Precolonial Filipinos wore gold because they believed that it warded off evil spirits. They never would've guessed that the very spirits they feared came from a golden world beyond their understanding - the Likod-Silid
[Boxer Codex, c. 1500s]
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โWhile we were running away from the Japanese [army], my mom and I found a hiding spot.โ A young Filipina recounts her experience during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in the 1940s
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