It just is I suppose. My understanding of “papag” means a low bed, with “cama” as a more Western style of bed. It seems we share the Asian affinity for being close to the ground in terms of furniture.
Also do note, mas dumami din yung populasyon ng mga chino at ang mga chinong mestizo (mestizo de sangley as they were known at the time) nang dumating yung mga español. And as Spanish control expanded, the chinese mestizos also moved in major cities. Which kinda partly explain why they were so influential and still are influential in the economy of the Philippines.
I think this is why Spanish colonization in the Philippines was a bit different compared to the Americas. The mestizo population of the Philippines was largely a product of these Hispanized Chinese immigrants mixing with locals. Whereas in Hispanoamerica it was largely the Spanish & later post-independence European migration to their various countries (like Germans & Italians)
1) I always find it interesting when I watch Kdrama and see them eat their meals on their coffee table.
2) Through this post, I realized that indeed we are all doing the Asian squat.
3) Spanish colonization might have introduced us to modern tables and chairs.
4) But our Asian bodies were very much accustomed to eat with one leg up.
5) So whenever I see my gen z/alpha kids eating with one leg up (even if they never experienced dulang before) I'll just think it's their Asian genes coming into play.
kakatawa yung concept na naka gawa na rin sila ng upuan pero instead of adjusting both to make them more comfortable ginawa lang din ka level ng low table yung upuan
On the other hand, I heard (did not dig up much about this haha) that one factor of japanese elderlies' long lives is due to low table. Na eexercise yung legs and pelvis kaka upo-tayo from low table.
This squat comes from India as well as the jawi script for writing, foods (taro), lemon, ginger, aachara pickles, eating on banana leaves, and much more. Islamic and Spanish Christian colonization disregarded the previous Hindu-Buddhist Culture as “pagan.”
The spread of rational Indian culture wasn’t forced upon what are now called Filipino people, unlike future colonizers as mentioned above.
Thank you for this information. A lot of us filipinos tend to forget how much influence India had on both filipino and chinese culture during the precolonial times. I once watched a filipino food historian saying kare-kare was the filipino-nized indian curry, is that true?
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I wonder if my tendency to sometimes eat with my knees up hugging my chest like this on a chair is somewhat historical…
This must be the origin of the habit
I totally agree. Looking at my gen z/alpha kids who keep doing it drives me crazy. Now I know it's the genes.
It just is I suppose. My understanding of “papag” means a low bed, with “cama” as a more Western style of bed. It seems we share the Asian affinity for being close to the ground in terms of furniture.
Its so deep rooted in our genes, we do it subconsciously lol
Saw the fifth photo. We are using chopsticks before????
In places like Manila with lots of Chinese immigrants, chopsticks locally called sipit were used to eat pancit in Chinese restaurants
Chinese restaurant.
Yeah. Binondo is the oldest Chinatown, outside China, in the world. Even when Spain invaded Manila, there were Chinese immigrants already there.
Also do note, mas dumami din yung populasyon ng mga chino at ang mga chinong mestizo (mestizo de sangley as they were known at the time) nang dumating yung mga español. And as Spanish control expanded, the chinese mestizos also moved in major cities. Which kinda partly explain why they were so influential and still are influential in the economy of the Philippines.
I think this is why Spanish colonization in the Philippines was a bit different compared to the Americas. The mestizo population of the Philippines was largely a product of these Hispanized Chinese immigrants mixing with locals. Whereas in Hispanoamerica it was largely the Spanish & later post-independence European migration to their various countries (like Germans & Italians)
Chow Lakan
Just as we sometimes do today: only for Chinese (or Japanese, Korean) cuisine.
So lage tayong naka asian squat dati?
Ngayon nagtataas na lang tayo ng paa kapag kumakain. 🤣
This actually made so much sense.
1) I always find it interesting when I watch Kdrama and see them eat their meals on their coffee table.
2) Through this post, I realized that indeed we are all doing the Asian squat.
3) Spanish colonization might have introduced us to modern tables and chairs.
4) But our Asian bodies were very much accustomed to eat with one leg up.
5) So whenever I see my gen z/alpha kids eating with one leg up (even if they never experienced dulang before) I'll just think it's their Asian genes coming into play.
Curious to know if may mga nag survive pa na mga old tables like these.
Sa isang post ni dr ambeth ocampo about dulang nung 2013, may nagcomment na yung lolo nya daw sa pampanga gumagamit pa din ng dulang
Pwedeng palang pang minimalist ang dulang, pwedeng itabi after gamitin.
Glad to know our habit of using the coffee table as an actual table is historical.
Never heard it called dulang before…. We call it ‘hapag’.
Oh, the origin of mahabang dulang
kakatawa yung concept na naka gawa na rin sila ng upuan pero instead of adjusting both to make them more comfortable ginawa lang din ka level ng low table yung upuan
On the other hand, I heard (did not dig up much about this haha) that one factor of japanese elderlies' long lives is due to low table. Na eexercise yung legs and pelvis kaka upo-tayo from low table.
This squat comes from India as well as the jawi script for writing, foods (taro), lemon, ginger, aachara pickles, eating on banana leaves, and much more. Islamic and Spanish Christian colonization disregarded the previous Hindu-Buddhist Culture as “pagan.” The spread of rational Indian culture wasn’t forced upon what are now called Filipino people, unlike future colonizers as mentioned above.
Thank you for this information. A lot of us filipinos tend to forget how much influence India had on both filipino and chinese culture during the precolonial times. I once watched a filipino food historian saying kare-kare was the filipino-nized indian curry, is that true?
Sangleys and their pass time.