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The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom and was designed by sculptor Juan Sajid Imao. The monument is composed of a 12.19 metres (40.0 ft) bronze statue on-top of a 3.05 metres (10.0 ft) pedestal. Imao noted that his work on the statue seeks to portray Lapu-Lapu as a strong and peace-loving man who is also ready to defend himself against those who threaten his freedom. Lapu-Lapu is portrayed not in a fighting stance but rather standing guard holding a kampilan covered in scabbard and planted on the ground.
Thunder and Lightning (feat. Lapu-Lapu) - oil on canvas 24" x 32" by JBulaong 2016
This stylized conceptual painting tries to depict Lapu-Lapu in an iconic stance. Noticeable is the kampilan sword held in a horizontal manner similar to a horizontal boom (those present in toll gates and subdivision vehicular gates) suggesting no entry or impregnability. As an outstanding barangay leader imbued with wisdom, like thunder & lightning, Lapu-Lapu is big news to the incoming colonizers. Other visual cues include sails, mangrove with boulders & the outline of a fish - which connote other aspects of his background.
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The crew of the Kampilan are a bunch of old pirates who grew up Filipino. Captain Manny is the son of the first captain, but never had any children, his mother is the cook, and the small barkada crew of his friends maintain the-what his mother calls, a space jeepney' - former pirate ship that has seen many better days. Manny constantly recalls having a run in with some hotshot bounty hunter with a red ship and a dog, narrowly avoiding escape by offering a home cooked meal from Nanay.
The old warp drive still works, but they crew just cooks on the nacelles every once in a while, it makes the ship smell like sisig. New communication antennas were added, to keep up with technology, it makes the ship looks like an old Jeepney from Baguio City, but it has charm.
What was once a proud pillager of space cargo, filled with well trained warriors and fighters, now floats around the galaxy, delivering goods here and there, escaping bounties, and leaving a trail of the best smelling crew meals in the verse. The Kampilan is ready for a new adventure.
Lapu-Lapu (c.1491 – 1547) was the earliest known indigenous Visayan chieftain, and datu (king) of Mactan in the Philippines. He is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines.
On the morning of March 17, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed.
In his honor, the Cebuano people have erected a statue and church in Mactan Island and also renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City.
Note: This photo is part of a set (>>Click Here<< "Photography Only Set")
Sculpture by Juan Sajid Imao
Unveiled on February 05, 2004
The 40 Foot Brass statue of Lapu-Lapu is gift from Korea Freedom League to the Filipino people.
Standing Guard means Tikas Pahinga
The sword he is holding is called Kampilan.
The Filipino shield is called "Kalasag"
The head piece is called "Putong", a piece of cloth tied around the forehead. Colored red are only worn by Raja / Datu and Warriors who made a kill in the battle.
The colorful embroidered "Putong" are only worn by Datu or Raja.
The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom walking distance behind Rizal Monument
Brain child project of former Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon
Kwon Jung-dal is the Chairman of Korean Freedom League.
Kwon Jung-dal is a retired Army General
Lapu-Lapu head relief was featured on a obverse side of 1 Centavo Coins of the Philippines that no longer circulated.
No written record for the cause of death of Lapu-lapu
April 27 is Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu or Philippine National Day of Lapu-Lapu
The wife of Lapu-Lapu is Pricesa Bulaklak (Princcesa Bulakna or Princesa Juana ) daughter of Datu Sabtano
During the Magellan attack on Mactan Island Lapu-Lapu strategically made the center formation the weakest and the two outer wing the strongest.
Lap-Lapu hit Magellan on the leg in the Battle of Mactan.
Photo by ROMMEL T. BANGIT, All rights reserved.
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Lapu-Lapu (c.1491 – 1547) was the earliest known indigenous Visayan chieftain, and datu (king) of Mactan in the Philippines. He is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines.
On the morning of March 17, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed.
In his honor, the Cebuano people have erected a statue and church in Mactan Island and also renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City.
Note: This photo is part of a set (>>Click Here<< "Cebu Vacation 2007 Set")
When Spanish soldiers led by Magellan were quelled by islanders led by Lapu-lapu. The monuments are along the road that leads to Shangri-la Mactan.
Heritage site: Ironically, a monument to the vanquished Magellan was built about a century ahead of one dedicated to the conqueror, Lapu-lapu. Erected in the 1866 at Punta Engaño to honor Magellan at the spot where he is said to have died, the monument was part of a project in the 19th century to restore the glory of Cebu. When Legazpi moved the capital to Manila, and with it followed the lucrative international trade through the galleons, Cebu, the Philippines’ first capital, languished. It was in economic doldrums until the 19th century when Spain turned to the development of the islands as the galleon trade came to a close in 1815. Spanish and Chinese mestizos were the most active in the local economy, owning large tracts of land and trading vessels, operating a network of agents in the Visayas and Mindanao, and offering loans and insurance. Cash crops were farmed on a large scale and Cebu became an important regional port. When in 1860, international ports were opened all over the Philippines, including Cebu, the economic stranglehold of Manila ended. The relative prosperity brought by new economic opportunities spurred Cebu’s elite to celebrate the Hispanic character of Cebu. Around this time the octagonal kiosk that houses Magellan’s cross near the Santo Niño Basilica in Cebu was also built.
The Magellan monument consists of a plain obelisk on whose apex rests a sphere. The obelisk is mounted on a tall plinth and the plinth rests on a tripartite structure: an octagonal base on which rests a tall quadrilateral structure, divided into two parts. The lower part is decorated with high relieves of vases, and the upper part is pierced by narrow arches. On the monuments are inscribed texts honoring Magellan. A low fence surrounds the monument.
A heroic sculpture of the chief of Mactan who defeated Magellan, Lapu-lapu stands near the Magellan monument. Lapu-lapu, sculpted with great realism, stands tall, with a shield held by his left and while a curved kampilan sword, drawn is held by his right. The sculpture celebrates the readiness of the brave warrior to confront aggressors.
Captain Manny of the Kampilan recalls the day he narrowly escaped this monster ship.
