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WHERE ARE THE TRACES OF MORO PRESENCE AT PRE-HISPANIC TAAL, BATANGAS? - by Dr. Meinrado D. Martinez, Faculty: Lyceum University
by Meinrado D. Martinez on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 12:02am

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Writer's Notes: Dr. Meinrado D. Martinez prepared this outline in reply to the inquiries of Prof. Neldy Jolo and Prof. Yusuf Morales. (1) The physical evidences of Islamic Batangas were destroyed. The Spaniards burned our manuscripts and materials when they Christianized the Philippines. Ref.: How the Americans Spoil the Philippine Culture? Available at http://www.travelexperguide.org One Spanish priest in Southern Luzon boasted of having destroyed more than three hundred scroll written in the native character. Ref,: The Philippine Before Magellan, A Study in the Sources of Malayan Civilization by Henry Otley Beyer, Typescript, Manila, 1921, p.3. Tagalog literatures in Balayan were lost and destroyed at the coming of the Spaniards. Ref,: Eufronio Melo Alip, Tagalog literature: a historico-critical study, 20 . The written record of the Philippine Islands starts with the coming of the Spaniards. Not that the country had not had a history and a culture and a literature before! But the Spaniards, in their religious zeal, destroyed the earlier records as completely as possible. Ref.: When did Philippine history begin? Available at http://historian.org (2) The spiritual evidences of Islamic Batangas were destroyed. Physical manifestations of this culture were regarded as voodoo and the "work of the devil" and forcibly destroyed as a requisite to our subjugation by the Sword and the Cross. The purveyors of the spoken historical records, our rich oral traditions, were persecuted, even killed, by the Spanish friar and soldier. Ref.: How Long a History Do We Have? by Ed Aurelio Reyes, Kampanya para sa Kamalayan sa Kasaysayan, Research Journal of Health Action Information Network (HAIN), March 1993. Of course there are many recorded horror stories, of historically significant, where the Spanish forced the induction of Christianity upon the 'heathens' of these islands -- leading to thousands of deaths and tortures of the residents of the islands Still today, many small towns and remote barrios celebrate, through re-enactment in fiesta stage plays, called moro-moro, the forced conversion of the peoples to Christianity by the threatened force of the Spaniards. These plays always end the same way -- most of the people convert and find 'happiness' in their new found religion, while the remaining are either killed or fled to the mountains, to be hounded by the Spaniards the rest of their lives. Ref.: Philippine History, Live Cebu Tours. Available at: http://www.livecebu.com (3) Moro underwater aritfacts: Sapaw, the first national highway of Tagalog Kingdom It was also under the rule of Datu Puti when the people of the Tagalog Kingdom built the first national highway (in its sense). All around the lake, the Tagalogs made an even road by putting stones (called sapaw). The road streched up to 40 kilometres and greatly facilitated the travel to the nearby towns. However, the Taal Lake grew older and was filled with water and the sapaw became submerged under water. There, it was forgotten for more than half a century and only discovered in the late 1970s by an underwater archeologist. Available at Batangas, Wikipedia (4) Moro living artifacts: a. Teaching of personal hygiene to a young girl reaching the age of puberty such as using tabo of water after urinating, care of private parts during and after menstruation, cleaning of private parts and body before going to slip, regular bathing, etc. came from Islamic health discipline known as taharah. In contrast, the Spanish Catholic women took annual bath in May and June only. Ref. Question: In the Middle ages, how did women deal with `feminine hygiene` issues? Answer: True story: most people had their yearly bath in May, and June was the most popular month for weddings, partly because they would still be relatively fresh. Of course after a month they would be beginning to whiff a bit, so the bride would carry a bouquet of flowers to mask the smell, and that's where the tradition comes from. Available at: http://www.answerbag.com

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For religious purposes, therefore, Roman Catholic women should not take bath daily but annually. b. The circumcision of a male upon reaching puberty: being uncircumcised is a mark of being uncleaned and unmanlym, came from Islamic khitan. To be supot or uncircumcised is an insult and a mark of a coward or dirty. A supot person is subject to derision of a lady being courted. You may still remember that circumcision is a mark of being a Muslim but never a Christian. Why? Because, The Roman Catholic Church formally condemned the ritual observance of circumcision and ordered against its practice in the Ecumenical Council of Basel-Florence in 1442. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org, Circumcision c. The term moro is given to any Batanguenos who are just believing in one God but not going to the Church. I personally heard from my grandparents and other old folks saying this when I was a child. d. Arabic loaned words There are words in Batangas Tagalog that are loaned from Arabic such baha (flood) from bahar (spring), akala (concept) from aqala (intelligence), kapre (mythical giant) from kafir (unbeliever), hukom (judge) from hukm (judgment), sulat (writing) from surat (chapter of a book), alam (know) from alham (knowledge or understanding), ake (relative) from akhi (brother), baraka (selling of farm products on special day) from baraka (blessings), ala eh from Allah (God), hiya from hayaa (to feel shame), kuya from akhuya (my brother), samba from subha (praise), salamat from salam (peace), mamatay from mawt (death), buhay from hay (life), kuya from akhuya (my brother), etc.

CLARIFICATIONS OF THE READERS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Roque Santos Morales, 23 Feb 2011 Nais kong itanong kay Dr Meinrado Martinez kung totoo na ang Morong Taga-Ilog ay naninirahan mula sa Lawa ng Taal, paikot sa may Kainta, patungo sa May Nilad na kung saan May Lakan na naninirahan, hanggang sa dulo ng May Kawayan. Di ko alam kung sasang-ayon ang Morong si Prof Neldy Jolo at Tuan Neldy Jolo, 23 Feb 2010 hintayin natin ang sagot ni dr martinez. May manga traces ba tayo makikita sa manga nabanggit mo lugar na may manga morong tagapagtanggol ng manga lugar na ito. (Please note that this article answered the inquiry of Prof. Neldy Jolo). Meinrado Martinez, 23 Feb 2011 To Prof. Yusuf Morales: Yes, brother. As matter of fact "the Kingdom of the Tagalogs, with its centre in the present day Balayan and extended up to the present day provinces of Quezon, Rizal, Cavite, Minodro, Marinduque and even some parts of Romblon and Palawan. Later, studies suggested that the Kingdom included the present day Metropolitan Manila, Bulacan, Bataan, parts of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Zambales. Today, all of these provinces have a significant population of Tagalogs." available at http://en.wikipedia.org/, "Batangas Roque Santos Morales, 23 Feb 2011 maaari ba nating isalin sa wika ng Morong Taga-ilog Meinrado Martinez, 23 Feb 2011 Yes, because the seat of power of the Taal Lake Moros was based on settlements along Pansipit River of the present day Taal town. If the American historians called us Taalenos as "Lake Taal Moros," I think Morong Taga-ilog is more approriate. "Ilog" here originally refered to "Pansipit River. Roque Santos Morales, 23 Feb 2011 Kaya ang turing sa inyo ay "Morong Taga Ilog Meinrado Martinez, 23 Feb 2011 Yes, Taga-Ilog originally meant for the Moros living at the banks of "Ilog Pansipit"

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