Talk:Barong Tagalog
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I wondered whether the Spanish imposition of the Barong Tagalog on the Filipinos was folklore or not. A further condition regarding the Barong was, in the same untraceable source in which I originally read the contents of the article, that it should have no pockets. Not having pockets meant, to the colonial Spanish, that the Pinoys could not steal the silver.
An ironical twist to the tale is that all visitors to Malacañang (The presidential palace) are now required to wear the barong. Folklore? I've never been invited to the palace. But I wonder if George W. Bush has a barong in his closet. Shirt tails out (to show deference), thin material (he could thus not hide a WMD) and no pockets in which to hide GMA's silver?
An interesting thought! How much of this is truth and how much folklore?
Sean (Cape Town, ZA)
Source: An untraceable email. Hoping there is someone out there who can coroborate/refute.
There is a competing theory which disputes the official story about the barong. The alternate theory is that the barong is the Philippine adaptation of the guayabera, a shirt which is popular in Latin American communities. Harvzsf 06:54, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
- Well, it seems the some of the Spanish themselves believe the "official" theory. Soluziona, a Spanish company, reportedly prohibits its Filipino employees in the Philippines from wearing the Barong in the office, because of its colonial implications. --seav 14:26, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
BARONG IS UNIQUELY A FILIPINO DRESS.[edit]
Barong Tagalog is like the Filipino culture, a fusion of Asian and Western culture. Bold text
baros and indios?[edit]
It says in the fourth paragraph:
"Connoisseurs of historical details say that during the Spanish era, the rulers required that the baro of the indio be made of flimsy material so that he could not conceal weapons on his person."
What's a baro and an indio? Neither of the things that they linked to make sense so I'm removing the links, but if someone does know what they are and/or how the old links were relevant, I hope they'll fix it and maybe update the baro and indio pages to better explain. 75.22.207.224 (talk) 03:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Baro is the Tagalog word for Blouse in girls (like the BARO't Saya which is the Philippine National dress for Women) and shirt for men (BAROng Tagalog which is literally Tagalog Shirt in English).
Indio, on the other hand, in English translation, is Indian. In colonial times, all the natives are caled Indio. The term Filipino is used for Spaniards who were born in the Philippines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.85.21.251 (talk) 07:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
The Aussie Racial Superiority Insult.[edit]
The Aussie racists are very quick to judge any cultural aspect on it's face, a dress is a dress but the Aussie Imperialists see the world for their own bigoted mind, Hitler is very happy because the Aussie racists are gaining strength from not keeping their intellectual mouths shut.DON'T Judge in ORDER not to be judged, and please remove the controversy section it ignites the open minded Filipinos here, thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.68.114 (talk) 10:56, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
