daughter of a chief in Oregon and my grandfather Ilocano from Ilocosur.
I wanna get 1 but I want to make sure it's true to where my ancestors come from.
There are a lot of things to unpack with Apat na Alon. But above all I just hope that the tattoo artists behind the 'tribe' are giving back to the actual tribal communities they are profiting off of. I understand that they probably do extensive research and can appreciate that they are trying to revive dying arts. I just hope that they can use their platform to bring awareness to indigenous communities and evolve from this narrative that these designs belong to "filipinos." The Philippines is a multi ethnic nation, and for many non indigenous filipinxs, i think we can love indigenous art forms without trying to claim it as our own!
First off filipinx? 😂 second of all most of the Philippines is still indigenous anyway.
Wow
That’s all I can say...
I’m with tears...
Philippines 🇵🇭💪🏼✊🏼
did not know about the four waves until now. Thank you.
Hi I'm from french polynesia your tattoo culture and ours are identical the marquisien samoa maori hawaii my island is Tahiti. Jahlove it
This is cool. I grew up where students needed to take days off because of "tribal war" I did have classmates who had to leave school because of this. My great grandpa was a headhunter.
Damn, so much hate. I love the art and what it represents.
I got a filipino tribal tattoo with the upmost respect on other cultures i told my artist to give me only filipino tribal that flows to my arm and has a tropical feel and he gave me a couple of artist renditions on some designs and i love my tattoo and my culture growing up this is all ive ever known and done now i live in the states so much negativity and misinformed facts here...filipinos are south east asians thats it..we just live in the islands in the pacific but we are south east asians..and as with the filipino tribal tattoos samoans and polynesians please go to the philippines watch our cultural dances and the stuff we have over there so you can better understand our tattoos and traditions no dis tho just all love..i appreciate everyone who sees the culture for what it is and i will never copy or claim something im not
Their shop is just around the area where i live....i want a tattoo from them but expensive tho😔
Aww man so sad
How many bucks dude??
How many bucks do you think??
Where’s the tattoo shop at..?
they thought that these things are for fashion but these tattoos were sacred..,
YEP TRUE!!
It is for fashion..they are fil ams trying to stand out and digging sacred arts and making it cool and mainstream.. even the photos are posers
Nothing wrong with reviving the lost art.
Hey brothers I would love to get traditional tattoo designs done.
Bute p tong mga philam n ito sobra sobra ang pagmamahal sa bansang sinilangan nila godbless apat na alon for respect are culture
true
A tattoo from cordilleran indigenous culture is not filipino they are kalinga, apayao, etc. They resisted foreign invaders and retained their original culture, while the common filipinos did not. I think we need to respect that.
Elle, featured here, was invited by Kalinga tattoo elder Whang-Od to tattoo her back. She trusted him to tattoo *her* because she respects what he's doing with revival efforts for the region. So it seems there is lot a respect to go around.
Malo lava nuu filipino
cordillera natives are still FILIPINOS
?
"Retained their original culture", they are no longer head hunters or cannibals. They stopped that when the Americans came and unite all of the Philippines for the first time. They were also adopt Christianity.
I'm getting my next tattoo and I'm looking at these options. I just wish I knew a good Filipino tattoo artist nearby. If anyone knows of any near the Bradenton/Sarasota area let me know.
Can someone send me a link or pic of ancient Filipino tat/patterns.
I can see Kalinga chest tat. I’m looking for more clear patterns
Because I wanna mix my own and later add it on my skin.
I’m doing research atm
proud kahit may halong dugo sila nkatataba sa puso bilang pilipino na isinasabuhay parin nila kung ano kultura meron sa kanila.
Native Filipino is very similar to the Native aboriginal tribes of Taiwan.
Yes, some say the Filipinos and other people originated originally from Taiwan. But where did the people from Taiwan come from? Perhaps they came from southern China.
because WE ARE AUSTRONESIANS (Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Some parts of VIetnam, Some parts of Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, Hawaii, Palau, Guam, Marianas, Samoa, New Zealand, Brunei, Singapore, Easter Island)
I suggest u make ur research first before commenting regarding the origins of phil trival tattoos and that of the polenesians..
din mark labesig Dude I'm from Kalinga I'm more than educated my great aunt tells me about how a lot of people visit with smiles and promise to help or give back and all they do is take! This is a part of that!
i love this video good one thanks :) love to all of you peeps stay pogi :) $$$$$$$$$$$
Nobody wants to copy polynesian tattoo. We have our own. Remember that the spanish called us pintados. And when we got colonized by them, they want us to erase our pagan culture. Our ancestors fought hard for our freedom. As if we dont know what is blackbirding is. So dont say that polynesians are brave or tough.
