DE VEAS PEARL MAE V. 12-EMERALD

1. THE BATTLE OF MACTAN AND THE INDIGENOUS DISCOURSE
(Filipino legend story)
PREPARED BY:
PEARL MAE V.DE VEAS
SUBMITTED TO:
MR. BRYL JOHN LAWRENCE VILLAMAR
(EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY)

2. LAPU-LAPU
He is also known the king of
the battle. The most
powerful hero in the
century of pulo ng mactan.

4. MAGELLAN
Portuguese explorer
Ferdinand Magellan
(c. 1480-1521) set out from
Spain to discover a western
sea route to the Spice
Islands.

5. Prior to the coming of the
Spaniards, there were already
flourishing civilizations in the
Philippines anchored on Islamic,
Hindu, and animistic beliefs.
What Magellan did was simply to
discover the Philippines for Spain in
particular and for the Europeans in
general, who before that had never
heard about this cluster of islands.

6. Earlier in the month, his ships had
dropped anchor at the Philippine
island of Cebu, and Magellan met
with the local chief, who after
converting to Christianity persuaded
the Europeans to assist him in
conquering a rival tribe on the
neighboring island of Mactan.

7. Culture Trip asked locals in the
Philippines what they thought
about Lapu-Lapu, and they
responded with terms like:
“Brave Mactan Leader,”
“Pinuno na may paninindigan”
(leader who stood for his
people) and “Leader who fought
for his people.”

8. Magellan only had 50 troop
members during the battle,
against Lapulapu, who had his
1,500 warriors.
Underestimating his enemy,
Magellan did not decide to call
more soldiers.

9. In the subsequent fighting,
Magellan was hit by a poisoned
arrow and left to die by his
retreating comrades.

10. Pigafetta also wrote that
Lapulapu and his army aimed
their fire-hardened bamboo
spears and poisoned arrows at
the legs of the Spanish
soldiers. With Magellan being
killed, the other soldiers that
survived came rushing back to
the ship and left defeated.

11. Lapulapu is regarded, retroactively, as the first Filipino hero.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared on April 27 (the date when Battle
of Mactan happened) as Lapu-Lapu Day for honoring as the first hero
in the country who defeated foreign rule. Duterte also signed Executive
Order No. 17 creating the Order of Lapu-Lapu which recognizes the
services of government workers and private citizens in relation to the
campaigns and advocacies of the President. His reputation precedes
him, weaving history and myth into the fabric of modern Filipino
culture.
THE END