What do you think? Should the Philippines change its name to move away from the country’s colonial past?

That one guy knows his history very well. I'm impressed. *edit: lol guys calm down

"our colonial past is not something we should be ashamed of, but we have to move forward" YES.

Maybe the guy in stripes is a professor. A Philippine history professor. He sounded like a talking history textbook. Very well said. 💕

The guy wearing stripe, recall that history and he knows what his talking about👏🏻

I like the white-stripped guy. He knows what he's saying and i agree with him

That one guys speaks very fond of the history of the philippines. Im in awe

Yeah it takes time to changed Pilipinas into Maharlika. But the more I wanted to change is the mentality of Filipino. The toxicity is elevated throughout the years. And it's disappointing.

I’m cool with it as long as we keep our flag. I like our flag 🇵🇭

That man wearing stripes has a lot of knowledge 👌

Changing the name of the country will not change it's history.

History is history, no matter what great name we can think of to replace “Philippines” we can’t change the past. But what we can change though is our attitude to be good Filipinos to build a better future for our country.

It feels bad why some Filipinos doesn't know history about their own country

6:54 This guy have a great insight for the matter.

Basically the reaction was "lol".

the guy in stripes really said "it's my time to shine"

"We have to create a new identity for our nation" The thing is Filipinos keep sheltering to our past to the extent that they even embrace being mixed spanish (kahit di naman lol) they thought that having a mixed spanish blood is better than being pure filipino because uso or something. Instead of loving our own culture, beauty and language.... We hugged other's culture and etc. lakas maka proud to be pinoy pag may mga pinoy na nagrerepresent sa pinas... Pero kung tatanungin kung anong lahi nila half spanish daw kahit yung may patak na dugong kastila lang naman yung lolo ng lolo nila sa tuhod. Tapos tingin sa locals cheap mumurahin walang effort pero lakas maka puri sa imports. Yawa kamo tanan.

Striped shirt kuya I'm so proud of you you're a real Filipino with the culture 😍😍😍

The guy in striped white shirt is knowledgeable and can articulate his thought really well. Kudos to him! I'm sure he is gonna have a bright future. 👍👍👍

7:00 "We have to create a new identity for our nation" -nice quote

As a european and forigner woman each time I wach videos about filipino people and their country I get such a good vibe. The people seem open, friendly, educated and relaxed in general. And the language will never stop to sound intresting to me it seems like a mix of a native language with English and Spanish. I think all filipino people shoud be prowd of their beautiful and diverse country.

Let's improve our country first tho,how bout that?

You know that everyones gonna keep calling it Philippines anyway despite the name change.

Actually, it was the Americans that came up with the "Philippines" from the spanish "Filipinas" prior the American Colonialism. There were also proposals in the past of changing it back to "Filipinas". Nonetheless, personally, I'm fine with Philippines. But what's not fine is the education system in this country. Isama mo na rin mga nakakasukang mindset ng nakararaming Pilipino.

Genius Spotted: The Man wearing white with stripes shirt

*WE STAN THE DUDE IN STRIPES* we stan woke filipinos

Damn, are they speaking half english half tagalog because you're an english speaker or is that just how filipinos talk to each other?

1:30 WHAT THE HECK?! Sounds so arrogant

I am impressed how good all the answers were. Clear, thoughtful, and some objective. And this is for a street interview. The Philippines must be made up of thoughtful people, very good.

Guy in stripes answered so well! It's great to be knowledgeable of your own country. Kakaproud!😍

We are Indonesia, the neighbor of Philippine did change our colonial era name from Dutch East Indies (Nederlandsch Indie) to Republic of Indonesia immediately after we got our independence. But I think it's a bit too late for Philippine to do the same since they used to their colonial name for too long after independence. It's a bit feel weird to change your national identity after so long you grew and recognized by that identity. The story will be different if you just got your independence since you see yourself as a newborn country and can make your identity new like new name, new constitution, new ideology, etc.

Maybe “Pan De Coco”. I like it

Maybe the guy wearing striped shirt is a history teacher. He's just so amazing and his statements are understandable.

Would be nice to bring back Babayin and Kulatin instead. That would strengthen the culture more than just changing the country's name.

That man in 2:04, Filipinos should be proud of him.

"Our colonial past is not something to be ashamed of because It's part of our identity but we have to move forward. We have to create a new identity for our nation" well said.

