CHAPTER 15

LOCAL & ORAL

HISTORY
LOCAL HISTORY

WRITTEN HISTORY ON PARTICULAR TOWN,

DISTRICT OR LIMITED AREA

STUDY OF HISTORY IN GEOGRAPHICALLY

LOCAL CONTEXT AND CONCENTRATES ON
LOCAL COMMUNITY
ORAL HISTORY

SPOKEN MEMORIES, STORIES, SONG AS A WAY

OF COMMUNICATING AND DISCOVERING
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAST
MEMORIES OF LIVING PEOPLE ABOUT EVENTS
OR SOCIAL CONDITIONS
COLLECTION AND STUDY OF HISTORICAL
INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES,
IMPORTANT EVENTS OR EVERYDAY LIFE USING
AUDIOTAPES, VIDEOTAPES OR INTERVIEW
WHY STUDY LOCAL HISTORY

1. INTEREST IN LARGER SUBJECT OF HISTORY

2. GIVES BETTER SENSE OF REALISM, RELEVANT
TO STUDENTS OWN SURROUNDINGS
3. REMEMBER OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
FAMILIAR BUILDINGS, ENCOURAGE
PRESERVATION, LINK TO THE PAST
4. ALL HISTORY IS LOCAL
5. HELP SHAPE WHO YOU ARE
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL HISTORY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

TAGALOG- CONSIDERED TO BE HISTORY OF

THE FILIPINO PEOPLE
IT REFLECTS WON IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE AND
ASPIRATIONS
INTERPRETATIVE RECREATION OF PAST OF
THEIR LOCALITY, EMBRACING POLITICAL,
SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LIFE
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL HISTORY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE

PHILIPPINE HISTORY, ONE SHOULD KNOW THE
HISTORY OF ITS OWN LOCALITY AND ITS
CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND NATION BUILDING
THE HISTORY OF THE MUSLIM IN THE PHILIPPINES

2 LINES OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

1. OLDER- CAME TO DEVELOP MINDANAO AND
SULU; REFER TO MUSLIM LINE OF HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT
2. HISPANIZED FILIPINO- PRODUCT OF GREAT
HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE FILIPINO
UNDER WESTERN RULE
ROOTS

MINDANAO AND SULU- ORIGINAL HOMELAND

OF PHILIPPINE MUSLIM; LAND AREA OF 102,000
SQ.KM
SULU SEA- SOURCE OF 59% OF TUNA AND
SARDINES
MINDANAO- LAND OF PROMISE BECAUSE OF
HUGE RESOURCES
ROOTS

MINDANAO- DOMINANT IN LANAO AND

MAGUINDANAO
SULU ARCHIPELAGO- MUSLIM ARE DOMINANT
IN BASILAN, SULU, TAWI-TAWI
 MUSLIM ETHNIC GROUPS

MARANAO SANGIL
MAGUINDANAO KAAGAN
IRANUN KOLIBUGAN
TAUSUG PALAWAN
YAKAN MOLBOG
SAMA
MUSLIM ETHNIC GROUP

ETHNIC- ITALIAN TERM FOR NATION

TRIBAL GROUP WHICH HAS ITS OWN
LANGUAGE, HAS COMMON SET OF TRADITION
DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS, HAS OWN
TERRITORY
MARANAO

MEANS PEOPLE OF THE LAKE

LANAO- THEIR HOMELAND; MEANS LAKE
CONCENTRATED IN LANAO AREA
1960- DIVISION OF LANAO INTO DEL NORTE
AND DEL SUR BECAUSE OF SETTLERS
DARANGAN- ONE RICH LITERATURE OF
MARANAO
MAGUINDANAO

NAME OF FAMILY OR DYNASTY THAT RULE IN

WHOLE ISLAND OF MINDANAO PARTICULARLY
IN FORMER COTABATO
LATER REFERS TO THE MUSLIM PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN PULANGI VALLEY IN SOUTHWESTERN
MINDANAO
CALLED PEOPLE OF THE PLAIN
MAGUINDANAO

SHARIF KABUNGSUAN- A PRINCE FROM JOHORE

WHO CAME IN MINDANAO AFTER FALL OF
MALACCA IN 1511; TOTAL ISLAMIZATION OF
PULANGI AREA HAPPEN WHEN HE CAME;
FOUNDED THE FIRST SULTANATE IN
MINDANAO
SULTANATE OF MAGUINDANAO AND BUAYAN-
GREATEST CONTRIBUTION OF MAGUINDANAO
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CIVILIZATION
MAGUINDANAO

