08/02/2010
06/19/2010
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.
05/26/2010
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.
05/17/2010
Robert Fulton's Morolandhistory.com
Morolandhistory.com has a lot of nice photos and good info on the Moro Wars and prior period (1899-1920).
Those interested in the topic should definitely read the website author's (Robert Fulton) 2007 book MOROLAND: The History of Uncle Sam and the Moros 1899-1920.
The photo above has this caption: "The Sultan of Bayan visits Captain John J. Pershing at Camp Vicars, Mindanao, 1902 - (National Archives)".The photo below shows Howard Taft at a function with the local Moro chiefs.
05/16/2010
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.
05/10/2010
Sandata sa Museo Oriental (Augustinian), sa Espanya
MGA PILIPINONG SANDATA, sa Museo Oriental (Augustinian) sa Espanya.
04/12/2010
Ang Filhistory ay nasa Facebook na
Ang "logo" ng Filhistory sa Facebook ay si Hadji Abdullah ng Jolo, Sulu.
Ang caption ng litrato ayon sa Morolandhistory.com:
"The indomitable Hadji Abdullah of Jolo with pearl-handled revolver and .30-40 Krag gifted by [William Howard] Taft".
Mayroon ding siyang sukbit na junggayan na kris (o kalis), na may puluhang hugis kakatua, na gawa sa marpil o garing (ivory).
Palagiang bisitahin din ang Filhistory sa Facebook!
09/19/2009
The Iranuns' kampilan & panabas, Part 2
The above image shows clearer details of the Iranuns' kampilan, panabas, and shield.
Note the ornate carvings on the kampilan's hilt. The wood carvings are known in the Mindanao dialect as okir (ukkil). The sheathed kampilan on the left shows a tiger bell in the center of the plume of decorative hair.
The image below shows one type of Iranun sea raider boat.
The Iranun pirate was described as follows:
"Above the cabin is the fighting deck, upon which their heroes are placed, and upon any chance of action, they dress themselves in scarlet, and are equipped very much in the style of the armour furnished for the stage property of theatres, varying from steel plate to ring chain, or mail shirt. Their personal arms are generally the kris and spear, but they have also a huge sword, well known as the 'Lanoon sword', which has a handle sufficiently large to be wielded with two hands."
The 'Lanoon sword' is a kampilan.
Related posts: [a] The Iranun (Ilanun) Moro pirate; [b] The Iranuns' kampilan & panabas; [c] The Iranuns' (Ilanun) kampilan; [d] The Iranun's (Ilanun) kampilan, Part 2
The Iranun (Ilanun) Moro 'pirate'
The Iranun (Ilanun) 'pirates' of the mid-18th to early-19th century must have been the best during the outburst of sea raiding on the said period.
It has been said that these Iranun 'pirate-kidnapper's were so accomplished that they even kidnapped from time to time the notorious Bugis 'pirate-kidnappers' of southeast Asia (which area is now part of Malaysia).
It is also believed that the Malaysian word lanun for pirate originated from the word Ilanun.
Based in Ilana Bay in Mindanao, these Moro sea raiders have been variously called as Ilanun, Iranun, Illano, Ilano, Ilana, Hilalones, Illanum, Illanun, Ilanon, Illanoan, Illanoon, Iranon Maranao, Iranum, Lanoon, Lanun, Ylano, or simply Moros or Mohametanas.
Prof. James Warren devoted an entire book on the Iranuns' exploits -- Iranun and Balangingi: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity (2002).
The Iranun sea raider's image above was lifted from Warren's book. It originally appeared in Frank Marryat's Borneo and the Indian Archipelago: with drawings of costume and scenery (1848).
The Iranun has on his right hand a sword that is yet to be identifed. Note that the sword has a curious kris-like crossguard.
On his waist is strapped a traditional Moro short sword, the kris, sheathed on its scabbard. On his left hand is the traditional Moro spear, the budiak (bujak).
Related posts: [a] The Iranuns' kampilan & panabas; [b] The Iranuns' kampilan & panabas, Part 2; [c] The Iranun's (Ilanun) kampilan; and [d] The Iranun's (Ilanun) kampilan, Part 2
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