i love how the guy with strips shirt answer..so brilliant

I dont care whatever the name of the country is, but I can assure you, as a Singaporean, we are so lucky to have Philippines as our neighbour. 😍😍 Philippines had been a great neighbour to our country for decades. 🇸🇬🇵🇭

he should change it to saiya so people can call us saiyans

My dream land Phillipines 😍 ❤ because Phillipines brother's and sisters are kind hearted ❤ Greetings from your best friend 🇮🇳

the reason why most people are ignorant of our pre-colonial past is because it was not taught thoroughly at school. more emphasis were given to spanish and american times wherein fact our people have a more diverse and glorious past before being colonized. we used to be industrious, proud, honest, and free people. several kingdoms and empires freely engage in trade and commerce with our ancestors and they themselves established very powerful and dynamic society. the kingdoms of tondo, central visayas and butuan datus and rajahnates, and sultanates of maguindanao and sulu are examples of that. truly a very noble and dignified race. very unfortunate how colonization deteriorated that aspect in our people. while it should be acknowledge also that those colonizers brought with them valuable norms and traditions that would later be incorporated into our very own culture, the fact that we lost our very own identity as a people is truly sad. all that said, there are about 11 countries who changed their names, e.g. burma to myanmar, czech republic to czechia, ceylon to sri lanka, holland to netherlands, among others. the process would be slow and meticulous, not to mention expensive as stated in the video. the government must first inculcate strong sense of nationalism and taught students of the noble and maharlikan roots of every Filipino. only when strong sense of nationalism and pride of ones origin gain massive track in future generations can we have an overwhelming support for a name change. P.s. the guy in stripes knows his stuff while the others just represent the sad state of Filipino mentality. wouldn't let go of the past and afraid to change what they are used to.

2:09 he's a walking dictionary 😂👌 Edited: After 2 yrs I checked my email and saw this, I didnt thought this will be having 200+likes😂

I am so impressed to the guy wearing white-black-stripe shirt. He knows a lot about Philippines' History so well and he is so articulate and eloquent with his answers. I agree to everything he said

If our country's name will be changed, we will be like Myanmar. People are confused on how to call that country.

This was very interesting journalism. Thank you asian boss.

Filipinos should learn their pre-colonial past and be proud of the genuine history of their forefathers

It is very disappointing for me to see some of my fellowmen being unaware of our precolonial history. As a history lover, I'm really tempted to agree but the guy in striped shirt was right. But I think schools should teach more of our history to the students.

5:50 the comment that I was looking and waiting for ages!! Ghad thank you!

Damn its my first time to know that the Philippines is the first republic in asia

Maharlika sounds like a foreigner trying to say “Mahal Kita”

Your guests were very thoughtful and up to date with current affairs. Very impressive.

Thanks to your channel and videos like this I educate myself 💞🤩

Those from the Provinces literally had to learn 3 Languages since young. 1. Local Language (Bisaya, Ilonggo, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Ilokano, etc.) 2. Filipino Language 3. English Language That's how we learn languages in the Philippines, cause it's more fun here.

I totally agree with the guy in stripes. We shouldn’t be ashamed of our colonial past instead we should be proud that we dealt with it and grew from it.

“The youth is the hope of our future.” -Jose Rizal

Yeah, I would agree to change the name. The name "Philippines" came from King Philip II of Spain, which reminds me of our colonial past. But that guy in the white t-shirt is right. The Philippines is independent and needs a new identity of itself.

That is why you study your History.When I was Elementary, High School and College I love the Philipine history and World history

1:17 "We know the President. He speaks his mind freely, so from time to time he says certain things." This is the best way to deal with wacky Presidents.

Sometimes change is good. So, dont be afraid on it. For the information of everyone. Changing the name to maharlika was proposed already in the past.Year 1978 by Senator Ilarde.

"Maharlika" is a specific class of people in the North, particularly being a class of warriors (much like knights and samurai). To name the entire country with that is stretching too thin for its definition. It'd be cool to have an Austronesian, "back to the roots" kind of name--but I dunno about using this one.

6:40 that man is so fluent in speaking english!!!, he knows many things about the Philippines And he also has a good voice he could be a host!, maybe he's a teacher 😮👏

ACTUALLY, ALL OF THEM ANSWERED VERY LOGICALLY AND INTELLIGENTLY. ESPECIALLY THEY GUY SPEAKING ENGLISH ALL THE TIME. FOR ME: 1. THE PHILIPPINES HAS BEEN USED FOR SO LONG AND I DONT THINK IT SHOULD BE CHANGED SINCE IT IS ALREADY AN. ESTABLISHED NAME. 2. WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM WHAT SPAIN DID TO OYR COUNTRY, AND YES THERE'S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF FROM OUR PAST. OUR PAST WHAT MADE US TODAY WHETHER ITS GOOD OR BAD. SPAIN HAS CONTRIBUTED A LOT IN OUR CULTURE, FOOD, LANGUAGES, TRADITIONS, BEHAVIOR, BELIEFS AND OF COURSE SPANISH BLOOD RUNS IN THE VEIN OF THE MAJORITY OF THE FILIPINOS. LIKE MYSELF. HEHE 3. MAHARLIKA LOOKS GREAT TO BE HONEST. BUT IT SOUNDS BADUY HAHAHHA (OPINION KO YAN MANAHIMIK KA)! 😂 4. CHANGING THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY NEEDS APPROVAL FROM THE FILIPINOS AND NOT JUST BY THE PRESIDENT ONLY. 5. VIVA FILIPINAS!

Love philiipines from India ...

I love how they put English subtitles... on the guy speaking English

Whatever you decide to call yourselves- We love the people of the Philippines-My best vacations ever!

Filipino is such a strange but beautiful language. Like mixing spanish, english and gibberish

let’s go mr. universe! 🙌🏼

I would be for it and I’m already learning baybayin.

