But precolonial Philippine societies, they were mostly animists.

但是前殖民时期的菲律宾社会，他们大多是万物有灵论者。

In precolonial times, the use and value of chilli peppers had diversified in Mesoamerica, just as much as the fruit itself.

在前殖民时代，辣椒的用途和价值在中美洲已经多样化，就像水果本身一样。

One of the key consequences of colonialism was erasing and replacing precolonial African history.

殖民主义的主要后果之一是抹杀和取代前殖民时期的非洲历史。

Never mind that in that precolonial time some of the most sophisticated cultures in the world were in Africa.

没关系，在那个前殖民时代，世界上一些最复杂的文化都在非洲。

(Laughter) As you may have deduced by now, the manner in which these precolonial societies conducted themselves didn't go over so well.

（笑声） 正如你现在可能已经推断的那样，这些前殖民社会的行为方式并没有那么好。

But anyways, so what we've done is like we tried to focus on, first off, just understanding what were precontact foods, precolonial foods.

但无论如何， 我们所做的就像我们试图专注于，首先，只是了解什么是接触前食物， 前殖民食物。

So I think it's really important to go through the storyline because to understand colonial or what is a precolonial food, you have to understand colonialism itself.

所以我认为了解故事情节非常重要，因为要了解殖民地或什么是前殖民地食品，您必须了解殖民主义本身。

But the real key to the power of the precolonial Filipino woman was in her role as " babaylan, " a collective term for shamans of various ethnic groups.

但是，前殖民时期菲律宾女性的力量的真正关键在于她作为“babaylan”的角色，“babaylan”是对不同种族巫师的统称。