Philippine Treasure (GMA-7 Documentary)

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                   “History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man”. As I watch the documentary of GMA-7 about “Philippine Treasures” I realized that there are lots of treasures that we Filipino’s have since ancient times. We didn’t know that there are lots of unrevealing stories behind the history from a written book than what is really happening during that time. Through this documentary that I watched, it cleared my mind about the facts and stories that is true or might be true within the Philippine history.

                  I feel happy because we have many artifacts and collections that our museums have, right from Spanish colonialism down from American colonialism. One of the parts of the video that I like in the documentary is the ‘Ayala Museum’, one of the museums here in the Philippines. It shows the different designs and artifacts such as accessories made from gold which is used by our ancestors during ancient times.

                  As the GMA-7 document about these, it states that our ancestors before the Spanish colonialism are civilized and rich in natural resources such as minerals like gold. Like the teleserye “Amaya”, one of the shows in GMA-7. It represents how people lived in the past. They have a ruler called “Datu” down from the commoner to a slave. The accessories used in ‘Amaya’ are based from the “Gold of Ancestors”. These are the gold’s that were collected by the Ayala museum. They said that these are made during 10^th century. They believed that our ancestors know how to make materials from gold, they know how to process. And because of these, I was also amazed by the “Golden Mandela”, one of the finest collections of the museum. It is four kilogram and its designs were really in detailed. So I thought that those people who lived in ancient times used all the things that surround them like coconut, shells, etc. to shape the gold. And as the document goes by, I was shocked that all of those collections were discovered only by a commoner, his name is Berto Morales. Those artifacts were found in the mountain of Surigao del Sur. He became rich but it is real about the sayings,” Ginto na, naging bato pa” because he lost his money after all of it. I realized that there are no such things that can be bought by money.

                 The other video that I like was all about the “Golden Tara”.  I was surprised that the “Golden Tara” from the museum in Chicago was actually came from the Philippines. There were also other artifacts, they are 7,000 in total. But the real thing is the Tara that was found in the Philippines was argued to bring it back in our country from “The Field of Museum of National History” in Chicago. In my opinion, I also agreed to return it back so that we can see it in our own bare eyes that these was one of the collections of our history, that these marks our past and these is one of the reasons why we must be proud of our country.

                 These are the few things that I like and marks into my mind while watching the video. For me, there are many things that we must know and we must discover about the history of our country. It is true that, “History brought back the past and remind us the future” because what we have today reflects the past. So, we should take care and appreciate all those artifacts that was found and now are displayed in our museums and we must salute our ancestors because they are the reason why we experience and lived in a best way. We must be proud that we are a Filipino.