5 Myths and Hoaxes in Philippine History
Most of us will remember these topics were seen in the old historical books that landed in our laps when we were still students in our tender and younger years. *Nostalgia mode*
The Tasadays of Mindanao (Photograph by John Nance, 1970)
But these topics that appeared as facts years ago and being repetitively embedded on our brains by our dear teachers are now being debunked and reduced to myths and kwentong bayan. There is even one that resulted as a historical controversy during the Marcos regime.
With no further ado, let’s hear the 5 hoaxes and myths in Philippine history.
1. Princessa Urduja
When I read about Princess Urduja in my elementary history books, she is as prevalent as a known historical fact. But mind you, history is a study that needs archives of supporting documents and evidences in order to declare something as a historical fact.
I thought Princess Urduja is someone that can be revered into our native version of Joan of Arc. Princess Urduja is a warrior princess who resided in Pangasinan in early 14th century. The only account that we have of Princess Urduja came from Ibn Batuta’s diary – he made an entry about this gal, stating that he visited the kingdom of Princess Urduja named Tawalisi in Pangasinan while on his way to Canton, China. Ibn Batuta (a Muslim traveller that time) described Urduja as a warrior female who spearheaded her troops to battle. She is also known (daw) to have proved herself in battles. O di ba mala-Joan of Arc daw. 
But what made Urduja to be declared as a myth is the lack of evidence. I havent heard either of any archaeological evidence that points into the existence of Urduja and her Tawalisi kingdom in Pangasinan. Another twist in this Urduja story is that some modern scholars dont think that Urduja is a Filipina – she might be a Cambodian.
2. The Kalantiaw Code
The Kalantiaw Code is another mythical native law that bears some similarities or parallels to the Code of Hammurabi of ancient Babylon. You know, the old saying, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”? That’s it folks. Haha. There are a lot of stories surrounding the mythical code. Some stories tell that Kalantiaw Code prescribes uberly violent punishments to the pasaways like paglublob ng kamay sa kumukulong tubig sa kawa at pagtali sa puno ng niyog sabay pagapangan ng hantik. That is a big ouch for the criminals, animales and pasaways of that time. Ouch.
It is said that the code was written by a certain Datu Kalantiaw in 1433. He was the datu of Negros. The code is later mentioned in a historical fiction, “The Ancient Legends of the Island of Negros” (Las Antiguas de Leyendes de la Isla de Negros) by Jose E. Marco in 1913.
Again, the lack of evidence – supporting documents and archaelogical finds have blasted Kalantiaw Code to become a myth rather than a historical fact.
3. The 10 Bornean Datus
This is another long-standing legend regarding our roots – the 10 Bornean Datus who fled the kingdom of the tyrannical Datu Makatunaw. Sounds like grandeur and epic noh? But sorry, its also a declared hoax. Why? It is because of the irregularities and lack of supporting evidence for this. And maybe we need a collaborative study with Malaysia para lang mapatunayan ito.
The 10 Bornean Datus are the following: Datu Puti, Datu Sumakwel, Datu Bangkaya, Datu Paiborong, Datu Padohinog, Datu Domongsol, Datu Libay, Datu Dumangsil, Datu Dumalogdog at Datu Balensuela. I remembered way back in my student days na ang hirap nilang ienumerate minsan sa exam. Haha.
A famous story about them is their meetup with the Aeta chieftain, Marikudo and of course, the golden salakot which was given to him in exchange for the land for the new settlers and the Aeta’s retreat to the forests.
4. The Code of Maragtas
This is another legendary code that was associated with the 10 Bornean datus. It was previously believed that the document was made between 1200 to 1500. It was even recognized previously by historians. In a further examination by William Henry Scott, a well known historian, he found out that the so-called original book of Maragtas is just a creation of a certain Guillermo Santiago-Cuino who also based it from the book about Visayan local legends compiled in 1938 by Pedro Monteclaro.
5. Tasaday
I remembered seeing the word “Tasaday” in my 4th grade HEKASI subject. During those times, the Tasadays are being celebrated as an ethnic group / Stone Age people that lived in isolation in the jungles of Mindanao. Of course, anthropologists and historians scrambled their way to meet these folks. It was later found out that the stone age repartee (see photo above) was just a hoax by Manuel Elizalde who pressured certain members of local tribes there to appear as Stone Age people in exchange for food and cigars.
