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Ancient Bayanihan Tradition Of The Filipino People: Villagers Move Your 

Entire House Including Walls And Roof (2018, September 6), Ancient Pages, Retrieved from

https://www.ancientpages.com/2018/09/06/ancient-bayanihan-tradition-of-the-filipino-

people-villagers-move-your-entire-house-including-walls-and-roof/ 


          As to the lyrics of the famous song, Yesterday’s Dream, “Helping each other, build each other as long as we're together, you and me, For together we stand, divided we fall Together we climb to the top of the world.” The most effective way to be able to withstand every difficulty that we encounter in our lives are by helping each other.

 At a young age, we were taught how to execute good manners and right conduct. How to say thank you, I’m sorry, show gestures that symbolize respect for the elders, to admit your wrongdoings, to always speak the truth, and to always give each other a hand whenever they are in need. If we are aiming towards the resilient Philippines, honestly, we don’t need to do anything grand or complicated. The simple things we have learned in Daycare or Kinder are much more needed in our daily lives than we think. As we grow up, we open our minds to the real world; understand how the community works, and how to survive. But in surviving, we must never forget that we are all humans. This is not the hunger games; it is not humane to bring down powerless people just for you to stand at the top. There is no space here for crab-mentality, we should help each other, achieve goals, and stand at the top together. For instance, your community is experiencing extreme floods due to a super typhoon. You don’t just stand there and watch them drown; you should help them get to a high story building or house. When typhoons are over it leaves numerous traces, torn down houses, cut down trees and casualties. This is where the Filipino trademark, Bayanihan, comes to action. Everyone capable of donating relief goods or materials for house repairs join hands in helping those survivors. 

They do everything they can to help their fellow citizens and that is what I think we should do to make this country resilient. I am not talking about donating relief goods or money although it helps. We have to do everything we can think of to help each other, join hands and carry them with us because one should not fight on their own, even if they didn’t seek any help, we automatically know that we need to do something for them, for the betterment of their situation, our community, and our country, the Philippines.     


References:

Yesterday's Dream by Donna Cruz (1968), Genius, https://genius.com/Donna-cruz-yesterdays-dream-lyrics

Bayanihan, https://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/bayanihan/bayanword.html#:~:text=Pronounced%20like%20%22buy%2Duh%2D,of%20communal%20unity%20and%20cooperation.

Comments

  1. RusselNovember 15, 2020 at 5:04 PM

    Yes! Unity is the only way for us to reconstruct the damages; emotionally, mentally, and all other aspects you can tell.

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  2. JaneaNovember 16, 2020 at 12:57 AM

    Hi, Shieryn! What a great composition. I agree that we should always help each other in terms of these circumstances. Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  3. JanineDecember 4, 2020 at 11:30 PM

    The image you used is very meaningful. It's good that you included the reference links. Your layout is very minimal and kind of dull.

    ReplyDelete

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