Bea Luisa De Chavez
1BSA-ABM4
Module 10 Assignment 1
Pigafeta
People The Bisayan people were
described as islanders by
Pigafetta. He claims that the
locals who live close to the
island have holes in their ears
that are so huge that they can
fit their arms through them.
They also go naked, with the
exception of some chiefs who
cover their privies with a soft
cloth made from tree bark. They
are painted, fat, and dark.
Customs and Culture Pigafetta does provide some
insight into various Visayan
traditions, like their cuisine,
how palm and coconut wine is
made, and traditional dress.
Belief and Religion Pigafetta claimed the Indians
did not worship anything but
instead elevated their faces to
the sky while clasping their
hands, referring to their deity as
"Abba."
Magellan's missionaries
celebrated the first mass on
Philippine territory in March
Morga
Because the indigenous people
of the Bisayas painted their
bodies with tracings made with
fire that resembled tattoos, the
region was also known as "The
Land of the Painted People" or
Pintados in Spanish.
Morga demonstrates that the
early Filipinos possessed an
army, navy, artillery, and other
weapons of war. Their
treasured krises and kampilans
for their wonderful temper are
worthy of praise, and some of
them are highly damascened.
Their helmets and mail,
examples of which can be found
in numerous European
museums, witness to their
remarkable advancement in this
industry.
Morga noted that Filipinos liked
fish that started to smell and
disintegrate, which helped him
depict the cuisine of the
residents of the ancient
Philippines. It is a popular fish
dish among Filipinos known as
bagoong.
The easy virtue of the native
women was more due to
religious belief, according to
Father Chirino, which held that
a woman could not cross a river
without the help of her husband
or lover unless she was traveling
to the afterlife to
"kalualhatian," the home of the
 1521.
The Rajahs were the first
Filipinos to meet Christianity as
they both kissed the cross and
prayed alongside the crew.
Magellan and his crew then
made the decision to sail to
Cebu in order to win over more
Filipinos to Catholicism. Eight
hundred Cebuanos were
baptized on Sunday, April 14,
1521, when the king and queen
of Cebu and their subjects
adopted the Catholic faith
during the Sunday mass.
Society and Government Except for the chieftain of
Mactan named Lapu-lapu, who
refused to trade with the
Spaniards and caused the epic
fight in Mactan, the Philippines
was ruled by chiefs known as
datu and in certain regions rajah
sultan or hadji chiefs were
befriended by Magellan.
Remarkable Practices Filipino Hospitality The natives
welcomed Magellan's crew and
the chief offered to prepare
supper for them.
spirit, and that there was a
dangerous river to cross.
Missionaries were only able to
successfully convert a portion of
the Philippines to Christianity. In
contrast to the non-Christian
Formosa, Borneo, and molucca
islands that the Spaniards
formerly controlled but quickly
lost, there are still
Mohammedans, Moro people in
the southern islands, and
Negritos, Igorot people, and
other heathens who still occupy
the majority of the
archipelago's territory.
According to morga, it is not
true that Filipinos are
unprotected cause natives had
arms and defended themselves
but when they are unprotected
by the government, the pirates
pillaged them with impunity the
Philippines came under Spanish
sovereignty and control through
compacts, treaties of
friendships and alliances for
reciprocity.
The ancient Filipinos had
minstrels who had memorized
songs telling their genealogies
and of the deeds ascribed to
their deities. These were
chanted on voyage in cadence
with the rowing, or at festivals
or funerals.