Sunday, February 12, 2012

Is it true that the Philippines is about to change its name?

The final clue (question) at the Jeopardy game show last night was:

"People in this Asian country named for a European king now want to call it its indigenous name, Maharlika.



Is there any truth to this?Is it true that the Philippines is about to change its name?
you know, i've never heard of this until today, thanks to your question and i tried to research it and found this article from inquirer.net and asian week (same article):



http://globalnation.inquirer.net/mindfee…



or



http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/02/maha…



seems like some people are considering it but i doubt a lot have heard about this "consideration". personally i think Maharlika sounds great and sounds so very Filipino (or should i say very maharlika?) :)



apparently, it's not just the country's name some people want to change but the flag and national anthem as well. i think some people think there is a need to "update" these things to conform to the identity of the Filipinos today.



personally, i think right now we have more important issues to address first like our present government and even attitudes. we can change our country's name, flag, national anthem or even the national fruit or past time, but the identity of our country relies on us, the people. that's the change i would like to see.
I think former Senator Eddie Elarde proposed a bill to change the Philippines name to Maharlika. Maybe it didn't catch the attention of his peers because of huge expense with not much benefit to hungry Filipinos. I think this is the only bill he made in congress causing him to loose popularity and eventually didn't get re-elected.Is it true that the Philippines is about to change its name?
When Ferdinand Magellan “discovered” the islands on March 16, 1521, he named it the Archipelago de San Lazaro. We would have been called Lazaroans, if Magellan had survived the Battle of Mactan against Lapu-Lapu on April 27, 1521.



Three unsuccessful Spanish expeditions followed Magellan, and all failed to reach San Lazaro. The fourth expedition, led by Capt. Ruy Lopez de Villalobos, reached Sarangani Island off the eastern coast of Mindanao on February 2, 1543. He renamed the islands Felipinas, after Felipe II, the son of Spanish King Carlos V and crown prince of Spain.



When Andres Bonifacio formed the Katipunan revolutionary organization against Spain in 1896, he refused to use the term Filipinas, preferring Tagalog and Katagalugan for the country.



Others objected on the grounds that Pilipinas sounded too much like Alipinas (land of slaves). Some have proposed Kapatiran (brotherhood) or Katipunan. Others have suggested Luzviminda, a reference to the country’s three major group of islands.



If countries like Bolivia can be named after its liberators, why can’t the Pilippinos be named after Rizal? We would all be Rizalians.



My personal preference would be to call the country Bayanihan, and we would all be bayanis (heroes), bound together in the “Bayanihan” spirit of working for the common good.

http://zylla3.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/d…
I haven't heard anything about the Philippines being changed to Maharlika or any proposal being considered.



I have heard though one politician wanting to change it to The Philippine Island" instead of "The Republic of the Philippines". He said this would draw more tourist to the country.Is it true that the Philippines is about to change its name?
never heard of it.



i knew they called the people at the top of the pre-Spanish social structure as Maharlika. but i've never heard of a name change to that. besides, i think it's ridiculous... renaming the country to Maharlika. it's like renaming India to Brahmin.
haven't heard of it.



but maharlika is what the members of the upper echelon of the societal hierarchy in pre-colonial philippines were called. their modern-day counterparts are the elites. it is not the first name of the philippines. there wasn't even a country before spanish colonization.
You cannot change History, back in 1978 a senator proposed the Maharlika, and he lost the reelection. People found out it means toilet in Malay, Noblemen in Sanskrit and ordinary people will be called Timawa.
OH really...

i haven't heard of it even i'm a filipino..

i don't want it to happen...Philippines is better than the name Maharlika..

Maharlika seems like for royalty..

duh..Maharlikans...it doesn't sound good..
never mind, I'll stick with "the Philippines"...



if they want to change it, then what would "Filipinos" change to? "Maharlikanese?" "Maharlikanians?" "Maharlikanos?"
haven't you heard why MAHARLIKA wasn't approved?

it's because the root word meant ROYAL PENIS from the sankskrit word and that's where many of the filipino language came from.
its true about a proposal to change name. but change will not happen soon or will never happen. thats old news already. even during time of marcos that proposal already there.
It is true. They are trying to get it changed but i don't think that it will work to well. Yea i watched yesterday also and asked the same question.
I watched that episode!!!! Final jeopardy and I actually got it right!
I don't know if it's true but I wish it were. Now let's see what comes next. We will be called Maharlikans, Maharlinos, Maharbists or Maharlicks?
It doesn't change anything if you just change your clothes and doesn't take a bath
all it need to do is hang all it's dirty politicians,about a million of them.
well, i dontt think so....whatever its name still it remains a home for all the filipinos
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