GROUP 2

The Historical Events not Members:

Taught in Philippine 1. Castor, Joshua
2. Calderon, Flora Mae
History: 3. Cena, Kyla
4. Claur, Joenyfer
1. The Balangiga Bells of Samar that resulted to "Howling
5. Consemino, Angel
Wilderness", Bringing of the Bells to Wyoming, USA and
6. Dayon, Angel Shane
Rose
its return during the time of President Duterte
7. Dela Cruz, Bea Joy
2. The Tasadays and Its Controversies
8. De Nicolas, Sofia
Jen

INSTRUCTOR: DR. RHOD C.

 THE BALANGIGA
BELLS
• The Balangiga Bells hold great
historical and cultural significance.

• These bells were originally part of a

church in Balangiga, a town in the
Philippines. In 1901, during the
Philippine-American War.
• On Sept. 28, 1901, Filipino insurgents, armed only
with machete-like bolo knives, attacked the soldiers
of Company C, U.S. 9th Infantry, in the town of
Balangiga on the island of Samar. The troops, nearly
all of them unarmed, were eating Sunday breakfast.
Of 74 men in the company, 48 were killed, including
all the officers. The rest—all but four of them
wounded—managed to escape up the coast in
overloaded dugout canoes.
The phrase "howling wilderness" is often associated
with the Balangiga massacre, which occurred in 1901
and was a significant event during the war. The
phrase refers to the devastation and chaos that
followed the massacre, leading to the bells being
seen as symbols of that turbulent time.
The return of the Balangiga
Bells to the Philippines
Return of the Bells
happened during the time of
President Rodrigo Duterte. In
2018, after years of negotiations
and diplomatic efforts between
the Philippine and US
governments, the bells were
finally repatriated to the
Philippines.
 • This event marked a significant milestone in the
bilateral relations between the two countries and
was seen as a symbol of healing and reconciliation.
The return of the Balangiga Bells was a
momentous occasion for the Filipino people, as it
represented the restoration of a part of their cultural
heritage.
The Tasaday and Its
Controversies
The Tasaday Controversies involve
debates and controversies over the
authenticity of a primitive Stone Age
tribe discovered in the Philippine
rainforest in the 1970s.
•Manuel Elizalde Jr., a wealthy businessman, claimed to
have discovered the Tasaday tribe, who lived in caves and
relied on fishing, hunting, and gathering.

•The Tasaday tribe, discovered in the rainforest, attracted

international media attention, leading to their territory being
declared a conservation zone by the Philippine government.
• In the 1980s, the Tasaday tribe faced scrutiny for their
authenticity, with journalists and anthropologists
questioning their primitive nature and abandonment of
farming practices for the Elizalde expedition.
• Investigations reveal Elizalde's business interests in
logging and mining, and the Tasaday's discovery may have
been a publicity stunt. Allegations suggest Tasaday were
impoverished farmers coerced into pretending as Stone Age
tribes.
 The Tasaday, despite ongoing controversies,
are recognized as legitimate indigenous
people in the Philippines, with ancestral
domain rights granted, despite ongoing
debates among anthropologists and historians.