Further studies have been conducted to shed light into this Tasaday controversy. They attempted to find the real deal Tasaday. Studies have shown that Tasaday is a small indigenous tribe in Mindanao but they arent the Stone Age tribe that people have hoped for. They maybe primitive but not Stone Age.
Moral lesson of the Tasaday controversy? There are people who are trying to take advantage of other people para lang sumikat at kumita. Hmpt.
So peeps, do you know any controversial topic or hoax in Philippine history? Feel free to fire away your comments in the threads below. 
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Silver,
and mother-in-law ko ay isang docent sa isang museum sa San francisco noong siya ay buhay pa.
Isa sa mga pinuntahan kong exhibits na kinaladkad niya ako dahil nga ako ay Filipina ay ang tungkol sa isang maharlika sa Mindanao.
Nandoon ang retrato ng 18 niyang asawa na nagsisimula ang edad sa 14 hanggang pataas.
nandoon din akadispley ang kaniyang damit for ceremonies na ang thread ay gawa sa ginto.
maliit lang siyang tao dahil maliit ang kaniyang damit.
all the while my mother-in-law was asking me several questions about the Philippines. Nah, hindi dahil naniniwala siya na sa Pilipinas ang mga lalaki ay maraming asawa kagaya noong datu sa mindanao. Nakarating na siya rito noong inimbatahan ang kaniyang asawa na isang doctor para magsalita sa UST. Ang asawa niya ay medicine graduate ng Harvard na itinayo noong 1636 kaya gulat siya nang malaman na ang UST ay itinayo noong 1611.
Kaya lang siya nagtatanong dahil docent nga siya (vounteer guide sa museum na nag-eexplain ng mga exhibits sa mga visitors).
Pero hindi diyan ang istorya. Ang ipinakita nyang mga pictures ng Filipinos noong sakop tayo ng US.
Nagulat ako dahil yon daw ang mga photos na ipinadala para i-justify ang pagsakop sa pinas na crinitize ng hindi lang mga intellectuals sa US kung hindi ang Europe.
Ang mga Filipina na topless hindi dahil sila ay mga prosti kung hindi dahil yon ay kanilang culture. So in the eyes of the western brothers, we were barbarians who need to be evangelized and taught the civilized manner of living.
hindi nila inilagay na meron na tayong Rizal na nakapapag world tour na. Ang mga heneral natin kagaya ni Antonio luna ay trained pa sa Germany at ang ating mga nasa alta sosyedad ay nakasuot na rin ng mga European clothes.
Pero ang nakaexhibit sa museum noong kapanahunan na iyon ay ang pinaliliguan ang isang aborigine na may caption something like, the big brothers are teaching the small brothers the proper hygiene.
Ano ang tinutumbok ko sa aking mahabang comment.
yon ay may reservation ako sa mga inalis na mga salaysay tungkol sa pre-Spanish pastng Philippines kung saan ipinapakita nila na ang mga Filipino are nothing but barbarians and are not capable of ruling themselves.
Paano kaya kung hindi naisulat ang Battle of Mactan at pinatay ni lau-lapu si Magellan sa libro. Gagawin din kaya nilang legend ito?
just my thoughts.
Ms. Cat,
That’s a nice sharing from you. Interesting to know how the Americans have made a propaganda to make Philippines look like a savage land from the far east.
There is plenty of work to discover about our pre-colonial roots. I believe there are a lot of stories out there waiting to be told, as I have mentioned in my post, maybe we need a collaborative study with our Asian neighbors like Malaysia in order to establish our pre-colonial history and shed light to those myths (if they are indeed myths or a part of an oral tradition lost a long time ago)
it is also interesting to note that there were many hoaxes during marcos regime.
there was the hoax about a miracle about two girls who claimed that the Blessed Virgin appeared to them in an island in the South. ang sabi ng mga sumulat na nag-iimbestiga ay isang pamamaraan para
1. patunayan ang sinasabi ni imelda na ito ay holy land
2. divert ang issues
3. para may pinag-uusapan ang mga tao.
kung totoo man ito o hindi, walang nakapagpatunay.
2. ang medalya ni Marcos
I havent heard that one Ms. Cat. Haha.
Pero its interesting to note that parang hibang ata si Imelda. Hahha.
In my own little, barriotic thinking (haha) the myths that I have mentioned here in my post, can be a start to investigate our roots again. Never mind the hoaxes. Haha. Asar ako dun sa gumamet sa mga Tasaday.
You know, I hope someone will start investigating these kinds of myths and let’s see if its the real deal or what.