Filos are the least tougest race, and what you mean noone wants to get a poly tattoo, white people dream to have a poly tattoo, i dont hear anyone saying they want a filo tattoo 😂🖕🏾 fk outta here with your shit
Brah 🤣chill out homie yeah I stick to your tattoos stop stealing our Polynesian designs it means a lot to our culture (Filipinos are Spanish Asian) around the world nobody heard Filipino tattoo🤣😂
Then go to our country and play tough. I don’t know if you’re gonna last. Even young ones can put holes on those bodies. When our poeple go to other country, we respect the locals and their country. Not like the others who play tough and act like gangsters. Some act like blacks, when they’re not. Trying to be cool and say homeis and brah. They are funny as f@ck.
@@jakelealiiee386 The first painted people that the world have seen are native Filipinos. It's even documented by Spanish, and many Asian countries how these Painted people raid their lands.
Polynesians are just a lowly subgroup of Filipinos, living on a tiny island in the Pacific. FACTS 🤣
Alot of similarities with Samoan culture 💯❤🔥🤙🌺🙏 Pacific connected solid
Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders have the austronesian connection that’s why there is similarities between Filipino Indonesian and pacific island cultures.
LAIONE MEIHE TAHI KAOULA KANATEA, YOU MUST CHECK YOUR HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES, HELLO MOST PACIFIC ISLANDERS COUNTRY HAVE FILIPINO BLOOD IF YOU WANT SOME PROOF YOU MUST SEARCH IT IN WIKIPEDIA EACH ISLAND COUNTRY IN THE PACIFIC AND MOST LOCALS THERE HAVE SOME FILIPINO ANCESTRY, IMAO..
Bcoz Pacific Islanders came from Southeast Asia (Philippines and Indonesia)
?
Where I can learn our old way I'm ilocano.
We ask that you do not copy the patterns of the tattoos given here as well as the tattoos from our other pages. These tattoos have actual meanings that are specifically made for the person wearing them. Each pattern and design depict their own personal stories of their lives and ancestry, NOT YOURS!!! “Research your own roots and water your own tree.” Hahaha! Look who's talking! What a Hypo I sure bet those Kalinga head hunters won't be so pleased seeing THEIR patterns on non kalinga, non warrior, Outsider Americans like you guys. By the way, I'm a Filipino living here in Makati and no, I would never even start to consider applying head hunter patterns on my City boy skin. Ayos ba?
Manalo Cab its contemporary, they stack patterns so it could relate to how we live now. obviously they wouldn't take an ancient pattern and directly copy it, if you're not going to make an educated comment. then don't both commenting at all. how about you talk to them first before you say something stupid just so you could get the full story first.
Don't you get it?! They copy patterns from tribes they don't belong to.
What right do they have to say that Please do not copy OUR patterns,
if it's not originally theirs in the first place? Enlighten me smart guy. If they copied shit from the tribes, what's wrong if ordinary, ignorant people copy their oh so original tattoos??? Respect? Very shallow thinkers these Asian Americans
Manalo Cab So what, just because I wasn't born in the PI doesn't make me Filupino? we share the same blood. oh and they have visited the last few kalinga men. and those last kalinga warriors were proud of them because they were appreciating their culture more than those born in the PI. they're own children hated the tattoos because of colonial mental. we all have roots going back to different tribes in the Philippines. these people actually care about the culture more than you. you'd rather watchi it die than to revive it. Not all of them are American born, those who were born in the Philippines grew up by their parents telling them that tattooing was a taboo and only for criminals. Honestly you wouldn't care for tattoos if a white man didn't make a big deal about this cultural treasure.
Again, you're missing the point man. You can't own the rights to something if you don't own its copyright in the 1st place. You can go say stuff that may make you feel like you're some kind of a proud Pinoy but stick to the main point man. They wrote this, not me -->
"We ask that you do not copy the patterns of the tattoos given here as well as the tattoos from our other pages. These tattoos have actual meanings that are specifically made for the person wearing them. Each pattern and design depict their own personal stories of their lives and ancestry, NOT YOURS!!! “Research your own roots and water your own tree.” And oh by the way, please spell FILIPINO correctly mister proud pinoy.
Manalo Cab what they meant by that is that you shouldn't directly copy their storyline,
they put those patterns in a specific order that helps tell their lives and achievements in life. by copying their exact design of their tattoos Is like taking the identity of that person and saying that's my life. I lived and achieved these things. But some of the patterns they use are stacked so they can correlate to how we live now. because obviously we don't live how you may live in the PI. That's what they meant by "research your own roots, and water your own tree."
