This chapter felt like a whole lotta he said/she said/”and so they say”… Ate Judy walks us through a metaphorical “big fish” break down of the known and yet not-as-known (yet), legendary, Mactan chief who conquered Magellan in the battle of Cebu, Cilapulapu. Citing our frequent historian, Pigafetta’s words with Philippine Daily Inquirer, Ambeth Ocampo; and Daniel Gerona; along with with Resil B. Mojares, a Cebu historian and scholar who wrote the Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society and Lapu Lapu: The Conqueror of Magellan, whose work builds off the previous finds of another celebrated Filipino historian, Heidi K. Gloria.
From “loanword” evolutions, Mojares and Gloria’s historical research and analyses take us on a comparison ride to consider the level of authority and power Chief Cilapulapu had. Tune in with us as we talk about the story of Chief Cilapulapu’s father, Datu Mangal and his quarrel with Captain Silyo that led to Chief Cilapupu’s acquisition of a debatable magical alho weapon from a biyanti tree (coconut tree?), and how this weapon became the final lance that pierced Magellan before his fall.
We can truly consider how much hearsay is occurring in modern day to connect the dots of our rich pre-colonial Philippines history, allegedly only passed down predominantly via oral folklore, with a couple of daring historian writers sprinkled in through the test of time and rediscovery.
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