Keep the name, but CHANGE THE FILIPINO MINDSET. That's what's needed to change and is still purely lacking in Filipinos. Subconsciously as a nation we still operate as a colony. It shows in our media, the way we speak, our preferences, our actions etc.

That dude said it right! Filipino needs to move forward n bring their identity.

Most of them spits nonsense. I really like how the guy in stripes answer, very informative and does makes sense

I offer My Life for Philippines I want to remember for my next life.

I don't know if the interviewer choose the wrong targets, or they actually represent most of Philippines peoples, but something just feels off from most of their answers...

Without our history, we wouldn't be here like we are today.

the white-striped shirted guy is amazing and I totally agree with what he is saying. He knows what he is saying and is like giving a history lesoon sksksks

Most people are hesitant to change. At first I was thinking they should change their name to be able to forge their own identity. Then after hearing the last bit by the striped shirt gentleman, it made me realize that I was thinking of their colonial history as something shameful, which is wrong. Either way, Filipino people are amazing, much love to them.

6:02 Hands down to this guy! Very smart. I like smart people.

For the man in stripes...... You deserve a lot of applause. You really gave me hope that there are Filipinos who still know about our history, the origin of words within the issue, and who also thinks practical that changing the name of a country is expensive. :)

As a non Filipino but a southeast asian brother, I hope Filipinos understand calling urselves Filipinos means u are all still subjects of King Philip of Spain. I feel it is time our bros and sistas of the Philippines to claim back their heritage and culture, one which is shared by the rest of maritime insular southeast asia. Come back to us.

I love the guy with a stripes shirt Speaking with knowledge!!!

Depressingly, this video shows how poorly we Filipinos even know our own history, the average reaction is quite literally just: "lol nakasanayan na natin to eh bat kailangang palitan?" As one young adult put it: "Di naman tayo maka-move on." That stripe dude is really just the 1% demographic of the people who actually understand our culture (I doubt I'm part of that). The Philippines had its opportunity to shine on the world stage decades ago, it missed the mark and it took decades until today to salvage a small fraction of that. ~My 3 cents, or sentimo

I’m a Saudi women, and I love the Philippines.🇵🇭 You are a great nation with kind mannered, educated people, and whether the name changes or not you’ll still be great!

If that’s what the tribes call that land than it should be it. Western People comes from across the ocean has no say about who you are.

I don't mind the change, I think it's great to appreciate a new country name, original!

A name won't change the value of the country. It'll be the same country with a different name.The only argument would be to identify as our own selves and break free from what the Spanish called us, however if you look at the counterarguments you can see why many people would disagree. "Maharlika" is a word with such a beautiful meaning but it's not enough of a word to change the name of the Philippines to. People identify as Proud 'Pinoys' and 'Pinays' because they are people of the Philippines. If anything, the Philippines as a name for our country shows that we're a country rich with history and that we can move on with this label even though it caused distress. It shows that Filipinos are strong people who have grit and tenacity.

Changing the country name would be expensive, you have replace passports, government documents, our embassies from other countries, etc. We should just imporve the country Updated I'm a College student and not oppose in changing the country's name but I don't want it because I love the country's name, if some people want to change it because it's the only way to move on from our past so do it, I don't care, but changing the country's name would require a referendum that every citizen of this country has the right to say if they want to change it or not change it.

Even as an outsider, i reconize a lot of spanish words when they talk, spanish is very much in their culture, thats part of who they are mixed asian, arab and spanish. Also I like that sometime they just switch to english like mid sentence lol

we need to do the same in mexico. starting by changing our last names back to indigenous names instead of spanish ones,

The guy wearing white shirt is so impressive I love it!

Phillipines changed to be Maharlika Indonesia changed to be Nusantara Malaysia changed to be Malaya Thailand changed to be Siam Than we coincide to be one Nation called "Sunda/Sundalandia". With the nation watchword "The Atlantis Was Back"

The guy on stripes knows our country's history well (at least from this vid). hehe kudos!

its been 2yrs and the country's name are still *The Philippines*

Changing the Name of the Philippines is IRRELEVANT. Changing the mentality of corruption is better. What is the use of changing the name of the country if it's mentality of corruption remains the same. I think making the Philippines more prosperous is better.

Indonesians would love the name 'Maharlika' which sounds like the word 'precious, expensive, wealthy'. It also cognates with the word Mahardika (someone with intelligence) and Merdeka which means 'freedom', showing the intention to detach from colonial mentality.

I think it seems like a solid reason for wanting to change the name. If the people are fine with the change cool, if they dont want to change thats fine too. They can always change it if they want.

Duterte: Changes Philippines name Philip II: *Sad Spanish noises**

We would prefer to call us "NaturalHabitatOfNarutoWeebs"

I vote no for obvious reasons lol. It’s just unnecessary. I vote we elect the guy in the striped shirt for president!!!Hahaha

I'm so happy they stumbled upon kuyang naka-stripes, so this video would actually be informative! Sadly, other answers felt lacking, and it reflects the misinformation and lack of (better) education of the general public.

MAHARLIKA ❤️