What I got from this was we're not really part of the tribe we stole the patterns and made our own it is sacred to ask and you don't know sounds like a scam to me
it's not though, why don't you ask them questions. every single artist is educated and knows what they're talking about. scams obviously won't catch the eyes of cultural anthropologists
Dude I'm from Kalinga I'm more than educated my great aunt tells me about how a lot of people visit with smiles and promise to help or give back and all they do is take! This is a part of that!
Sounds like a cult to me ;)
Please learn our language
Cum Earl Lee which one
Cum Earl Lee we have over 101!
I wanna get a filipino tattoos even though I’m not born there. But the tattoos I search up, they’re from different tribes. I’m not really part of any tribe in the Philippines.....
Sarrha Bayani you don’t have to be, all Filipinos have ancestors and our ancestors belonged to a tribe. You just have to find out which tribe your ancestors belonged to. It’s not easy but it’s interesting to try to find out about your family’s history. (:
Ang tattoo na Yan ay sa mga mandirigma sa pilipinas kapag nakapatay sila pinatattoo nila ang bilang ng pinatay... Yan ay sa baguio si Wang Od na nagtattoo... Meron din sa visayas at Mindanao... Kaya sa pilipinas talaga Yan... Sinasabi ng iba sa kanila nagmula... Ang tattoo natin ay may kahulugan at may kwentong malalim....
Isn't the migration wave theory debunked, coz it was just written to make it sound okay for Spanish/ Americans to come to the islands and having their way with the natives? I'm not trying to be mean but a lot of historians think the wave migration theory was a bad idea. but good job on educating people about our culture.
Carlo Enad Nope we came in waves. How we settled the whole Pacific. Only reason why Polynesians look different to us is because they interbred with Melanesians on their way. All Polynesians can trace their DNA on their maternal side back to one Igorot woman in the Philippines. Even the plants and animals (dogs, chickens and pigs), amcan all be traced back to the Philippines as well through DNA🤷🏾♀️ Already proven long ago through DNA and language that we are all related throughout our common Austronesian heritage tho devided and forgotten due to colonialism.
@@kilipaki87oritahiti What Carlo Enad or the Kuan is referring to is Otley Beyer's wave of migration's theory which although has been widely discredited is still prevalent in the Philippines. Beyer was clearly influenced by scientific racism as he claimed that distinct, waves of immigrants (First Negritos, then Indonesians and finally Malays) arrived and brought their own culture, each one getting taller, lighter in skin and more intelligent or 'civilized' than the last. Here is a discussion on Otley Beyer's wave of migrations theory. ruclips.net/video/E5iw-fdrqJg/видео.html
They migrated from Taiwan 4,000 years ago...
cool ink, low leaf needs to not do drugs tho
Whang-od doesn't want to give a full warrior tattoo without an honor from killing and beheading someone
Lane Wilcken is a way better representation of traditional Filipino tattooing, revival, conservation and also educational work, re search etc!
Actually Lane wilcken was a member of the tribe before he published his own book Filipino Tattoos: Ancient to Modern. He basically used them for information etc and did not even credit them in his book.
@@kenada4 Facts. Claiming he’s the man. Lame Wilcken.
War tattoos without earning them is stolen valor. Same as tattooing a congressional medal of honor on your skin or special forces patch without having earned it. In any tribal culture today noone gets traditional war tattoos without having earned them. To do so is Stolen Valor cause those markings tell a story of acts the warrior performed in battle or war. It's not just a cultural thing. Not just anyone from the same culture or tribe can wear the markings of a war veteran or markings that claim you performed specific deeds in war and earned rank in a special military class. And some of these markings belong to specific families in specific tribes. Not every Pinoy belongs to same tribe just like not every Mexican has azteca blood.
This! ^
Its much more simular to hawaian tattoos ..
galing galingan ka boi! di ka naman marunong sino niloloko mo?? sila hehehehe??
shut up, mas pilipino pa yata yan sayo kahit dun yun lumaki, talangka
halatang inggit ka
This is heavy on my chest. For any Filipino - regardless of your blood quantum or place of birth - if you are seeking a traditional cultural tattoo to honor your ancestors, I would quite honestly pass on the info coming from SJT. One thing that is failed to be stated is the distinction between art and a cultural marking. This is art, no matter what anyone tells you. Sure it looks tight, but this work just screams lateral appropriation to me. You can't take sacred motifs from one ethnic group and put it in the placement of another on someone from an entirely different group. Just saying. If you want some some flashy 'filipino pride' tat, sure go ahead, but be wary of putting others ancestral marks on your skin, it's disrespectful and ignorant. Preservation of culture and traditions must be done as accurately and appropriately. Otherwise, it's not preservation, it's just further destruction.