COTABATO- SEAT OF MAGUINDANAO

SULTANATE; ANCESTRAL LAND OF
MAGUINDANAO INCLUDING ETHNIC GROUP
LIKE TIRURAY, TASADAY, SUBANUN; RICE
GRANARY OF THE COUNTRY; MADE CAPITAL
BY THE SPANIARDS
IRANUN

PEOPLE BORDERING BETWEEN LANAO DEL SUR

AND MAGUINDANAO
THE MOTHER LANGUAGE
LAMITAN AND MALABANG- STRONGHOLD OF
IRANUN SOCIETY
TAUSUG

SLANG WORD ORIGINATED IN TWO WORDS:

TAU (PEOPLE) AND MA-ISUG (BRAVE)
MEANS BRAVE PEOPLE
YAKAN

MISPRONUNCIATION OF WORD YAKAL BY THE

SPANIARDS
BASILAN- FROM TWO WORDS BASI (IRON) AND
BALANI ( MAGNATE); THICKLY COVER BY
YAKAL TREES
SPANIARDS- BRANDED INHABITANTS OF
BASILAN AS YAKAN
 SAMA

DERIVED FROM TERM SAMA-SAMA MEANS

TOGETHERNESS OR COLLECTIVE EFFORT
HIGHLY SCATTERED IN SULU ARCHIPELAGO
SUB-CLUSTER OF SAMA PEOPLE:
A. BADJAOS- KNOWN AS SEA-GYPSIES OF SULU
ARCHIPELAGO AND CELEBES SEA
 SAMA

SAMA LAUT- BADJAO PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES;

BOAT PEOPLE
B. SAMA BALIMBING, SAMA SIMUNUL OR SAMA
SIBUTU- INHABITED TAWI-TAWI; CLAIM TO BE ORIGIN
OF ALL SAMA SUB-GROUP IN SULU ARCHIPELAGO
C. SAMA BANGINGI- CONSIDERED MAJOR GROUPS
IN SAMA ETHNIC GROUP, HAVE WELL-DEVELOP
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION COMPARABLE TO TAUSUG
SAMA

JAMA MAPUN- CALL THEIR DIALECT AS PULLUN

MAPUN; MAPUN STANDS FOR WEST; SITUATED
AT DISTANT WEST OF SULU; FOUND IN TURTLE
ISLAND, CAGAYAN DE TAWI-TAWI, SOUTHERN
PALAWAN
SANGIL

CAME FROM SANGIHE, AN ARCHIPELAGO IN

CELEBES SEA JUST SOUTH OF MINDANAO SEA
MIGRATE TO SARANGANI, DAVAO DEL SUR,
SOUTH COTABATO
SPEAK LANGUAGE SIMILAR TO BAHASA
KAAGAN

INHIBITED IN DAVAO AREAS

TAUSUG- HELP ORGANIZED KAAGAN SOCIETY
KOLIBUGAN

SAMA WORD MEANS HALF-BREED

PART OF SUBANUN ETHNIC GROUP-
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INHABITING ZAMBOANGA
PENINSULA
CULTURE ALTERED BY MUSLIM NEIGHBOR,
INTERMARRIAGE WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT
PRODUCE NEW GENERATION
STILL SPEAK SUBANUN LANGUAGE, RETAIN
SUBANUN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
PALAWAN

PANIMUSAN- EARLY MUSLIN INHABITED

MAINLAND PALAWAN
MUSLIM CONCENTRATION IS MOSTLY IN
SOUTHERN PART LIKE BATARASA, RIZAL,
QUEZON, BROOK’S POINT, ESPANOLA
MOLBOG

MAINLY IN BALABAC ISLAND IN SOUTHERN

PALAWAN
RECEIVE ISLAM FROM BRUNEI MUSLIM
MISSIONARIES
 MUSLIM LEGACY

ISLAM- SHAPED THEIR IDENTITY

MORO- IDENTITY PUT BY AGGRESSORS AFTER
MOORS OF SPAIN; ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY AND
CULTURE SIMILAR TO MOORS WHO
CONQUERED SPAIN FOR 785 YEARS; TERM
ALSO MEAN MUSLIM
 MUSLIM LEGACY

BANGSAMORO PEOPLE- MUSLIM AS IDENTIFIED

IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND MUSLIM WORLD;
RECOGNIZED BY ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC
COUNTRIES
MUSLIM ORGANIC ACT OF 1989- OFFICIAL
DESIGNATION OF MUSLIM IN THE COUNTRY
BANGSAMORO PEOPLE- RANKED AS FIRST LINE
OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES