@kamonitall i loved doing research for this! so much history isn’t known…hmm i wonder why… #jewelry #viral #filipino #trending #fypage
I thought I was just being a magpie for loving gold jewelry. Well, my ancestors, even the slaves, wore pure gold jewelry daily, together with their tattoos (hence the term pintados). I wear gold and pearls as a way to honor my ancestors… 🤣
Gold was everywhere in this country, that’s why the colonizers renamed several areas here after the Spanish word for gold = oro. Mindoro (mina de oro), Cagayan de Oro, to name a few.
I’ve seen some of the pre-colonial jewelry at the central bank museum and my oh my, the ancients really are mastercraftsmen.