Parang katulad dun sa latest na Indiana Jones movie – yung hinanap nila ang truth behind the legend ng crystal skulls.
Hero Medalyones ba? Beyond the call of duty medallions? Purple Hearts na medalyon?
May isang clan na niniwalang it was true. Sabi pa sa haka haka nong musmus pa ang brainless brain ko, ni Apo Marcos deserved those medalyons. Hailed as the real hero in second world war laban sa mga hapon. Nilipol nya ang lahat ng hapon. inubos nya ang hapong kalaban just like Fernando Poe doon sa sini.
Thompson ang gamit… na hindi nauubusan ng bala… hindi rin tinatamaan dahil may AGIMAT SI APO FERDIE.
Confirmation:
I saw the Ferdie Movie: Ang Hero na Gerilya sa Second World War (not the title) gamit projector doon sa aming Barrio Hall around 70′s.
Darbs,
Ang napanuod ko lang about Marcos is “A Dangerous Life”. Kasama pa sa casting noon si Gary Busey. It’s all about the end of Marcos Regime at Edsa 1.
“I have mentioned in my post, maybe we need a collaborative study with our Asian neighbors like Malaysia in order to establish our pre-colonial history and shed light to those myths (if they are indeed myths or a part of an oral tradition lost a long time ago)…”
I agree to this…I have met some Dutch historians when I was in Sumatra (Indonesia)and they explained that the North part of the Philippines should have similar culture as the Batacs from Sumatra Island and the South should have similar as the people from Java Island. Surprisingly, the Batac pepole of Sumatra have very similar culture and traditions as the Ilocanos and the Mt.Province People. Di sila pakapaniwala when I told them that we have a town called “Batac” in the Philippines and their “dialects” have the same etymology. Pati ang pattern ng kanilang weaving ay pareho.Ang dialect ng mga Visayan province ay kahalintulad ng Javanese.
Baka namam kasi tutuong meron talagang 10 Datu o di kaya “land bridges”. Let’s admit, maraming na-distort sa history ng Pilipinas…isa na dito ang pinaka-classic na Balanggiga Massacre sa Samar nuong panahon ng FIL-AM WAR. (sana di makasama ito sa list ng Myths and Hoaxes)
Cora,
Napansin ko ang some sort of similarities ng salitang bahasa at ng bisaya. They do sound alike di ba?
Its nice to know the information about Batac. I hope our history folks will delve deeper into these kind of connections.
Yung Balanggiga Massacre e as far as I know e totoo yun. As a revenge, the Americans seized the three golden bells of Balanggiga.
Sina Eugenio Daza (a barrio captain) and a certain Adronico Balais ang mga namuno sa labanan dun.
ms. cat, actually nothing has changed. they still use wrong information cum intelligence to justify occupation of other smaller nations.
Ang nagdispute ng kay urduja at maragtas code ay si william henry scott. dissertation niya ay yong kalantiaw code. he traced the origin to be from a book of legends written by a filipino.
mostly the legends or kuwentong bayan or kantahing bayan were handed from generations to generations thru word of mouth until someone compiles them into a book.
it does not necessarily mean that all of them were fictions. some of them are true but with the passage of time, the story is expanded that it appears more of a legend than the truth.
they’re looking for evidences, archeological evidence because Ibn Batuta who wrote the epic of princess urduja was suspected to have made up the story.
in truth, the writer wrote the story out of his memories cause he never wrote his experiences while travelling.
I am thinking, if he had not met this certain lady, why would he make it up? for what purpose?
There was a statement that as a muslim, he was surprise to see women behaving not-muslim like.
so princess urduja who embodied a liberated woman was not a muslim and it caught his attention.
about evidences?
it takes centuries to find archaelogical evidences. And they could never be found in the Philippines.
there had been many excavators who found various archaelogical finds which never were brought to the Phil. government because they command high prices in the blackmarket of world relics. They may be housed now in the private collectibles of rich people whose vice is to hoard tings of historical value.
the only chance that it would go to museum is when their estate donate them to one.
sa pilipinas walang masyadong museum. sa US marami. napanood ba ninyo ang a night at the museum ni ben stiller.
Puro banga ang nakikita ko sa museums dito. Hahah. Pero seeing from that, feeling ko ang daming kulang – lalo na sa pre-colonial studies about Pinas.