Man, we knew right away..Fuck shit man, it came out of the sky, big glowing green, like a moving fire stick or something. We called it the Green Flame as a ship, but there supposedly something else about Six Demons. When it landed, man these six Dwende looking things came out of it, started killing shit like crazy! this city was a goner, I'm glad i had somewhere to go and fast. People called them Demons, but they were kind of short ugly robots, but who knows. These fuckers man, 'tang ina, I hope i never see this Green fucking thing again.
These guys were world takers, kind of like what we thought were klingons, but I bet they were just like guys from the south you know... YOU KNOW haha. I never knew what they wanted, maybe they just like to rape and pillage and kidnap haha. I'd rather not stick around, they're like boogey man, or maybe this is what you tell the boogey man to scare him.
This is where Ferdinand Magellan died..allegedly
When Spanish soldiers led by Magellan were quelled by islanders led by Lapu-lapu. The monuments are along the road that leads to Shangri-la Mactan.
Heritage site: Ironically, a monument to the vanquished Magellan was built about a century ahead of one dedicated to the conqueror, Lapu-lapu. Erected in the 1866 at Punta Engaño to honor Magellan at the spot where he is said to have died, the monument was part of a project in the 19th century to restore the glory of Cebu. When Legazpi moved the capital to Manila, and with it followed the lucrative international trade through the galleons, Cebu, the Philippines’ first capital, languished. It was in economic doldrums until the 19th century when Spain turned to the development of the islands as the galleon trade came to a close in 1815. Spanish and Chinese mestizos were the most active in the local economy, owning large tracts of land and trading vessels, operating a network of agents in the Visayas and Mindanao, and offering loans and insurance. Cash crops were farmed on a large scale and Cebu became an important regional port. When in 1860, international ports were opened all over the Philippines, including Cebu, the economic stranglehold of Manila ended. The relative prosperity brought by new economic opportunities spurred Cebu’s elite to celebrate the Hispanic character of Cebu. Around this time the octagonal kiosk that houses Magellan’s cross near the Santo Niño Basilica in Cebu was also built.
The Magellan monument consists of a plain obelisk on whose apex rests a sphere. The obelisk is mounted on a tall plinth and the plinth rests on a tripartite structure: an octagonal base on which rests a tall quadrilateral structure, divided into two parts. The lower part is decorated with high relieves of vases, and the upper part is pierced by narrow arches. On the monuments are inscribed texts honoring Magellan. A low fence surrounds the monument.
A heroic sculpture of the chief of Mactan who defeated Magellan, Lapu-lapu stands near the Magellan monument. Lapu-lapu, sculpted with great realism, stands tall, with a shield held by his left and while a curved kampilan sword, drawn is held by his right. The sculpture celebrates the readiness of the brave warrior to confront aggressors.
Today Lapu-Lapu is honored as the 'first' Philippine national hero. Named after the hero, Lapu-Lapu is also the name of the grouper fish in the Philippines. Lapu-Lapu (Kaliph Pulaka)- Muslim (born 1491, died 1542) known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization, he is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines. On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced 49 Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan
Captain Manny of the Kampilan recalls the day he narrowly escaped this monster ship.
Man, we knew right away..Fuck shit man, it came out of the sky, big glowing green, like a moving fire stick or something. We called it the Green Flame as a ship, but there supposedly something else about Six Demons. When it landed, man these six Dwende looking things came out of it, started killing shit like crazy! this city was a goner, I'm glad i had somewhere to go and fast. People called them Demons, but they were kind of short ugly robots, but who knows. These fuckers man, 'tang ina, I hope i never see this Green fucking thing again.
These guys were world takers, kind of like what we thought were klingons, but I bet they were just like guys from the south you know... YOU KNOW haha. I never knew what they wanted, maybe they just like to rape and pillage and kidnap haha. I'd rather not stick around, they're like boogey man, or maybe this is what you tell the boogey man to scare him.
Battle of mactan, a battle where the natives fought armed only using indigenous weapons---poisoned spears,bows and arrows, swords called kampilans,against the european force lead by magellan with metal armour,
cannons and rifles. The filipino martial arts made their first mark in world history when lapu-lapu,the warrior from mactan resisted invasion of the spanish conquestadors lead by magellan in 1521
Nāga (IAST: nāgá, Burmese pronunciation: [nəɡá]) is the Sanskrit and Pāli word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very great snake - specifically the king cobra, found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. A female Nāga is a nāgī or nāgiṇī.
ETYMOLOGY
In Sanskrit, a nāgá (नाग) is a cobra, the Indian cobra (Naja naja). A synonym for nāgá is phaṇin (फणिन्). There are several words for "snake" in general, and one of the very commonly used ones is sarpá (सर्प). Sometimes the word nāgá is also used generically to mean "snake". The word is cognate with English 'snake', Germanic: *snēk-a-, Proto-IE: *(s)nēg-o-.
MAHABHARATA
In the great epic Mahabharata, the depiction of nagas tends toward the negative. An epic calls them "persecutors of all creatures", and tells us "the snakes were of virulent poison, great prowess and excess of strength, and ever bent on biting other creatures" (Book I: Adi Parva, Section 20). At some points within the story, nagas are important players in many of the events narrated in the epic, frequently no more evil nor deceitful than the other protagonists, and sometimes on the side of good.
The epic frequently characterizes nagas as having a mixture of human and serpent-like traits. Sometimes it characterizes them as having human traits at one time, and as having serpent-like traits at another. For example, the story of how the naga prince Shesha came to hold the world on his head begins with a scene in which he appears as a dedicated human ascetic, "with knotted hair, clad in rags, and his flesh, skin, and sinews dried up owing to the hard penances he was practising." Brahma is pleased with Shesha, and entrusts him with the duty of carrying the world. At that point in the story, Shesha begins to exhibit the attributes of a serpent. He enters into a hole in the Earth and slithers all the way to bottom, where he then loads the Earth onto his head. (Book I: Adi Parva, Section 36.)
