Module 10 Assignment 1

Instruction: Complete the table provided.

Pigafetta, A. (1969), First voyage around the world (PP.23-32) Manila, Philippines:
Filipiniana Book Guild.

Rizal, J. (1962). Historical events of the Philippines Islands: published in Mexico in 1609
by Antonio de Morga; recently brought to light and annotated by Jose Rizal; preceded
by prologue by Ferdinand Blumentritt, Manila, Philippines: Jose Rizal National
Centennial Commission.

Pigafetta Morga

People Pigaffeta described the The Bisayas were also

Bisayan people as
islanders. According to
him, people living near an
island have holes in their
ears (earrings) so large
that they can pass their
arms through them. They
go naked, with a soft cloth
woven from the bark of a
tree about their privies,
except some of the chiefs
who wear cotton cloth
embroidered with silk at
the ends by means of a
called "The land of the
Painted People(or
Pintados, in Spanish)"
because the natives had
their bodies decorated with
tracings made with fire,
somewhat like tattooing.
Morgan shows that ancient
Filipinos had an army and
navy with artillery and
other implements of
warfare. Their prized krises
and kampilans for their
magnificent temper are
 needle. They are dark, fat,
and painted.
Customs and Culture Pigafetta does offer insight
into some Visayan
customs such as their
cuisine, the process of
fermenting palm and
coconut wine, and native
attire.
Belief and Religion According to pigafetta’s
account,natives worshiped
nothing, instead they
raised their clasped hands
and their face to the sky,
The "easy virtue" of the
native women was more to
religious belief of whIch
Father Chirino tells. It was
that in the journey
and that they called their
god "Abba." In March
worthy of admiration and
some of them are richly
damascened.Their coats of
mail and helmets, of which
there are specimens in
various European
museums, attest their great
advancement in this
industry
Morga described the
culinary of ancient
Philippine natives by
recording: Filipinos like fish
which began to
decompose and smell. It is
the Filipino favorite fish
dish called Bagoong
The "easy virtue" of the
native women was more to
religious belief of whIch
Father Chirino tells. It was
that in the journey after
death to "Kalualhatian," the
abode of the spirit, there
was a dangerous river to
cross that had no bridge
other than a very narrow
strip of wood over which a
woman could not pass
 1521, Magellan's
missionaries conducted the or lover to extend a hand
first mass on the Philippine
soil. Bothrajahs kissed the
cross and prayed with the
crew, making them the first
Filipinos to encounter
Christianity. Afterwards,
Magellan and his crew
decided to sail to Cebu to
convert more Filipinos to
Catholicism. Sunday, April
14, 1521 when the King
and Queen of Cebu and
their subjects embraced
the Catholic faith during
the Sunday mass and eight non-Christians – Formosa,
hundred Cebuanos were
baptized on that day alone.
Society and Government Places in the Philippines
were ruled by chiefs called
Datu and in some places
rajah, sultan or hadji.
Chiefs were befriended
byMagellan except for the
chieftain of Mactan named
Lapu-lapu who refused to
trade with the Spaniards
which led to the famous
battle in Mactan.
unless she had a husband
to assist her.Only a part of
the Philippines were
successfully converted into
Christian by missionaries.
Still there are
Mohammedans, the
Moros, in the southern
islands, and Negritos,
Igorots and other heathens
yet occupy the greater part
territorially of the
archipelago. Then the
islands the Spaniards early
held but soon lost are
Borneo, and the Moluccas
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
pillage them with impunity.
The Philippines came
under Spanish Sovereignty
and control through
 compacts, treaties of
friendship and alliances for
reciprocity.

Remarkable Practices Filipino Hospitality. The ancient Filipinos had

Magellan’s group was
welcomed by the natives
and the chief offered food
to be set for them.
The ritual of blood
compacts as a sign of
friendship. The captain
wished to be friend the
king, the captain send a
drop of blood from his right
arm and the king do the
same as a sign of the most
sincere friendship
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,
or wherever there
happened to be any
considerable gatherings.

References

Dr. Jose Rizal's annotations to Morga's 1609 Philippine History. (n.d.). The Kahimyang

Project.

https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/966/dr-jose-rizals-annotations-to-mor

gas-1609-philippine-history

Hoh, A. (2018, July 10). Catholicism in the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial

Period 1521-1898 | 4 Corners of the World. Library of Congress Blogs.

 https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2018/07/catholicism-in-the-philippin

es-during-the-spanish-colonial-period-1521-1898/

The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898: explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the

islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as

related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political,

economic ... (n.d.). Project Gutenberg.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42884/42884-h/42884-h.htm