Simply, you want to honor your ancestors? Start seeking them out first. The markings come after you understand who you come from.
Is it disrespectful to create my own tattoo like this to represent my culture
As long as it has true meaning to you, f' what other say... get the tat..
I wish Filipino tribal tattoos were as accepted as Polynesian tattoos
Why though? tbh as a Filipino we have more in common with our southeast Asian neighbors particularly our Malaysian and Indonesian brothers. If anything I want our tattoos to be on par with other Asian tattoos such as the Sak Yant of Thailand
@@jasonsan6708 lol Indonesians and Malay people where probably the furthest thing from Asian culture, native Indonesian and Malay people where tribal hunters, head hunters, and jungle island people, similar to Igorot and kalinga, watch the movie edge of the world
@@RenzaissanceTV bro like I said if you want to debate be pls message me on a different platform. You guys are not Polynesians. Go to the Philippine Indonesian and Malaysia and ask them if they’re Asian or Pacific Islander. I will debate you my friend but pls message me on a different platform.
@@RenzaissanceTV I assume you’re the kind of people who thinks Asia is just Japan China and Korea 🙌🫡
How do these guys have the sacred Cordillera headhunter tattoo patterns? I’m sure none of them ever killed anybody. Seems to me they are exploiting the Cordilleran culture for their own profit. What have they done for the Cordilleran people? Other than take their culture and put their sacred markings onto their bodies for profit.
I think he has done alot than most of us will do in our lifetime. While I agree that they should give back to the tribal communities back home there is alot of merit in this work. And idk anything about their finances but the interest, intruige and overall presentation of the work and knowledge is (in my opinion) a good gift back to the community because not many Filipinos outside of students/professors/researchers in anthropology/history courses in higher education would even think - let alone attempt to practice these traditions.
1) It gives younger Filipinos who are outside the Philippines (such as myself) another reason to dig into our cultural history with the resources available online. It's very easy to get lost in the History when you try to search up the history of the place you come from - tattoos or otherwise.
2) They are sharing our culture and making us feel like we aren't a bastard child of colonial Spain. Before doing research I didn't even know that our original alphabet was removed by the Spanish. I didn't know that our country was named after a European monarch.
3) it opens the gate for cultural expansion and metamorphosizes the original meaning to root us in ancient practices during our current time. Take the Hakka for example - its a war dance originally done to intimidate and signal war but now is used in everything from a opening ritual during sporting events to being done as a sign of respect to someone. To add to this point, our traditions and rituals may be expanded on and shared with people outside our culture for the purpose of it living on in a shared one.
4) It's nice to know that a part of our culture is enviable by other people.
The Spanish washed us in their own culture but never treated us as equals. Now do I think we should get rid of our Spanish heritage? Hell no, that's still apart of who we are but we shouldn't ignore all the other parts of the Filipino culture (some of which may not be shared ethnically by all Filipinos but should still be celebrated equally).
So what I understand is that, they want to make a new Kalinga tribe that are not real head hunters and obviously with NO permission from Apo Whang Od.
what did you do to preserve filipino culture?
@@ajaj-tp8tr This is not preservation. It's exploition and ignorance. It's actually pretty fricking dangerous in my opinion. They misrepresent the ancient practice, and putting out this info... it's really misinformation. If you really want to preserve and and participate in the practice, look to those Cultural Practitioners who are both back home and here in the states. There is a huge difference between a tattoo artist and cultural tattoo practitioner (often called a Mambabatok), and these individuals are absolutely tattoo artists.
@@malfon12 cultures evolve, we cannot bring back a practice that is already taboo for the sake of preservation, for the sake of cultural integrity, otherwise, if we think that way, the practices and traditions will die for we are already living in the modern times, where we don't need to be head hunters or impale someone to express art. Why not preserve the method, like in other cultures, in other countries? such a shaky argument.
@@ajaj-tp8tr I agree with you about how cultures evolve. The head hunting aspect of our past definitely shouldn't be revived lmao. However Batok wasn't solely centered around head hunting. First and foremost it was about honoring your ancestors. I think that aspect of the practice is valueable to keep alive. It's a tradition and a cultural artifact.
