Barong Tagalog
Significant reasons why Filipinos
wear Barong Tagalog and why it was made the way it was, and how it is used
today. During the Spanish era, the Spanish wanted to show their dissimilarity
from Filipinos and wearing the Barong Tagalog shows your social status in
society; it was to be worn untucked to show superiority, made transparent so as
not to conceal weapons, and made with no pockets to prevent stealing. If a
Filipino became prosperous, they are commanded to wear it as well; the
embroidery was integrated, because they wanted to show their opposition in some
way. After achieving democracy, President Quezon, the first Filipino president,
declared the Barong Tagalog as the national dress, which in turn, made it a
symbol of opposition. And during President Marcos’ rule, he declared a week of
wearing the Barong Tagalog so that it had further use. Now a days, most
Filipinos wear a polo shirt version of the traditional Barong Tagalog and wear
it during special occasions only.
Why the Filipinos wear the Barong
Tagalog, it was made the way it was, and how Filipinos wear it today, is the
implied main idea of what the Utrecht faculty of Education wrote. The pictures
of the traditional Barong Tagalog, with the embroideries, gives you an idea
what it looks like when you have never seen one for yourself. I feel that I have
been enlightened of the real significance of why Filipinos wear Barong Tagalog,
instead of just thinking it as a fancy shirt for special occasions. For others,
they might also learn new insight if they do not know the real reason yet. The writing
of the Utrecht faculty of Education is very informative with the history of the
Barong Tagalog and its integration into the daily lives of people as time
progressed; people who might read this, might get encouraged to learn further
information about their own culture and not just stick with the basic information
that they have.
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