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Similarities between the Philippines and its neighboring countries were the most tied when the Philippines wasn’t colonized by Spain. In a way, it was more like Thailand and the rest of the Southeast Asian countries. Everyone had gold, even the poor, the early people of the Philippines traded with surrounding countries such as Indonesia,Thailand and countries to the East of Asia as well as the middle east. If you look at the Philippines pre-colonial period in time, that’s when you can really see how similar the Philippines was in terms of wealth, culture and prosperity among the Southeast Asian countries. Philippines had a rich and very diverse culture. It was a thriving time for the Archipelago country. They, among the rest of the countries had beautiful written languages, their agriculture was thriving and they had already so many accomplishments. I would say that the Philippines was so similar to its neighbors that I feel like it if Spain never had colonized the country, Philippines would either be part of Indonesia,Malaysia and in an alternate dimension it could become part of Thailand. In fact, the Philippines was influenced by Buddhism during early civilization. So there could have been a possibility that a lot of Buddhist temples would have been present today in the Islands of the Philippines and the architecture would most likely also be built in an Asian style with curved roofs and detailed areas of the temples.

Lets move on to their art. I want to say that the Philippine’s culture,prior to Spanish rule was…EVERYWHERE. the chiefs and people even had it on their body as tattoos, it was embroidered in their clothing, they made designs on their weapons, sculptures and jewelry. Their design was somewhat intricate in the sense that it was very well detailed. A lot of gold was used in Philippine culture. And the the other frequently used material was wood because it was very abundant.

One of the art forms that not too many people think about when talking about art are textiles and the southeast Asian countries produced lots of them from pre-colonialism to the present day. They were similar and different in their own ways. Here are textiles from all the 10 southeast Asian countries. And how they compare and contrast.

THAILAND



They had rather elegant patterns and usually had a border going around the square-shaped clothing. With more flow and points in their designs. This type of design looks like something they could have in French tapestry. Which makes sense. French people actually came across the indigenous people of Thailand.

PHILIPPINES



Philippine’s textile patterns seemed to have more sharp edges and shapes. the patterns would usually move horizontally and resembles some textiles that can be found from the pacific region. (Hawaii and the Polynesian Islands). This kind is just one of the many that can be mainly found in the province of Pampanga and the Islands of Mindanao.

MYANMAR(BURMA)



This type of textile woven pattern is known as Luntaya Acheik this consists of a wavy patterns and elegant designs going horizontally.With use of golden threading to make the designs shine when exposed to light. If I am correct,This wavy pattern also goes by the n

So anyways,I hope this answered your question.

-venna