Elle Tatted Whang Od over 10 yrs ago. There’s your permission. Overstand.
ruclips.net/video/2NEfHlb-hQ8/видео.html
native tribes of the world mutha...filos are a mixed breed of true humility.
PI Filipinos are mad at FilAms for wanting to revive the culture…. While they use skin whitening cream. Lol!!!!
They’re mad bcoz the way they are displaying these tattoos and low key it feels they are trying to make themselves more Polynesian than Asian. Second yes the ancient Philippines had tribal nations but have they ever heard of the sultanates and feudal kingdoms? The Rajanate of Maynila? Sultanate of Sulu? Huangdom of Ma-i? We had guns and our own writing scripts.
binababoy nio ang tradition namin..,mahiya naman kau..,
englishin mo, hindi nila naiintindihan
Bakit nya kailangan mag english ? Eh diba pilipino sila ? intindihin nila ang dialektong pilipino .
well you guys if love or promoting the traditional way of
the ancient "battok" or tatoo etc..then try to "battok" or marking your child or babies at moment that they were born,,then thats the traditiona way of bahttok in ancient time specially or particularlly the highlanders..😰😓🎭
lol
Bago Kayo magtatatto tattoo Jan aralin nyo muna sariling kultura nyo at Ang lenggwahe nyo dimo pa Alam Kung pano sabihin Ang ibaloi wtf
mas pilipino pa yata yan sayo...ano naiambag mo para preserve yung kulturang pinoy?tiktok ka lnga yata magaling e
So cordillerans are not filipinos? Then filipinos are foreign invaders? Now you are invaded, because you are under our laws. I don’t recall any from your tribe fought for our freedom. Move your mountains somewhere, so you won’t be called filipinos. Our ancestors are maharlikans, tribesmen but far advance than you are.
wannabes! how embarrassing!
James B hater...
The Oracle how embarrassing fucking coconuts & thinking there tuff shit
can you research *Austronesians* ?
No written history of Phillipines oh South East on Polynesian Pacific Islanders. The farytiles false information that you made,is a rewriting man made history. The history stone written in the Pacific only for Pacific Islanders only. in the Nz museum,HAWAII, Fiji, Tonga, England museum.
isi naulu, Your seeming bigoted remarks should not go unchallenged considering the ignorance of your afro centric origin nonsense. You also confused the origin of crops and the lapita culture. The slow boat theory of Polynesians and DNA studies from 1,000 Pacific Islander populations from 14 Pacific Island nations have more in common with Austronesians. The central and eastern islands of the Pacific show a dna pattern among males coming from melanesia. But not their females and certainly not most of the islands of the Pacific. Which tend to point to a genetic profile not from Africa but Southeast Asian Islands. Furthermore the speech pattern of melanesians have nothing in common with the speech pattern of Polynesian but show similarities to the Austronesian languages like the Philippines. The lapita culture and crops found in the islands show links to Taiwan Aborigines and East Asia. In other words, the ancestors of the Pacific islanders came from the Philippines or Taiwan. They in turned intermixed with melanesians in islands where they are found and not in others where they are not the population.
what an idiot. I suggest you to research first about AUSTRONESIANS before commenting something that will give the readers brain cancer.
did you know that POLYNESIANS, MELANESIANS, and MICRONESIANS came from Southeast Asia? Specifically in Taiwan. They just migrated from Taiwan, then through Philippines they spread in the whole Southeast Asia (malaysia, indonesia) then some went to Indian ocean and found MADAGASCAR, then some sail from Philippines and Indonesia to what you call now Pacific Islands (hawaii, easter is., new zealand, guam, samoa, palau, marianas)
so before BOASTING your CULTURE like it was not originated or came from other culture, research boy. yabang yabang bwisit.
Idiot the first mark man who first discovered and sent to human zoo are Filipino Europeans called him Philippine prince or prince giolo
Polynesian are only just culture stealer
Moron
Hahaha you are sad sir, need to do your research.
Cus alot of the peeps just wanna be down ... filipinos are more austroneseans and NOT polynesians
Wanna be lol
Dan Alvin in breed
They watched apocalypto 1 too many times
This is bullshit. Filipino tattoos were lost. All that remains were the vague description written down by Europeans. Now you try to make up tattoo designs and stealing some from other cultures to try and call it your own? Hell no DENIED!
Bullshit??..traditional tatts are still being done by a handful of filipinos in the Philippine islands. Just cuz it aint 'commercial' doesnt mean its lost.. lol..
Nope... the spanish never fully eradicated the practice as it is still being practiced by a handfull of tribes. Kalinga for example still practices this today
Bruh search up Apo Whang Od