ENMITY WITH GARUDA
The great nemesis of the nagas in the Mahabharata is the gigantic eagle-king Garuda. Garuda and the nagas began life as cousins. The sage Kasyapa had two wives (amongst his 13 wives, all prajapati Daksha's daughters), Kadru and Vinata, the former of whom desired many offspring, and the latter of whom desired few but powerful offspring. Each got her wish. Kadru laid 1000 eggs which hatched into snakes, and Vinata laid two, which hatched into the charioteer of Surya the sun god and Garuda. Through a foolish bet, Vinata became enslaved to her sister, and as a result Vinata's son Garuda was required to do the bidding of the snakes. Though compliant, he chafed and built up a grudge that he would never relinquish. When he asked the snakes what he would have to do in order to release his mother, Vinata, from her bondage, they told him he would have to bring them amrita, the elixir of immortality. Garuda stole the elixir from the gods and brought it to the serpents in fulfillment of their requirement, but through a ruse prevented them from partaking of it and achieving immortality. From that point onward, he regarded them as enemies and as food. (Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 16ff.)
KADRU
Kadru, the ancestral mother of snakes, made a bet with her sister Vinata, the stakes being that the loser would be enslaved to the winner. Eager to secure victory, Kadru requested the cooperation of her offspring in order to fix the bet so that Kadru would win. When her offspring balked at the request, Kadru grew angry and cursed them to die a fiery death in the snake-sacrifice of King Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit, who was the son of Abhimanyu the son of Arjuna. The king of the snakes Vasuki was aware of the curse, and knew that his brethren would need a hero to rescue them from it. He approached the renowned ascetic Jaratkaru with a proposal of marriage to a snake-goddess, Manasa, Vasuki's own sister. Out of the union of the ascetic and the snake-maiden was born "a son of the splendor of a celestial child." This son was named Astika, and he was to be the savior of the snakes.
In accordance with Kadru's curse, Janamejaya prepared a snake sacrifice of a type described in the scriptures, the Puranas. He erected a sacrificial platform and hired priests and other professionals needed for the rites. Following the proper form, the priests lit the sacrificial fire, duly fed it with clarified butter, uttered the required mantras, and began calling the names of snakes. The power of the rite was such that the named snakes were summoned to the fire and were consumed by it. As the sacrifice took on genocidal proportions, Astika came to the rescue. He approached Janamejaya and praised the sacrifice in such eloquent terms that the king offered to grant him a boon of his choosing. Astika promptly requested that the sacrifice be terminated. Though initially regretful of his offer, Janamejaya was true to his word, and the sacrifice came to an end. (Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 13-58.)
HINDUISM
Stories involving the nāgas are still very much a part of contemporary cultural traditions in predominantly Hindu regions of Asia (India, Nepal, and the island of Bali). In India, nāgas are considered nature spirits and the protectors of springs, wells and rivers. They bring rain, and thus fertility, but are also thought to bring disasters such as floods and drought.
Nāgas are snakes that may take human form. They tend to be very curious. According to traditions nāgas are only malevolent to humans when they have been mistreated. They are susceptible to mankind's disrespectful actions in relation to the environment. They are also associated with waters - rivers, lakes, seas, and wells - and are generally regarded as guardians of treasure.[citation not found]
They are objects of great reverence in some parts of South India, where it is believed that they bring fertility and prosperity to their venerators. Expensive and grand rituals like the Nagamandala and the Nāgārādhane are conducted in their honor. In India, certain communities called Nāgavanśī, including the Nairs of Kerala and the ethnically related Jain Bunts of Karnataka (who currently profess Jainism), trace their ancestry to nāgas.
Nāgas live in Pātāla, the seventh of the nether dimensions or realms. They are the children of Kashyapa and Kadru. Among the prominent nāgas of Hinduism are Manasa, the nagaraja or King of the nāgas Śeṣa and Vasuki.
Nāgas also carry the elixir of life and immortality. Garuda once brought it to them and put a cup with elixir on kusha grass but it was taken away by Indra. The nāgas licked the kusha grass, but in doing so cut their tongues on the grass, and since then their tongues have been forked.
Vishnu is originally portrayed in the form sheltered by a Śeṣanāga or reclining on Śeṣa, but the iconography has been extended to other deities as well. The serpent is a common feature in Ganesha iconography and appears in many forms: around the neck, use as a sacred thread (Sanskrit: yajñyopavīta)[8] wrapped around the stomach as a belt, held in a hand, coiled at the ankles, or as a throne. Shiva is often shown garlanded with a snake. Maehle (2006: p. 297) states that "Patanjali is thought to be a manifestation of the serpent of eternity".
BUDDHISM
Traditions about nāgas are also very common in all the Buddhist countries of Asia. In many countries, the nāga concept has been merged with local traditions of great and wise serpents or dragons such as the Burmese nat (Burmese: နတ်; MLCTS: IPA: [naʔ]). In Tibetan religion, the nāga was equated with the klu (Tibetan: ཀླུ་) that dwell in lakes or underground streams and guard treasure. In China, the nāga was equated with the Chinese dragon (Chinese: 龍; pinyin: lóng).
The Buddhist nāga generally has the form of a great cobra, usually with a single head but sometimes with many. At least some of the nāgas are capable of using magic powers to transform themselves into a human semblance. In Buddhist painting, the nāga is sometimes portrayed as a human being with a snake or dragon extending over his head. One nāga, in human form, attempted to become a monk; when telling it that such ordination was impossible, the Buddha told it how to ensure that it would be reborn a human, able to become a monk.
In the "Devadatta" chapter of the Lotus Sutra, an eight-year-old longnü (nāga), after listening to Mañjuśrī preach the Lotus Sutra, transforms into a human and immediately reaches full enlightenment. This tale appears to reinforce the viewpoint prevalent in Mahayana scriptures that a human body is required for Buddhahood, even if a being is so advanced in realization that they can magically transform their body at will and demonstrate the emptiness of the physical form itself.
Nāgas are believed to both live on Mount Meru, among the other minor deities, and in various parts of the human-inhabited earth. Some of them are water-dwellers, living in streams or the ocean; others are earth-dwellers, living in underground caverns.
The nāgas are the servants of Virūpākṣa (Pāli: Virūpakkha), one of the Four Heavenly Kings who guards the western direction. They act as a guard upon Mount Sumeru, protecting the dēvas of Trāyastriṃśa from attack by the asūras.