Anyhoot, ang napanood ko e yung part 1 ng movie na yun (ben stiller).
kasi silver, yong mga talagang mas importante ay nadala na ng mga kalaban ni lara croft, the tomb raiders.
when i watched the movies, tomb raiders, the mummy, the lost ark, hindi ko nakita yong mga kahindikhindik at suspense (although paborito ko si angelina) ang nakikita ay katotohanan na ang mga kayamanang kultural ng mga maliliit na bansa ay nananakaw ng mga “kontabida” na gustong magkamal ng salapi sa pamamagitan ng pagbungkal ng ating mga lupa.
Palagay mo magagawa nila yon kung walang kakutsaba? ang corruption, hindi lang nasa mga siyudad kung hindi nasa liblibding mga lugar kung saan tayo ay nananakawan ng hindi natin alam.
Meron yung kakutsaba ms. cat.
Basta usapang pera at corruption, meron at meron yan. Hahahaha…
yup. i agree, it is very hard to find archaeological evidence anywhere in the Philippines. lack of funding is one reason, the second being mas interesado pa ang marami sa Yamashita treasure hunting kesa sa cultural heritage.
@Buraot,
At buhay na buhay pa ang usapin ukol sa Yamashita Treasure na yan. Ang dameng gustong makakuha kahit isang parte nyan.
sorry sila. maglalawy sila sa yamashita pero di nila makikita yun. nakuha ko na kase. wahahahahh!
considering other christian historians nung panahon, galit sila sa mga muslim kaya they tend to not tell the truth and record them, na binasehan naman ng ating present na kaalaman.
Hanggang ngayon roni, matindi pa rin ang muslim hate. No wonder kung baket ilan sa muslim e gusto talagang pumatay ng mga kristyano.
Tingnan mo na lang ang Holy Land ng Jerusalem. Holy land nga, nagpapatayan naman sila dun, mapa Jews, Christians at Muslims. Grabeng away talaga.
Panahon pa ata ni Solomon ang away dun na di matapos tapos.
nakapunta na ako sa mga museum dito sa us, ang huli ay ang sa washington Dc kung saan pati ang mga alahas na ginamit ni marie antoneitte ay dinespley.
sa susunod sigurong article ko about lamyarda ay ipopost ko ang mga pics to show how US preserves their history.
what about yong miracle din sa la Union na gawa-gawa lang pala noong batang gusto lang maging artista.
ang dami ring naloko ng batang yon na ngayon ay talagang nagladlad na.
Ah si Judiel ba? Haha. Since from the start e duda na ako sa isang yun. I heard that Agoo miracle kuno noong ako ay Grade 4.
And yes, nagladlad na din ang isang yun. Haha.
WALANG HIMALA!!!
@buraot,
Si Nora yan, hindi si Judiel. Wag mong agawan ng linya si Nora.
ay honga. na kerid away ako. hehehhehe.
Kung walang maniniwala!
Dahil maraming naniniwala
Dahil maraming nagpapaluko
Lagyan kaagad ng magandang negosyo
Pag may nangyaring himala doon sa bayan ninyo
Siguradong, hotel ay puno
Siguradong, pagkain ay mabenta
Siguradong ang negosyante ay magkapera
ISULONG ANG HIMALA!
nabasa ko yan sa isang libro authored ng americana na tumanggap ng award dahil sa libro niyang ito.
marami akong biniling libro noon to find out more about the martial law days.
alal mo bang noong nagearthquake daw sa ruby towers doon sa binondo, i am not sure of the year, may taong nakatagpo ng pera at isinuli ang perang ito.
ang sabi ng author, yon daw ay gawa-gawa din para ang attention ay mapunta sa first lady pag praise sa tao.
interesting di va?
I remember that Ruby Tower Ms. Cat, madalas ikuwento yan ng Mom ko. Hmmm, I agree with you na campaign yan ni Imelda para ma-divert ang utak ng tao.
Weird yan Ms. Cat.
Ang mga naririnig kong kwento about the Ruby Towers chuva etc. e naririnig ko na lang sa tatay at nanay ko.
Talagang hibang si Imelda noon ah. Hahaha.
I remember this! I remember this! Di ba si Elizalde ba yon? Who was even featured on Time Magazine???
Yeap. Manuel Elizalde for the Tasaday. Ginamet nya yung mga local tribesman sa Mindanao para mega-appear sa the Stone Age Tasaday people.
I know this one. There are bloggers who would hit Reyna Elena or Barrio Siete para lang tumaas ang trapik nila.
I learned my lesson. Kk nilang blue!
