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  "path": "/voices/thought-leaders/time-trowel-search-authentic-precolonial-filipino/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T05:10:06.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.rappler.com",
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  "textContent": "The search for an authentic precolonial Filipino rests on the wrong premise. It turns history into a purity test. It asks anthropology and archaeology to validate myths of origin.",
  "title": "[Time Trowel] The precolonial Filipino you’re looking for never existed"
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