Among the notable nāgas of Buddhist tradition is Mucalinda, Nāgarāja and protector of the Buddha. In the Vinaya Sutra (I, 3), shortly after his enlightenment, the Buddha is meditating in a forest when a great storm arises, but graciously, King Mucalinda gives shelter to the Buddha from the storm by covering the Buddha's head with his seven snake heads. Then the king takes the form of a young Brahmin and renders the Buddha homage.
It is noteworthy that the two chief disciples of the Buddha, Sariputta and Moggallāna are both referred to as Mahānāga or "great nāga". Some of the most important figures in Buddhist history symbolize nagas in their names such as Dignāga, Nāgārsēna, and, although other etymons are assigned to his name, Nāgārjuna.
In the Vajrayāna and Mahāsiddha traditions, nagas in their half-human form are depicted holding a naga-jewel, kumbhas of amrita, or a gter-ma (Tibetan: གཏེར་མ་, Wylie: gter ma, Lhasa dialect IPA: [teːmə]; "hidden treasure, concealed text") that had been elementally encoded by adepts.
Norbu states that according to tradition, the Prajñapāramita gter-ma are held to have been conferred upon Nāgārjuna by the Nagaraja, who had been guarding them at the bottom of a lake.
OTHER TRADITIONS
For Malay sailors, nāgas are a type of dragon with many heads; in Thailand and Java, the nāga is a wealthy underworld deity. In Laos they are beaked water serpents.
THAILAND
In Thailand Nagas figure in some stories of the Thai folklore and are represented as well in Buddhist temples as architectural elements. Phaya Naga is a well-known Naga said to live in the Mekong river. Thai television soap opera Manisawat (มณีสวาท) is based on a naga legend.
LAKE CHINNI
In Malay and Orang Asli traditions, the lake Chinni, located in Pahang is home to a naga called Sri Gumum. Depending on legend versions, her predecessor Sri Pahang or her son left the lake and later fought a naga called Sri Kemboja. Kemboja is the former name of what is Cambodia. Like the naga legends there, there are stories about an ancient empire in lake Chinni, although the stories are not linked to the naga legends.
CAMBODIA
In a Cambodian legend, the nāga were a reptilian race of beings who possessed a large empire or kingdom in the Pacific Ocean region. See Kaliya. The Nāga King's daughter married an Indian Brahmana named Kaundinya, and from their union sprang the Cambodian people. Therefore still Cambodians say that they are "Born from the Nāga".
The Seven-Headed Nāga serpents depicted as statues on Cambodian temples, such as Angkor Wat, apparently represent the seven races within Nāga society, which has a mythological, or symbolic, association with "the seven colors of the rainbow". Furthermore, Cambodian Nāga possess numerological symbolism in the number of their heads. Odd-headed Nāga symbolise the Male Energy, Infinity, Timelessness, and Immortality. This is because, numerologically, all odd numbers come from One. Even-headed Nāga are said to be "Female, representing Physicality, Mortality, Temporality, and the Earth."
LAOS
Naga are believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong river or estuaries. Lao mythology maintains that the Naga are the protectors of Vientiane, and by extension, the Lao state. The Naga association was most clearly articulated during and immediately after the reign of Anouvong. An important poem from this period San Lup Bo Sun (or San Leupphasun Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations between Laos and Siam in a veiled manner, using the Naga and the Garuda, to represent Laos and Siam, respectively. The Naga is incorporated extensively into Lao iconography, and features prominently in Lao culture throughout the length of the country, not only in Vientiane.
MEKONG
The legend of the Nāga is a strong and sacred belief held by Thai and Lao people living along the Mekong River. Many pay their respects to the river because they believe the Nāga still rule in it, and locals hold an annual sacrifice for the Nāga. Each ceremony depends on how each village earns its living from the Mekong River - for instance, through fishing or transport. Local residents believe that the Nāga can protect them from danger, so they are likely to make a sacrifice to Nāga before taking a boat trip along the Mekong River.
Also, every year on the night of the 15th day of 11th month in the Lao lunar calendar at the end of Vassa, an unusual phenomenon occurs in the area of the Mekong River stretching over 20 kilometres between Pak-Ngeum and Phonephisai districts in Nong Khai province, Thailand. Fireballs appear to rise from the river into the nighttime sky. Local villagers believe that Nāga under Mekong River shoot the fireballs into the air to celebrate the end of Vassa, because Nāga meditate during this time.
In 2000, Richard Freeman from the Centre for Fortean Zoology visited the area and talked with witnesses who claimed to have seen gigantic snakes far larger than any python. The general description was of a 60 foot serpent with black scales that had a greenish sheen. Freeman speculated that the nāga legend was based on a real animal, possibly a giant madtsoiid snake.
A popular photograph on display in bars, restaurants, guesthouses, and markets around Thailand captioned, Queen of Nagas seized by American Army at Mekhong River, Laos Military Base on June 27, 1973 with the length of 7.80 meters is a hoax. The photograph is actually that taken by USN LT DeeDee Van Wormer, of an oarfish found in late 1996 by US Navy SEAL trainees on the coast of Coronado, California.
JAVA
In Javanese culture, a Naga is a crowned giant magical serpent, sometimes winged. It is similarly derived from the Shiva-Hinduism tradition, merged with Javanese animism. The concept of Naga is prevalent in the Hindu period of Indonesia, before the introduction of Islam. In a wayang theater story a snake (Nāga) god named Sanghyang Anantaboga or Antaboga is a guardian deity in the bowels of the earth.
PHILLIPINES
In many parts of pre-Hispanic Philippines, the naga is used as an ornament in the hilt ends of longswords locally known as kampilans.
WIKIPEDIA
Nāga (IAST: nāgá, Burmese pronunciation: [nəɡá]) is the Sanskrit and Pali word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very great snake - specifically the king cobra, found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. A female nāga is a nāgī or nāgiṇī.
ETYMOLOGY
In Sanskrit, a nāgá (नाग) is a cobra, the Indian cobra (Naja naja). A synonym for nāgá is phaṇin (फणिन्). There are several words for "snake" in general, and one of the very commonly used ones is sarpá (सर्प). Sometimes the word nāgá is also used generically to mean "snake". The word is cognate with English 'snake', Germanic: *snēk-a-, Proto-IE: *(s)nēg-o- (with s-mobile).