Bwahahah…
Nako, yan ang wrong way of social climbing. Hahhaa…
BALIK AKO LATER!
I have to do my regular beautification routine sa kalsada at sa gym hehe me nakita kasi akong dumaang gwapo hehehe i want to be the cutest bicol aborigines ever hahaha
Ang Tasaday Controversy ay example ng well – known na adage “small knowledge is dangerous”
Hello! How can anybody create a civilization kung since memorial andyan na po ang ANTHROPOLOGY!
Only in the Pilipins.
Yan, may pera, control na daw nila ang media… nag dream na gumawa ng sariling pantasya. tinawag na Tasaday Civilization.
Nagawa naman dahil may pera. besides Filipino ingenuity, remember? wink!
Yun, dry run na sila. very convincing! yeeeh, sabi pa.
Pinamalita sa buong kabihasnan na may kaalaman sa Antropolohiya.
NABUKING!
Hindi na pinag-uusapan pa until today.
Darbs,
May punto ka dyan. Ang Tasaday controversy na yan e example din ng panggagamet sa ibang tao para lang sa pera at sumikat.
Ayun, di nagtagal NABUKING din!
Heheh.
yun lang pala gusto ni Elizalde, di pa sya dun sa baryo namin sa Timbuktu nagpunta.. dun madaming lumang tao binebenta por kilo. wahahahh!
Bwahahah….
Buraot,
Kaya asar ako sa nagpasimuno ng Tasaday chorva na yan kasi maliwanag na gaining profit through exploiting other people ang gusto nun.
Mindanao ang pinili ni Elizaldeng tanga
Dahil Mindanao kay layo sa Maynila
1990′s nung lumuwas akong maynila
nang malaman ng kapitbahay na akoy taga mindanao, na shock dahil akoy naka Kalvin Clien, akalay kaming taga Mindanao ay nakabahag
I don’t know if this one is relevant: I worked with a group of people na mga traders dito sa riyadh. There’s this one document stating that there’s about 1 ton of gold sa switzerland na binebenta ng isang pinoy, naka adress sa batac.
Batac?
Di kaya Marcos gold yun???
Hmmmm ~kamot ulo~
hahaha! noon sundalo na galing sa irak ang may 1 ton na gold pero kailangan daw ng cash para marecover ang gold, the paghatian da ung gold 60/40… hahaha!
magkano kayang cash ang kailangan ng pinoy na ito para maibenta ung gold nya?
magkano din kaya ang promise na hatian sa kanyang maloko?
ang lesson wag magpagamit at manggamit.
btw ngayon ko lang nalaman na di pala totoo ang kalantyaw? nakakahiya naman ako…
Kalantiaw is a native, mythical law. Pwede pa naman magconduct ng research or studies about it. Pero mahirap ang pag-establish ng facts surrounding the myth kasi madugong pag-aaral yan. We might be needing a collaborative study or research with our fellows from Malaysia, Indonesia etc.
kaya nga siguro hindi magawa-gawa kasi diverse ang sakop..
Yeap. Plus yung lack of government support. You need the proper manpower at big bucks para makapag-launch ng excavation or expedition.
Kaya yung sinasabi ng iba na walang trabaho para sa AB History at Anthropology, nagkamali sila. Ang dami pang parts ng history ng pinas na dapat masaliksik at matuklasan.
Not to mention pa e yung mga tomb raiders. Hehe.
well syempre iispin dyan ng gobyerno na kikita ba ako dyan? madadagdagan ba ang boto para sakin?
(haha napunta na naman sa eleksyon lol)
teka may magaling bang anthropologist sa atin? e usually ata sa ibang bansa ang serbisyo nila at sa atin wala e.
“well syempre iispin dyan ng gobyerno na kikita ba ako dyan? madadagdagan ba ang boto para sakin?”
Bwahahahha….ikaw talaga dencios. Haha.
Tahimik ang mga anthropologist dito sa atin. Yung iba patuloy ang pagsasaliksik kahit kulang sa pondo, yung iba naman e malamang nasa ibang bansa din.
Ako noon dati, nagtankang pumasok sa UP Diliman to take up AB Anthropology. Leche, .5 na lang ang kulang ko sa score para makapasok sa course na yun. Ugh.
Dencios,
Nakalimutan kong i-mention si F. Landa Jocano. He’s an anthropologist din at madalas kong makita ang name nya sa mga school textbooks ko dati.
