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Tagumpay ng Himagsikang Pilipino

Noong 1898, naging pangkaraniwan ang eksenang ito sa buong bansa -

"At 5:00 pm on 24 December 1898, 333 years of Spanish rule in Cebu came to an end when the Spanish flag was lowered at Fort San Pedro. Montero turned over the government [to the Filipinos] ... It was an emotion-charged moment and, in a fit of despair, some Spaniards tore their own flag after it was lowered. In the dusk, the ceremonies over, the Spaniards and their dependents moved out in a lonely convoy of boats bound for Zamboanga, their way station for the final withdrawal to Spain."

Mabuhay ang Pilipino!

Ang sipi ay mula sa The War Against the Americans ni Resil Mojares. Ang mga larawan ay galing sa Univ. of Michigan. 

Ang walong "villa" ng Pilipinas

Mula kay Dr. Luciano P.R. Santiago (2005) -- "A villa is a Spanish territorial classification as well as an institution. It is little known in the Philippines, even among historians, because it was sparsely granted in these parts during the Colonial Period. Though small in number, the villas were huge in significance as the centers for regional consolidation as well as, when linked together, the general dissemination of Spanish rule, commerce and culture in the archipelago. In current works, the term is usually, but inaccurately, translated as 'village.' However, its closest English equivalent is 'borough' (as in Marlborough). In this article, we shall retain the Spanish word villa.

"In the more than three centuries of Spanish domination in the Islands, only eight settlements or towns were raised into the status of a villa - one each in five major ethno-linguistic regions (Cebú, Bicol, Ilocos, Panay and Pampanga) and in three Tagalog provinces (Laguna, Tayabas [now Quezón] and Batangas). Thus, the eight Philippine villas were Cebú (founded 1565), Libón, Albay (1573), Vigan (1574), Arévalo, Iloilo (1581), Pila, Laguna (c1610), Tayabas, Tayabas (1703), Bacolor, Pampanga (1765) and lastly, Lipá, Batangas (1887)."

Ang Colt .45 at ang Pilipinong mandirigma

  
Ang simulain ng pistol na .45 M1911 ay nag-ugat sa Digmaang Filipino-Amerikano, na pumutok noong 1899.

Bago pa makalaban ng Amerikano ang mga Moro (1903 pataas), kinailangan na ang .45 laban sa mga Kristyanong sandatahanes at talibones [bolomen] ng Luzon at Kabisayaan (1899 pataas).

Kung magkagayon, and buong Kapilipinuhan ang siyang 'hilot' na nagsilang sa pinakatanyag na baril sa buong mundo.

        

Uniporme ng mga sundalong Pilipino (1890-1910)

Ang mga litrato ay kuha sa mga eksibit ng Buhay na Kasaysayan (BNK). Ang pananaliksik ay ginawa ni Engr. Perry Javier at Nonito "Ding" Flores. Ang ibang info ay nagmula kay Bill Combs ng Estados Unidos. Salamat din kay Sumaquel Hosalla.

 

Anting-anting ng mga Pilipinong sundalo (1800s - 1900s)

Ang mga larawan ay mga anting-anting o agimat o bertud [talisman] na display sa nakaraang War and Dissent na exhibit, sa Museong Pambansa ng Pilipinas.

Mandirigmang Bikol (Bicol) ng Pilipinas

Ang larawan ay mula sa Bikol Maharlika (1992) ni Jose Calleja Reyes.

Krieger's weapons of the Philippines, Plate 4

Plate 4 -- Metallic harpoon and arrowheads provided with barbed, hastate, three-pointed, harpoon, and composite points. Shaftments. No. 1. Short, flat, lanceolate arrowhead,designed to make a large wound and to cause profuse bleeding. Negritos Zambales Mountains. 2. Long, triangular, iron arrow point, palmwood foreshaft, unfeathered cane shaft. Moro, western Mindanao. 3. Small, lanceolate shape iron arrowhead, long bamboo shaft; heavy palmwood foreshaft, bulbous at the base. Old Bikol arrow type. 4. Leaf-shape arrow point of sheet copper, bamboo shaft, foreshaft of wood fast set in shaft with resin. Moro. 5. Feathered bamboo shaft, large lanceolate shape arrow point. Negritos, Luzon. 6. Leaf-shape iron arrowhead of excellent workmanship socketed on hardwood shaft, no foreshaft. Moro, Jolo Archipelago. 7. Large feathered bamboo shaft, hastate shape iron arrow point. Negritos, Luzon. 8. Small triangular iron head, palmwood foreshaft, reed shaft. Moro, Mindanao. 9. Ferruled wooden shaft, long hastate shape barbed iron arrow point. Moro. 10. Long quadrangular barbed iron arrowhead. Negritos, Luzon. 11-13. Composite arrow shaftments; feathered shaft provided with lanyard and retrieving cord, barbed toggle harpoon type of arrow point. Designed for hunting pigs. Negritos.

From: The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armor of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum, by Herbert W. Krieger (Smithsonian Institution; 1926: United States National Museum Bulletin No. 137)

Krieger, Moro, Weapons

Krieger's weapons of the Philippines, Plate 3

Plate 3 -- Simple and compound arrowheads of palmwood and bamboo. No. 1. Palmwood arrowhead and bamboo shaft. Moro, Mindanao. 2. Reed arrow with palmwood foreshaft. Moro, Mindanao. 3. Bamboo arrow with palmwood foreshaft; poisoned bamboo arrow point inserted in foreshaft. Bikol, Luzon. 4. Large arrow of bamboo with arrowhead of split bamboo, Bagobo, Mindanao. 5. Triagular shape arrowhead of bamboo, harpoon shaft. Negritos, Zambales Mouutains, Luzon. 6. Barbed, triangular bamboo arrowhead, harpoon shaft. Negritos, Zambales Mountains, Luzon Island. 7. Fish arrow with compound head of bamboo. Bagobo, Mindanao. 8. Three-pronged or trident compound arrow. Negritos. Zambales Mountains, Luzon.

From: The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armor of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum, by Herbert W. Krieger (Smithsonian Institution; 1926: United States National Museum Bulletin No. 137)

Krieger, Moro, Weapons

Krieger's weapons of the Philippines, Plate 1

Plate 1 -- Philippine weapons of offense and defense: Spears, lances, and halberds. Bows, arrows, and arrow cases. Blowguns, darts, and dart cases. Clubbed weapons and shields. Hand weapons for piercing and stabbing. Bolos. Cutting and slashing blades. Swords for cutting and chopping. Beheading swords. Head axes. Straight and wavy krisses. Circular shields for parrying and targets. Oblong, pronged, clubbed, and tufted shields of hollowed wood. Body armor of horn, hide, cordage, and fiber construction.

From: The Collection of Primitive Weapons and Armor of the Philippine Islands in the United States National Museum, by Herbert W. Krieger (Smithsonian Institution; 1926: United States National Museum Bulletin No. 137)

Krieger, Moro, Weapons