MAHABHARATA
In the great epic Mahabharata, the depiction of nagas tends toward the negative. An epic calls them "persecutors of all creatures", and tells us "the snakes were of virulent poison, great prowess and excess of strength, and ever bent on biting other creatures" (Book I: Adi Parva, Section 20). At some points within the story, nagas are important players in many of the events narrated in the epic, frequently no more evil nor deceitful than the other protagonists, and sometimes on the side of good.
The epic frequently characterizes nagas as having a mixture of human and serpent-like traits. Sometimes it characterizes them as having human traits at one time, and as having serpent-like traits at another. For example, the story of how the naga prince Shesha came to hold the world on his head begins with a scene in which he appears as a dedicated human ascetic, "with knotted hair, clad in rags, and his flesh, skin, and sinews dried up owing to the hard penances he was practising." Brahma is pleased with Shesha, and entrusts him with the duty of carrying the world. At that point in the story, Shesha begins to exhibit the attributes of a serpent. He enters into a hole in the Earth and slithers all the way to bottom, where he then loads the Earth onto his head. (Book I: Adi Parva, Section 36.)
ENMITY WITH GARUDA
The great nemesis of the nagas in the Mahabharata is the gigantic eagle-king Garuda. Garuda and the nagas began life as cousins. The sage Kashyapa had two wives (amongst his 13 wives, all prajapati Daksha's daughters), Kadru and Vinata, the former of whom desired many offspring, and the latter of whom desired few but powerful offspring. Each got her wish. Kadru laid 1000 eggs which hatched into snakes, and Vinata laid two, which hatched into the charioteer of Surya the sun god and Garuda. Through a foolish bet, Vinata became enslaved to her sister, and as a result Vinata's son Garuda was required to do the bidding of the snakes. Though compliant, he chafed and built up a grudge that he would never relinquish. When he asked the snakes what he would have to do in order to release his mother, Vinata, from her bondage, they told him he would have to bring them amrita, the elixir of immortality. Garuda stole the elixir from the gods and brought it to the serpents in fulfillment of their requirement, but through a ruse prevented them from partaking of it and achieving immortality. From that point onward, he regarded them as enemies and as food. (Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 16ff.)
KADRU
Kadru, the ancestral mother of snakes, made a bet with her sister Vinata, the stakes being that the loser would be enslaved to the winner. Eager to secure victory, Kadru requested the cooperation of her offspring in order to fix the bet so that Kadru would win. When her offspring balked at the request, Kadru grew angry and cursed them to die a fiery death in the snake-sacrifice of King Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit, who was the son of Abhimanyu the son of Arjuna. The king of the snakes Vasuki was aware of the curse, and knew that his brethren would need a hero to rescue them from it. He approached the renowned ascetic Jaratkaru with a proposal of marriage to a snake-goddess, Manasa, Vasuki's own sister. Out of the union of the ascetic and the snake-maiden was born "a son of the splendor of a celestial child." This son was named Astika, and he was to be the savior of the snakes.
In accordance with Kadru's curse, Janamejaya prepared a snake sacrifice of a type described in the scriptures, the Puranas. He erected a sacrificial platform and hired priests and other professionals needed for the rites. Following the proper form, the priests lit the sacrificial fire, duly fed it with clarified butter, uttered the required mantras, and began calling the names of snakes. The power of the rite was such that the named snakes were summoned to the fire and were consumed by it. As the sacrifice took on genocidal proportions, Astika came to the rescue. He approached Janamejaya and praised the sacrifice in such eloquent terms that the king offered to grant him a boon of his choosing. Astika promptly requested that the sacrifice be terminated. Though initially regretful of his offer, Janamejaya was true to his word, and the sacrifice came to an end. (Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 13-58.)
HINDUISM
Stories involving the nāgas are still very much a part of contemporary cultural traditions in predominantly Hindu regions of Asia (India, Nepal, and the island of Bali). In India, nāgas are considered nature spirits and the protectors of springs, wells and rivers. They bring rain, and thus fertility, but are also thought to bring disasters such as floods and drought.
Nagas are snakes that may take human form. They tend to be very curious. According to traditions nāgas are only malevolent to humans when they have been mistreated. They are susceptible to mankind's disrespectful actions in relation to the environment. They are also associated with waters - rivers, lakes, seas, and wells - and are generally regarded as guardians of treasure.
They are objects of great reverence in some parts of South India, where it is believed that they bring fertility and prosperity to their venerators. Expensive and grand rituals like the nagamandala and the Nāgārādhane are conducted in their honor.
Another example comes from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Women gather at Hindu temples to worship nāgas (considered snake goddesses in south Indian Hinduism). At the temples, the nāgas take the form of snakes carved into stones. Hindu women gather around the stones to make offerings to the female snake goddesses. These goddesses are believed to make women fertile, protect the women and her family, and bring prosperity. The snake goddess is represented as an anthill or a snake that lives inside an anthill or stones with snake carvings on them. In each form, women of Tamil Nadu honor the nāgas with offerings. Hindus in Tamil believe a person who harms or kills a snake will be inflicted with a condition known as nāga dösam which causes infertility and delays in marriage. Nāga dösam can only be reversed through varying degrees of worship to nāga.
A third example comes from certain communities called Nāgavanśī, including the Nairs of Kerala and the ethnically related Jain Bunts of Karnataka. These communities trace their ancestry to nāgas.
Nagas are also worshipped in the Dug Nakuri region of of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Nakuri (from Nagpuri or city of nagas) corresponds to the town of Berinag and is home to many temples devoted to Nagas namely Dhaulinag (Dhavalnag), Kalinag (Kaliyanag), Feninag (Faninag), Bashukinag (Vasukinag), Pinglenag & Harinag.
Nagas live in Pātāla, the seventh of the nether dimensions or realms. They are the children of Kashyapa and Kadru. Among the prominent nāgas of Hinduism are Manasa, the nagaraja or King of the nāgas Śeṣa and Vasuki.
Nagas also carry the elixir of life and immortality. Garuda once brought it to them and put a cup with elixir on kusha grass but it was taken away by Indra. The nāgas licked the kusha grass, but in doing so cut their tongues on the grass, and since then their tongues have been forked.
Vishnu is originally portrayed in the form sheltered by a Śeṣanāga or reclining on Śeṣa, but the iconography has been extended to other deities as well. The serpent is a common feature in Ganesha iconography and appears in many forms: around the neck, use as a sacred thread (Sanskrit: yajñyopavīta) wrapped around the stomach as a belt, held in a hand, coiled at the ankles, or as a throne. Shiva is often shown garlanded with a snake. Maehle (2006: p. 297) states that "Patanjali is thought to be a manifestation of the serpent of eternity".
BUDDHISM
Traditions about nāgas are also very common in all the Buddhist countries of Asia. In many countries, the nāga concept has been merged with local traditions of great and wise serpents or dragons such as the Burmese nat (Burmese: နတ်; MLCTS: IPA: [naʔ]). In Tibetan religion, the nāga was equated with the klu (Tibetan: ཀླུ་) that dwell in lakes or underground streams and guard treasure. In China, the nāga was equated with the Chinese dragon (Chinese: 龍; pinyin: lóng).
The Buddhist nāga generally has the form of a great cobra, usually with a single head but sometimes with many. At least some of the nāgas are capable of using magic powers to transform themselves into a human semblance. In Buddhist painting, the nāga is sometimes portrayed as a human being with a snake or dragon extending over his head. One nāga, in human form, attempted to become a monk; when telling it that such ordination was impossible, the Buddha told it how to ensure that it would be reborn a human, able to become a monk.
In the "Devadatta" chapter of the Lotus Sutra, the daughter of the dragon king, an eight-year-old longnü (nāga), after listening to Mañjuśrī preach the Lotus Sutra, transforms into a male Bodhisattva and immediately reaches full enlightenment. This tale appears to reinforce the viewpoint prevalent in Mahayana scriptures that a male body is required for Buddhahood, even if a being is so advanced in realization that they can magically transform their body at will and demonstrate the emptiness of the physical form itself.
Nagas are believed to both live on Mount Meru, among the other minor deities, and in various parts of the human-inhabited earth. Some of them are water-dwellers, living in streams or the ocean; others are earth-dwellers, living in underground caverns.
The nāgas are the servants of Virūpākṣa (Pāli: Virūpakkha), one of the Four Heavenly Kings who guards the western direction. They act as a guard upon Mount Sumeru, protecting the dēvas of Trāyastriṃśa from attack by the asūras.
Among the notable nāgas of Buddhist tradition is Mucalinda, Nāgarāja and protector of the Buddha. In the Vinaya Sutra (I, 3), shortly after his enlightenment, the Buddha is meditating in a forest when a great storm arises, but graciously, King Mucalinda gives shelter to the Buddha from the storm by covering the Buddha's head with his seven snake heads. Then the king takes the form of a young Brahmin and renders the Buddha homage.
It is noteworthy that the two chief disciples of the Buddha, Sariputta and Moggallāna are both referred to as Mahānāga or "Great Nāga". Some of the most important figures in Buddhist history symbolize nagas in their names such as Dignāga, Nāgārsēna, and, although other etymons are assigned to his name, Nāgārjuna.
In the Vajrayāna and Mahāsiddha traditions, nagas in their half-human form are depicted holding a naga-jewel, kumbhas of amrita, or a terma that had been elementally encoded by adepts.
Norbu (1999: p.?) states that according to tradition, the Prajñapāramita terma are held to have been conferred upon Nāgārjuna by the Nagaraja, who had been guarding them at the bottom of a lake.
OTHER TRADITIONS
For Malay sailors, nāgas are a type of dragon with many heads; in Thailand and Java, the nāga is a wealthy underworld deity. In Laos they are beaked water serpents.
THAILAND
In Thailand, nagas figure in some stories of the Thai folklore and are represented as well in wats as architectural elements. Phaya Naga is a well-known naga said to live in the Mekong. The Thai television soap opera Manisawat (Thai: มณีสวาท) is based on a naga legend.
LAKE CHINNI
In Malay and Orang Asli traditions, the lake Chinni, located in Pahang is home to a naga called Sri Gumum. Depending on legend versions, her predecessor Sri Pahang or her son left the lake and later fought a naga called Sri Kemboja. Kemboja is the former name of what is Cambodia. Like the naga legends there, there are stories about an ancient empire in lake Chinni, although the stories are not linked to the naga legends.
CAMBODIA
In a Cambodian legend, the nāga were a reptilian race of beings under the King Kaliya who possessed a large empire or kingdom in the Pacific Ocean region until they were chased away by the Garuda and sought refuge in India. It was here Kaliya's daughter married an Indian Brahmana named Kaundinya, and from their union sprang the Cambodian people. Therefore Cambodians possess a slogan "Born from the naga". As a dowry, Kaliya drank from an area of the waters of Southeast Asia and exposed the land for his daughter and son-in-law to inhabit and thus, Cambodia was created.
The seven-headed nagas depicted as statues on Cambodian temples such as Angkor Wat, apparently represent the seven races within naga society, which has a mythological, or symbolic, association with "the seven colors of the rainbow". Furthermore, Cambodian naga possess numerological symbolism in the number of their heads. Odd-headed naga symbolise the Male Energy, Infinity, Timelessness, and Immortality. This is because, numerologically, all odd numbers come from One (1). Even-headed naga are said to be "Female, representing Physicality, Mortality, Temporality, and the Earth."
LAOS
Naga are believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong or its estuaries. Lao mythology maintains that the naga are the protectors of Vientiane, and by extension, the Lao state. The naga association was most clearly articulated during and immediately after the reign of Anouvong. An important poem from this period San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations between Laos and Thailand in a veiled manner, using the naga and the garuda to represent the Lao and the Thai, respectively. The naga is incorporated extensively into Lao iconography, and features prominently in Lao culture throughout the length of the country, not only in Vientiane.
JAVA
In Javanese culture, a Naga is a crowned giant magical serpent, sometimes winged. It is similarly derived from the Shiva-Hinduism tradition, merged with Javanese animism. The concept of Naga is prevalent in the Hindu period of Indonesia, before the introduction of Islam. In a wayang theater story a snake (naga) god named Sanghyang Anantaboga or Antaboga is a guardian deity in the bowels of the earth.
