display since shortly after his remains were brought home in 1993 . History Marcos’ death On September 28‚ 1989‚ Marcos died of lung‚ kidney and liver complications in Hawaii‚ three years after he‚ his family and allies were exiled to this archipelago‚ southwest of the continental United States. In 1986‚ Marcos fled the country in the face of a nonviolent revolution "people power" which set the end of his regime.[3] The odyssey of his remains began when the government of President Corazon Aquino denied
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Why they came Pull Factors Push Factors For the Chinese: British had a free immigration policy to attract a Chinese workforce. No restrictions were forced on the migrants. Good job opportunities in the Tin Industry‚ where the indigenous Malays did not want to work. Offered job contracts under mining operators through an indenture system. - Chinese Worker Rights were being protected by the British - Singapore’s geography made it a safe place from floods and droughts and natural
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Great geographical discoveries - a popular term geographical discoveries made at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ in particular: circumnavigation Cape of Good Hope by Diaz (1488)‚ the discovery of America by Columbus (1492)‚ and then the conquest‚ trip [[Vasco da Gama | to India (1498) and the first trip around the world‚ Magellan (1519-1522). These events triggered a further voyages of discovery and contributed to a significant widening of the geographical horizon of Europeans
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Indigenous has been instrumental in securing gender equality in Indonesia. Indonesian culture is a fascinating blend of indigenous‚ Malay‚ Hindu‚ Buddhist‚ and Islamic elements. Indonesia is a country of great diversity and its national motto is "Unity in Diversity." With over 300 ethnic groups speaking 700 languages on more than 6‚000 inhabited islands‚ the Indonesian archipelago is a showcase of cultural diversity. This diversity is also found in all aspects of culture: language‚ housing‚ cuisine‚ dance
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OPPOSITION OF LOCAL PEOPLE TOWARDS THE BRITISH COLONIZATION (TERENGGANU AND KELANTAN) THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH TO THE MALAY PENINSULA * The British first became involved with Malay politics in 1771 * Francis Light was sent to meet the Sultan of Kedah‚ Sultan Muhammad Jiwa to open up the state’s market for trading. * Kedah faced multiple external threats during this time period from Siam(also known currently as Thailand) * Two parts of story involving two Sultans. * PART
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Identification. The Republic of Indonesia‚ the world ’s fourth most populous nation‚ has 203 million people living on nearly one thousand permanently settled islands. Some two-to-three hundred ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects range in population from the Javanese (about 70 million) and Sundanese (about 30 million) on Java‚ to peoples numbering in the thousands on remote islands. The nature of Indonesian national culture is somewhat analogous to that of India—multicultural‚ rooted
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independent villages - and in some cases‚ cosmopolitan sovereign principalities‚ which functioned much like a city-state. The Barangay was the dominant organizational pattern among indigenous communities in the Philippine archipelago. The name barangay originated from balangay‚ a Malay word meaning "sailboat". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barangay_(pre-colonial) h The Hierarchy of Leadership in Ancient Philippines… The political history of the Philippines begins clearly from the formation of various
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Each region in the archipelago has its own version of its origin which is largely based on oral tradition. Malay myths concur that pencak silat was originally developed by tribal groups in the archipelago through the observation of animal movements and other natural phenomena‚ in an effort to defend themselves from wild creatures and other environmental dangers
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remote rural areas which have so far succeeded in resisting the impact of modern civilization. Before the coming of the Spaniards the Filipinos had a civilization of their own. The various aspects of this civilization doubtless came partly from the Malays who settled in the country and partly from a response to the new environment. For this reason‚ many of the customs and practices of the pre-colonial Filipinos are still operative in many parts of the country‚ a circumstance that is‚ in a sense‚ advantageous
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I.THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO 1.1 Pacific Theory * By Beily Willis (geologist) * Occurs 200 million years ago in Pacific Ocean ( Eastern Region of Asia) * When volcanoes erupted continuously . (volcanism) * Japan‚Taiwan‚Indonesia‚ Solomon islands and new Zealand (pacific ring of fire) * 250 volcanoes in said countries and 22 active volcanoes in Phil. 1.2 Asiatic Theory * By Dr. Leopoldo Faustino * Diastrophism (deformation of Major feature
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