Tahimik ang mga anthropologist dito sa atin. Yung iba patuloy ang pagsasaliksik kahit kulang sa pondo, yung iba naman e malamang nasa ibang bansa din.
**kaya nga tuloy mali mali tinuturo ng libro sa atin. mabuti nga at naitatama na unti unti ngayon.
naiimagine ko tuloy na nakauniform ka ng pang anthropologist. yung mga typical na bidang babae sa mga holywood films na seksi at napaka strong willed woman. yesss..
Kung walang batas na ipinagbabawal ang manggamit at magpagamit then … be smart ka na lang.
Kung may batas man AT YAONG BATAS ay walang pangil dahil sila ang mangbabatas at ung manggagamit ay HARI/REYNA ng DYNASTY…PATAY KANG BATA KA!
“naiimagine ko tuloy na nakauniform ka ng pang anthropologist. yung mga typical na bidang babae sa mga holywood films na seksi at napaka strong willed woman.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA……BWAHAHAHHAHAH….
Mind you, minsan mali ang spelling sa mga school textbooks. hahahaha…
i remember Jocano during college kasi hirap humanap ng used book nya sa recto na mura. haha. oo nga, naalala ko. hehe. kasi that time nasuklian pa ako ng punit na bente pesos then nakita ko sa bahay na lang, walang hiyang tindero yun. haha. i think may napublished din ata sya about barrio life, basta di ko sure pero tungkol sa pinoy values sa barrio..
Marami na din naisulat si Jocano. Isa siya sa mga pangalan na madalas kong makita sa history books. The other one was H.Otley Beyer.
I never heard about Princess Urduja from Pangasinan but I heard about Biag-ni-Lam-ang sa publication, parang “Philipine Teachers’ Journal” not sure about the name. anybody?
Darbs,
Biag-ni-Lam-ang is an Ilokano epic. Lam-ang ang name ng hero sa story na yun.
aktuli sikat ang epic na yan may nakita pa akong book/publication sa national bookstore.
Para siyang Filipino version ng Hercules. Hehe.
Napagaralan namen yang story na yan sa Philippine literature subject ko dati.
Biag-ni-Lam-ang is an Ilokano Epic – - a Filipino version of Hercules. cool!
Parang si Apo Lam-Ang lang ata ang nag-iisang Filipino Epic na pinakalakas – Hercules lakas or Samson or incridible hulk type of lakas – strong sa whole Pilipins, right? Wala akong Visayan na Lam-ang type of LAKAS.
aha! sinong artista ang sumulat ng Biag ni Lam-ang?
ala-ala sa biag-ni-lam-ang, the epic:
noong bata pa daw si lam-ang parang pinalayas ata dahil malakas kumain at inuubos pati pagkain ng kanyang ka-pamilya.
Ganyan ba ang epic na yan?
Thanks.
Ganoon ba? may nakita din akong show tungkol kay imelda/marcoses/filipino/ sa PBS’ Independent Lens. American Public Broadcasting Corporation na funded through donations. here is the link.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/imelda/film.html
Pero if the Gerilyang Marcos Movie was not a myth; if the movie existed then… baka naka archive lang sa may tabi-tabi or totally destroyed. dahil… i don’t know. hindi magamit sa eleksyon? Oh, well…
Filipino Culture:
Story Telling is our past time. Tama ba? Personally, I was sorrounded by story tellers.
Noong kapanahunan na walang telebisyon sa baryo, bawat bahay parang may transistor radio talaga yan. may mga programa at dramang inaabangan.
Best story teller na hindi ko makalimutan ung kapitbahay namin noon.
after sa larong tumbang lata at habang namamahinga sa lilim ng punong manga, mag-umpisa na syang mag share sa kanyang nabasa na panay Edgar Allan Poe ang mga istorya..
Bilib na bilib ako sa mga istorya, so first day pa lang ng high school life, during sa break time, takbo kaagad sa school library…not to mention sa rumor na may magandang sister na nakaupo doon.
very charming si sister. ung boses nya, kung magsalita… kung mananagalog…so heavenly! kaya heavenly feeling din ung nararamdaman sa isang musmus na kagaya ko.
Author, Edgar Alan Poe. sister.
Edgar Alan Poe?
I proudly responded sa cute sister YES, Sister, Edgar Allan Poe.
Sa wakas nakita ko rin ang mga books ni Edgar Alan poe. Series pala ang tawag nun. just like J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter.