PHILPPINES
In many parts of pre-Hispanic Philippines, the naga is used as an ornament in the hilt ends of longswords locally known as kampilans.
NOTABLE NAGAS
- Vasuki the king of nagas and who coils over the Shiva's neck.
- Ananta-Sesha on whome Vishnu is in yoga nidra (Ananta shayana) .
- Bakunawa, Naga is also present in the Kapampangan polytheistic beliefs, such as Lakandanum see Deities of Philippine mythology
- Kaliya, a snake conquered by Krishna
- Karkotaka controls weather.
- Manasa, the Hindu goddess of Nagas and curer of snake-bite and sister of Vasuki
- Mucalinda protects the Buddha.
- Padmavati, the Nāgī queen & companion of Dharanendra.
- Paravataksha, his sword causes earthquakes and his roar caused thunder.
- Shwe Nabay (Naga Medaw), a goddess or a Nat in Burmese animistic mythology, she was believed to have married a Naga and died from heartbreak after he had left her.
- Takshaka, the tribal king of the nagas.
- Ulupi, a companion of Arjuna in the epic Mahabharata.
- The dragon king of the western sea in the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West becomes a naga after completing his journey with Xuanzang
WIKIPEDIA
Isang sinaunang mahabàng patalim ang kampílan. May habà itong 89-102 sentimetro at tradisyonal na sandata ng mga Muslim na Magindanaw at Mëranaw. Makitid sa punò at lumalapad sa dulo ang talim nitó, bukod sa pahilis ang dulong talim. May kaakibat na sining ang paggawa ng sundi o puluhan ng kampílan. Pinasimpleng sundi ang yari sa kahoy na banati at may pabitin sa dulo na balahibo ng hayop. May sundi na yari sa matibay na naga o mulawin at hugis bunganga ng buwaya ang dulo. Ang hugis buwaya ay ipinaliliwanag sa pangyayaring ang karamihan sa mga datu ng Maginadanaw ay mula sa Buayan (na “dakilang buwaya” ang ibig sabihin). Karaniwang dalawang kamay ang ginagamit sa paghawak ng sandatang ito.
May paniwala na mutya ng mga sandata ang kampílan at nagbibigay ito ng magandang kapalaran sa may-aring mandirigma. May paniwala na ipinakilála ang kampilan ng Propetang si Muhammad kay Sharif Kabungsuan, ang kinikilálang tagapagtatag ng sultanatong Magindanaw. Kapag sinuri din ang de-kahong larawan ni Lapulapu, isang kampílan ang pumatay kay Magallanes sa Mactan. Sa mga dakilang pinunò ng Magindanaw, laging inilalarawan si Sultan Kudarat na may hawak na kampiílan. (GCA)(ed VSA)
Lapu-Lapu (Kaliph Pulaka)
(1491-1547)
The country's first National hero, Datu Lapu-Lapu is the first native of the Philippine archipelago known to have resisted Spanish colonization.
In April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, fought Portuguese soldiers and killed their captain Ferndinand Magellan.
Capitol Building
Cebu, Philippines
Captain Manny of the Kampilan recalls the day he narrowly escaped this monster ship.
Man, we knew right away..Fuck shit man, it came out of the sky, big glowing green, like a moving fire stick or something. We called it the Green Flame as a ship, but there supposedly something else about Six Demons. When it landed, man these six Dwende looking things came out of it, started killing shit like crazy! this city was a goner, I'm glad i had somewhere to go and fast. People called them Demons, but they were kind of short ugly robots, but who knows. These fuckers man, 'tang ina, I hope i never see this Green fucking thing again.
These guys were world takers, kind of like what we thought were klingons, but I bet they were just like guys from the south you know... YOU KNOW haha. I never knew what they wanted, maybe they just like to rape and pillage and kidnap haha. I'd rather not stick around, they're like boogey man, or maybe this is what you tell the boogey man to scare him.
Lapu-Lapu was the earliest known indigenous Datu (chieftain) of the Visayan-inhabited Mactan Island in the Philippines. He was known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines.
On the morning of March 17, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed.
In his honor, the Cebuano people have erected a statue and church in Mactan Island and also renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City. A more recent statue was given as a gift to the Philippines from South Korea in 2005. It stands in Rizal Park in the Philippine capital city of Manila. – (Wikepedia)
Ang kandít ay sinaunang paha na ikinakabit nang paikot sa baywang na tulad ng sinturon. Bahagi ngayon ng koleksiyong ginto ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas at nakatanghal sa Metropolitan Museum of Manila sa Malate, Maynila ang mga kandít at sinturon na gawa sa ginto. Nahukay ang mga ito sa Butuan, Surigao at tinatayàng ginawa noong ika-10 hanggang ika13 siglo. Isa sa kandít ang may súkat na 150.00 x 2.70 x 2.40 sentimetro at may timbang na 3,860.00 gramo. Ang isang sinturon ay 68.20 x 4.90 sentimentro at tumitmbang nang 575.10 gramo. Katangi-tangi din ang mga piyesang ito dahil sa marikit na disenyong hindi pa nakikita sa ibang piraso ng ginintuang artifact sa Asia.
Itinuturing ng mga arkeologo na mahalaga ang Gintông Kandít at Sinturón ng Butuan dahil nagpapatunay ang mga ito sa dalawang bagay. Una, na may sinauna’t masiglang industriya ng ginto sa Filipinas; ikalawa, na sentro ang Butuan ng aktibong kalakalang rehiyonal. Ginto ang isang pangunahing kalakal ng mga Filipino at dindayo ng mga manlalakbay na Tsino noong ika-10 siglo. Sinasabing ang pinunò ng Butuan noong ika-11 na si Kiling ay nakipagkasundo ng direktang kalakalan sa korteng imperyal ng Tsina.
Ang koleksiyong ginto ng Bangko Sentral ay may iba pang sinaunang hiyas at ornamentong ginto. Kabílang dito ang gintong hebilya mulang Hilagang Silangang Mindanao. May mala-korona ding pútong ng babae, hikaw, kuwintas, mga pulseras sa bisig at binti, balaraw, at puluhan ng kampilan. (VSA)
Captain Manny of the Kampilan recalls the day he narrowly escaped this monster ship.
