LOCAL AND ORAL

HISTORY
Chapter 15
 01 Interest in larger subject of history

Gives better sense of realism,

02 relevant to students own
surroundings
Remember our local communities,

03 familiar buildings, encourage

preservation, link to the past
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05 Help shape who you are

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• It is a written history on particular
town, district or limited area.

• It is a study of history in a

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geographically local context and it
often concentrated on the local

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community. It incorporates cultural and
social aspects of history.

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 • Spoken memories, stories, songs, as a
way of communicating and discovering
information about the past.

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TO • Memories of living people about events

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THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL
HISTORY IN THE PHILIPPINES
 THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL
HISTORY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Studying history allows us to gain valuable perspectives on the problems of our modern society. Many
problems, features, and characteristics of modern Philippine society can be traced back to historical
questions on our colonial past, as well as our pre-colonial culture. The rationale behind the need to come
up with local history is the realization of the unrepresentative and limited nature of Philippine History.
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL HISTORY
IN THE PHILIPPINES

What is generally considered to be history of the Filipino people is essentially the history of Central Luzon, most especially
Tagalogs.

TAGALOG- considered to be history of the Filipino people

It reflects won identity, experience and aspirations

Interpretative recreation of past of their locality, embracing

political, social economic and Cultural life
 THE HISTORY OF THE MUSLIMS IN
PHILIPPINES

• The Philippine muslims was once a dominant group in the country. They have 500
years political history, so far the longest political experience compared to the other
groups int the whole Philippines.

• The history of the Philippine muslim is part of the backbone of the historical
development of the whole country.

• The Philippine muslim today became known as cultural communities owing to their
culture surviving foreign hogemonism to this day.
DR. RENATO CONSTANTINO
One of the Filipino historians, who asserted that no Philippine
History can be complete without a study of muslim development.
2 LINES OF HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT
 2 LINES OF HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT

1 OLDER 2 HISPANIZED
FILIPINO
came to develop Mindanao and Sulu; refer to product of great historical experience of the
Muslim line of historical development Filipino under western rule
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O MINDANAO and SULU
O • original homeland of Philippine Muslim; land area of 102,000 sq.km

• They are located at the southern part of the country, and lie around hundred miles north of

T equator.
• The areas occupy a strategic position at the center of shipping line between far east and
Malayan world

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O MINDANAO
O SULU
• land of promise because of huge resources • Sulu sea - source of 59% of tuna
and sardines

T • dominant in Lanao and Maguindanao • Sulu archipelago - Muslim are dominant in

Basilan, Sulu, and

S Tawi-Tawi
 Ethnic is an Italian term for nation. The Muslim ethnic

MUSLIM ETHNIC groups in Mindanao and sulu are linked by both

ideological and geographical factors.

GROUPS
MARANAO
• Maranao means ‘people of the lake’ . Their homeland is called Lanao which means lake.

• They occupy the most strategic place in Mindanao owing to their access to illigan bay in the north
and illana bay in south.

• During the colonial period, they fought against the Spaniards.

• Maranao society is a closed society.

1960 - Division of Lanao into Del Norte and Del Sur

Lanao Lake - Biggest lake in the Philippines.
MAGUINDANAO
• “Maguindanao” is the name of the family or dynasty which came to rule the whole
island of Mindanao, particularly the former Cotabato. But it later refers to the Muslim
people who live in pulangi valley which sprawls the southwestern part of the
Mindanao.

• The greatest contribution of the Maguindanao to civilization in southeast Asia were

the sultanates of Maguindanao and Buayan.

• The Maguindanao are the hardest hit of the Filipino settlement.

IRANUN
• These people inhabited the area bordering between Lanao del sur and Maguindanao
province.

• For several centuries, the iranun formed part of the Maguindanao sultanate.

• The iranun have also attained a degree of social organization comparable to the
Maguindanao or the Tausug.

• The iranun are also advanced in the field of education.

TAUSUG
• Tausug is a slang word word and originated from two words . Tau means (people),
and ma-isug (brave). Therefore, Tausug means “ brave people”.

• Before the coming of Islam, Tausug had already established a central government.

• When Islam came, Tausug leaders did not resist and accepted islam.
YAKAN
• The term yakan is mispronunciation of the word “yakal” by Spaniards.

• In the ancient time, basilan was thickly covered by the yakal trees. Foreign people
often mistook the name of the yakal tree trees as the native identity.

• Yakans are exposed to marginalization.

• The culture of the yakans are similar to Tausug. Its inner foundation lies on the spirit
of martabat.
SAMA
• The sama identity is derived from the term “sama-sama” which means togetherness or
collective effort.

• The sama people are highly dispersed and scattered in sulu archipelago.

• Included in the sama group are the “Badjao”, known as the sea-gypsies of Sulu
archiphelago and Celebes Sea.

• Badjao do not establish a permanent community like the arab and the Cossacks in
central asia.
SAMA
• The sama people who inhabited tawi- tawi are called by their place of residence.

• SamaBalimbing, SamaSimunul and Samasibutu are the groups claim to be the origin
of all Sama sub-groups scattered throughout the Sulu Archipelago.

• While in the Mainland, the Sama concentration is confine to Balimbing And Sapa-
Sapa.
SAMA
• SamaBangingi are also considered as major group within the Sama ethnic group.

• Bangingi community had its own panglima and majarah as the highest and influential
people in their society.

• The bangingi were good sailors.

• Bangingi are also highly exposed to the Filipino society and its intuition.
SAMA
• JamaMapun are another Sub-group.

• The term “Mapun” stands for west.They call themselves as JamaMapun because they
are situated at the dissttant west of sulu.

• JamaMapun used to be a military strategic importance to the sultanate.

• They have been subjected to central control from manila since the days of the
Philippine Commonwealth government in 1936.
SANGIL
• Sangil came from the “sangihe”,an archipelago sprawling the Celebes Sea just south of the Mindanao
Sea.

• They evolve their social organization associated with central leadership, which enabled them to wage
battle against the dutch and Spanish colonialism.

• The sangils have also high political and Islamic consciousness.

KAAGAN
• Kaagan inhabited mostly in Davao areas.

• The Kaagan language has many bahausasug words.

• Most of them have been marginalized and were helpless to improve their society.
KOLIBUGAN
• The term kolibugan is a Sama word which means “half-breed”.

• Originally they are part of the Subanun ethnic group, and indigeneous people
inhabiting the interior of the Zamboanga peninsula.

• Today, the term kolibugan is applied to all subanun who moved to coastal areas and
intermarried wit the muslims and embraced islam.
PALAWAN
• These people became muslim as a result of close contact with sulu sultanate.

• The muslim concetration is mostly in southern part of palawan.

• The palawani and tausugs have been isolated to each other as there is no direct tradw or cultural link
between the two groups.
MOLBOG
• The moblog are mainly confined in the Balabac Islands Located at The southern of Palawan.

• They received Islamic influence and later embraced Islam from brunei Muslim missionaries.

• The propagation of Islam was was active during 15 th century when muslim principalities rose from
the eastern side of the Malay peninsula and borneo.
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 CHAPTER 15

MENDOZA, CRISCHEL
MIRAÑA,SHAYNA REI

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