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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 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.

        

Mga sandata sa katalogo ni Juynboll

Mula sa katalogo (1928) ni Dr. HH Juynboll ng Rijks Ethnographisch Museum ay makikita ang iba't ibang sandata at gamit ng mga Pilipino.

 

Sandata sa Museo Oriental (Augustinian), sa Espanya

MGA PILIPINONG SANDATA, sa Museo Oriental (Augustinian) sa Espanya.

Isa pang gintong puluhan ng Dating Panahon

Narito pa ang isang gintong puluhan ng Dating Panahon. Ang deskripsyon sa Metropolitan Museum ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas:

MGA HAWAKAN NG BALARAW

Dalawang hawakan ng pang-seremonyang balaraw, na minodelo sa estilisadong ibong mitiko, na mahaba ang tuka at napapaligiran ng apoy. Marahil ninuno ng sarimanok, simbolo ng maharlikang Maranaw sa Lanao, Mindanaw. Butuanon, ika-10 hanggang ika-13 dantaon.

Ang litrato ay galing sa Bulawan 14 (Journal of Philippine Arts & Culture).

Summary: The gold hilt of this 10th to 13th century Philippine gold dagger was found in northeast Mindanao (Butuan). It was styled after a mythical bird. The design can be the predecessor of the Maranaw sarimanok.

Gintong puluhan ng Dating Panahon

 

Ang caption sa Ayala Museum ng puluhan:

[GOLD] HILT: Northeastern Mindanao; Ca. [circa] 10th - 13th century; 10.5 x 10.5 cm; 64.4 grams

Sana ay mas marami pang tao ang makarating sa Ayala Museum, para makita ang yaman at galing ng mga Pilipino, kahit pa man noong Dating Panahon.

Gintong punyal noong Dating Panahon

Nakalarawan ang mga gintong punyal na maaaring mula sa silangan-hilagang Mindanao (10th to 13th century?). Ang larawan ay hango sa aklat na Consuming Passions: Philippine Collectibles (2003), ni Jaime Laya.

Ganito siguro ang nakita ni Antonio Pigafetta noong 1521 na sukbit ni Raja Kalambu ng Butuan:

"And he [Raja Calambu, of what is now Agusan del Norte province in Mindanao island] was the most handsome person we saw among those peoples. He had very black hair to his shoulders, with a silk cloth on his head, and two large gold rings hanging from his ears. He wore a cotton cloth, embroidered with silk, which covered him from his waist to his knees. At his side he had a dagger, with a long handle, and all of gold, the sheath of which was of carved wood. Withal he wore on his person perfumes of storax and benzoin. He was tawny and painted all over ["pintado", i.e., tattooed all over]. His island is called Butuan and Calaghan."

Sinasabi sa aklat ni Laya na ang mga punyal ay pag-aari ni Tony & Ces Gutierrez.

Filipino weapons at Macao exhibit

Source: Macao exhibit webpages

Filipino Lumad sword 4 (Macao exhibit)

Website description:

Item 197: Bagobo Sword

Bronze-brass mounts with geometric designs. Blade has two rows of twist core damascus steel.

Period: late 19th Century
Overall: 57 cm (22.8 inches)
Blade: 41.5 cm (16.6 inches)
Hilt: 15.5 cm (6.2 inches)

[Lumad is a term being used to denote a group of indigenous peoples of the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for katawhang lumad (literally "indigenous peoples") ... It is the self-ascription and collective identity of the non-Islamized indigenous peoples of Mindanao.]