Man, we knew right away..Fuck shit man, it came out of the sky, big glowing green, like a moving fire stick or something. We called it the Green Flame as a ship, but there supposedly something else about Six Demons. When it landed, man these six Dwende looking things came out of it, started killing shit like crazy! this city was a goner, I'm glad i had somewhere to go and fast. People called them Demons, but they were kind of short ugly robots, but who knows. These fuckers man, 'tang ina, I hope i never see this Green fucking thing again.
These guys were world takers, kind of like what we thought were klingons, but I bet they were just like guys from the south you know... YOU KNOW haha. I never knew what they wanted, maybe they just like to rape and pillage and kidnap haha. I'd rather not stick around, they're like boogey man, or maybe this is what you tell the boogey man to scare him.
my friend joamar, a kali instructor, knife fighter.. muay thai fighter, and yaw-yan kampilan instructor.. never mess with a walking weapon.
strobist: vivitar 285 right and behind subject 1/4 power, canon 277t speedlight at left and front of subject. stopped down ambient 3 stops.
Captain Manny of the Kampilan recalls the day he narrowly escaped this monster ship.
Man, we knew right away..Fuck shit man, it came out of the sky, big glowing green, like a moving fire stick or something. We called it the Green Flame as a ship, but there supposedly something else about Six Demons. When it landed, man these six Dwende looking things came out of it, started killing shit like crazy! this city was a goner, I'm glad i had somewhere to go and fast. People called them Demons, but they were kind of short ugly robots, but who knows. These fuckers man, 'tang ina, I hope i never see this Green fucking thing again.
These guys were world takers, kind of like what we thought were klingons, but I bet they were just like guys from the south you know... YOU KNOW haha. I never knew what they wanted, maybe they just like to rape and pillage and kidnap haha. I'd rather not stick around, they're like boogey man, or maybe this is what you tell the boogey man to scare him.
Lapu-Lapu (Kaliph Pulaka) (c.1491 – 1547) was the earliest known indigenous Visayan Muslim chieftain, and datu (king) of Mactan in the Philippines. He is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines.
On the morning of March 17, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed.
In his honor, the Cebuano people have erected a statue and church in Mactan Island and also renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City.
Lapu-Lapu Monument (or the Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom). The monument was a gift from the people of Korea as appreciation and to honor the memory of freedom-loving Filipinos who helped during the Korean War in the early 1950s (as inscribed in the plaque). Lapu-Lapu was a native Muslim chieftain in Mactan, Cebu and representative of the Sultan of Sulu, and is now known as the first native of the archipelago to resist Spanish colonization. He is retroactively regarded as the first national hero of the Philippines. On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan in what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan. Magellan and several of his men were killed.Lapu-Lapu Monument (or the Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom). The monument was a gift from the people of Korea as appreciation and to honor the memory of freedom-loving Filipinos who helped during the Korean War in the early 1950s (as inscribed in the plaque). Lapu-Lapu was a native Muslim chieftain in Mactan, Cebu and representative of the Sultan of Sulu, and is now known as the first native of the archipelago to resist Spanish colonization. He is retroactively regarded as the first national hero of the Philippines. On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan in what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan. Magellan and several of his men were killed. [Wikipedia]
Carlos ‘‘Botong’’ Francisco (1912-1969)
Manuel Conde in Vende Cristo Movie Poster
Ca.1952
mixed media
10 1/4” x 8 1/2” (26 cm x 22 cm)
Opening bid: P 360,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Manila
Memorable images from filmdom’s past, vintage movie posters provide a colorful overview of the first century of motion pictures. Competing with Hollywood movies for patronage was a tough test for local movies – Hollywood movies enjoyed huge budgets and saturation advertising. Yet the local movie industry did not only survive the competition, it flourished with great vitality, even recognition abroad.
Carlos “Botong” Francisco was not just a mural painter but also a scriptwriter – of Genghis Khan, Putol na Kampilan, and Tatlong Labuyo, which he designed costumes for different films such as Romeo at Julieta, Prinsipe Tenoso, Ibong Adarna, Sietes Infantes de lara and Juan Tamad series. Botong Francisco also designed movie posters such as the film Vende Cristo. In 1952, “Vende Cristo” star Manuel Conde had earned celebrity status when the aforementioned “Genghis Khan”, from 1950, was accepted for screening at the Venice Film festival.
Lot 18 of the Leon Gallery auction on 2 December 2017. Please see www.leon-gallery.com for more information.
The Police Office at Lapu-Lapu, Mactan, Cebu, Philippines - not exactly rushed off their feet. They would have been rather busy on the morning of April 27, 1521, for Lapu-Lapu (a local Muslim Chieftan) and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed.
The Philippines 1st Hero - Lapu Lapu
Lapu-Lapu Monument
Rizal Park, Manila City Philippines
The statue is the monument that marks the site where Lapu-Lapu (Muslim) purportedly killed Magellan in 1521. Lapu-Lapu's Monument in Mactan Island, was erected in honor of the first Filipino Chieftain who fought for his people's freedom.
Today Lapu-Lapu is honored as the 'first' Philippine national hero. Named after the hero, Lapu-Lapu is also the name of the grouper fish in the Philippines. Lapu-Lapu (Kaliph Pulaka)- Muslim (born 1491, died 1542) known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization, he is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines. On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced 49 Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan.
As a friend of a friend on facebook said, "You know you've finally moved in when you've gotten around to hanging up your weapons."
This 5 generation old sword was never used as a tool for work, instead it was only used as a weapon. It is seldom worn, only during peace settlements, tribal council meetings, and war.
The statue is the monument that marks the site where Lapu-Lapu (Muslim) purportedly killed Magellan in 1521. Lapu-Lapu's Monument in Mactan Island, was erected in honor of the first Filipino Chieftain who fought for his people's freedom.
Today Lapu-Lapu is honored as the 'first' Philippine national hero. Named after the hero, Lapu-Lapu is also the name of the grouper fish in the Philippines. Lapu-Lapu (Kaliph Pulaka)- Muslim (born 1491, died 1542) known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization, he is now regarded as the first National hero of the Philippines. On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, faced 49 Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan.