Pre Colonial period is known as Oral Literature in the Philippines. To what have I recalled, pre-colonial literature is more on cultural tradition rather than art because they based their stories, myths, bugtungan, fable, and salawikain from food that they eat, gathering, farming, house and I think anything random to our lives now but important for them. Whenever I hear "Oral Literature" In my head I imagine all the rebelde that wants freedom from the foreign countries who wants to colonize our bayang sinilangan like, Spain, American,and Japanese. I had this subject on my school before, it was a Pilipino subject about literature also. I forgot which period was it but those magiting na mananalita, made a play, songs, and poems on how they were maltreated and longing for this freedom. I also forgot which one of those colonize-r that they banned Filipinos to speak tagalog because they might have plans to take over them. I think it was the japanese.
Bugtong bugtong is my most favorite of all in the Filipino literature, when I was in grade 2 my classmates love to have a game and guess what is that bugtong and we'll play. It's really a fun lesson to learn. Also the Alamat. I'm really fond of reading those stories, when I was a kid I pity those characters who was cursed and turned into cashew, pineapple and those giants who threw mud with each other until it turned out as the bulubundukin of bohol. I believed in those stories too and the Alamat book is still existing, it is in our mini library here at home. When it comes to folk songs, I'm not really a big fan of it but yes it is the first song that I have ever learned in my life like, sitsiritsit, bahay kubo, etc. There was those times that we have to dance with those folk songs and I'm like, NO. I mean,the beat is so fast and lively and I'm not that kind of person who dances lively.
Pre colonial Literature is the most fascinating and amazing period in the history. I mean I think it's where the art begun. I said this statement "pre-colonial literature is more on cultural tradition rather than art because they based their stories" but I think it's art.