Tiningnan ko ang pages. nag-browse ako. akoy namangha. I didn’t understand ung mga nakasulat sa bawat pahina. Binasa ko uli. Nag nosebleed na ako sa kababasa pero ayaw pa rin.
I was overwhelmed doon sa kay dami daming words…
Sabi ko pa sa sarili ko, how on earth did he (kapitbahay na story teller – Sto. Thomas/Claritian seminarian/ at that time) tell the story so easy as if it was Liwayway or Wakasan or Tagalog Komiks or Pilipino Komiks.. para bang sya si “Hal Santiago”.
Muntik ko nang maitapon ang libro dahil ung reading level ko hanggang KOMIKS LANG PALA.
Saved by the librarian:
Sabi pa nung librarian. Wala syang amoy, pabango. Pero amoy sabong…hmnnnn. CAMAY? I did not ask baka sabihing “you baboy!” este “pervert!”
Sabi pa ni sister librarian, read this Shakespearean Comics.
Pinakilala din nya sa akin ang diksyonaryo at paano hanapin ang mga words kung kinakailangan.
Sabi ko pa. AHA! ALPHABETICAL ang words sa dictionary? Cool! hahaha! Slow learner… sensya na.
BUti na lang bata pa ako nung nadiscuss yan. Ndi maxado nagregister sa utak ko until now. Naalala ko na lahat lalo na yang 10 Bornean Datus. 10/10 kasi nung lumabas siya sa enumaration part ng exam. hahaha…
Yung Tasaday story, i think matagal nang declared as hoax, although back in the early 90′s nasa textbook pa rin yan ng HEKASI sa elematary (public schools). One proof na outdated ang education system naten. Pati nga textbooks hindi na naitama…
Hopefully naitama at wala na ang mga to sa mga books ng mga bata ngaun…otherwise, klangan nila mag-aral dito sa barrio siete!
Oo Ely, naabutan ko pa ang Tasaday sa 4th grade ko dati. Hahaha.
Tanong po maam Silver, what year was that?
Omg, those ‘historical facts’ are etchos lang pala? Ang alam ko lang ay yung about those Tasadays na choreographed by Elizalde.
@ Mel,
Yeap. yeap. Check out Cat’s previous comments. She presented a very nice argument into this post. Really worth discussing. Haha.
This so called myths and hoaxes are still debatable. One cant declare them as such, not unless one has proved them otherwise. we should be very careful about them. legends and epic stories should be treated with respect. The Philippine archipelago have a very very rich and diverse culture, if we study our geography, christianism and western culture is an alien to the region’s history. Also, one can’t isolate the philippine’s cultural heritage, the surrounding cultures such as of the Malayans should also be put into consideration. But anyways, we are talking about the possibilities, right?
Oo naman roni. There are always possibilities naman for these.
Ganyan ang science di ba. Its in a continous debunking chorva. hahaha..
At oo, tama ka na iconsider din natin ang other cultures kasi sa malamang e may influence sila sa culture natin, right?
ok to pare ah, alagad ni kalantyaw oha diba okis sa orrayt.
tapos yung mga mangyan daw dating my buntot hahaha.
e yun kayang mga manananggal at kapre totoo kaya yun?
Bwahahah….
Ngayon ko lang narinig ang sinabi mo na ang manyan e may buntot? Baka di naman true yun noh.
LOL. lagyan nyo na kaya ng pakpak! hahaha
sus sabi sabi lang yun, lalaking mangyan lang my buntot este walaaaaa di toto yun pare wag ka maniwala dun usapang barbero lang yun
hehehe, mangyan ako, at be buntot…wanna know how long?, bwa hahahaha!
Bwahahha…mga loko kayo.
Roni,
Ibang buntot ata ang sinasabi mo.
pareng silver wag mo silang pansinin bata ka pa PG ang kelangan mo pare dito ka lang baka matapakan mo mga buntot ng mga yan
Oo nga Lee.
Alam mo namang fetus pa ako at need ang fatnuvay ng magolang.
yup yup pare patnubay ng magulang o kaya magugulang, sinu bang magugulang dito?
Psychological warfare: Low Intensity conflict
Pangalan/description/ target most often netibong Pilipino.
Sino ang tribong manananggal at mga wak-wak?
Sino ang pilipinong tribo ang may buntot?
Ano ba ang nandoon sa lupain nila? GINTO PO! and trees for illegal logging. Nature!
Who knows, baka defense lang ung buntot o sungay o manananggal para matakot ang mga illegal loggers at hindi nila putulin ang mga kahoy nang may kahoy.
Lee,
Magolang? Alam ko saging lang ang magolang…
lols.
Darbs,
That can sound plausible. They could have concocted stories for defense di ba?
baka matulad ako kay candy pangilinan. haha joke lang po ang may pakpak. ako po totoong may buntot hahaha
Nyahhahahaha nadale nyo dencios and roni, wag nyo na sabihin size baka kagaya lang yan ng kay hayden paginitin nyo lang ulo ko
@ lee,
ang alam ko, I matters, har!
habulin ka ng mangyan dencios…hahha..
yan ang kinakatakutan ko pareng silver, baka si melo humabol sa mga yan pag nalamang my mga buntot yang dalawang yan
@silver
hala wag mo ko patawanin. hahaha makikita ako ng meksikano kong boss! haha. takbooo! lol
@lee
aba iba ata to! bakit kamo? united colors ang lahi ko kaya iba ibang kulay din to! hahaha LOL
OT: parang lahat ata naka online. si reyna na lang absent LOL
mangyan ka rin?
lalaki yan oi, hindi yan mangyan. hahaha!
ekskyusme.. tao po ako. hindi mangyan.. wahahahhah! oh walang balat sibuyas jan dahil ako mismo, mangyan. sino sino pa ba ang mangyan dito bukod sa amin ni roni?
Akoy tawagin nyung Filipinong Mangyan, bumaliktad lang ang buntot sa atubangan(right place).
Hoy,
Baka habulin kayo ng mangyan. Sige kayo. Hehe.
Ok puede ring lalaking mangyan na may buntot. Pero kung ang babaeng mangyan ay may buntot, I think dihins un tunay na babae. who knows, magicians ang tao.
LOL @ ser darbs. malamang na nag ala BB yun. hehe
LOL darbs LOL.
@Silver, @dencios, makikitawa na lang ako. bwahaha!
babae my buntot? badingers yun ehek churi po churi sa mga babaing my buntot
BWAHAHAHAHHA….
May babae bang may buntot???
silver, yung si Datu Puti, fact. maasim talaga.
Oo buraot. May tama ka dyan. hahahah.
“silver, yung si Datu Puti, fact. maasim talaga”
a yan naniniwala ako dyan sempre wa goli sila that time araw araw kaya tyak yun asim liki-liki
Malamang nga Lee. Hahahahha….
E paano naman si lapu lapu? malansa? ok, korni na, haha.
mam SILVER,
binasa ko ulit ang post at comment at natatawa na naman ako. lol
Sabi sa iyo dencios, pag andito si Lee sa barrio,
e pyestang pyesta talaga tayo sa huntahan. hahaha..
Ayos [******], este Silver…. ok tong info mo dito.
pwede mag request… post kapa ng mga hoaxes, controversies at fallacies sa Philippine history, gaya ng sinasabi mo sa akin nung magkalaban pa tayo sa quiz bee, like yung babaeng pamangkin ni Gov. Gen.Camilo Polavieja na pilit pinapakasal kay Rizal bago siya bitayin, Concha …. something yata yun,
At yung tungkol kay Enrique de Malakka na first man dapat na nakapag circumnavigate sa buong mundo.
Thanks in advance.
Bweheheh Richter. Mabuti at nagparamdam ka na. Naalala ko ang mga sagupaan natin sa Philippine history. Heheheh.
Oo dont worry. I am planning to post something about the Rizal controversies and yah know, hidden history. Do you still have your notes sa Phil History dati?
P.S.
Pasensya na, medyo inayos ko ang comment mo ha. Hope you understand.
ayos yan… yung mga hidden history ok yun,
yung mga notes ko…. nasa archive na ata.. hehehe xempre nakatago yun sa hidden vault, bkt mo natanong? exchange na lng tayo, yung notes mo tapos yung notes ko. kaliwaan na lng. heheehe
sana makapag post ka pa ng mga hidden history subjects , ako na bahala mag research, meron din ako kaso bilang lng. I need more… for my upcoming project!
kung may alam kapa bout dun sa pamangkin ni Camilo Polavieja mas ok.
tapos yung napag bintangan si rizal na jack d’ ripper nung nagpunta sya london, wala kasi ako makita masyado file.
kaw lng makakatulong sa akin kasi hardcore history addict ka, hehehe (ako hobby ko lng toh!)
thanks in advance!!!!
The problem with us is that we allowed the americans and spanish to occupy our land that is why we lost our history and ended up brainwashed.