Maragtas

The Maragtas is a work by Pedro Alcantara Monteclaro titled (in English translation) History of Panay from the first inhabitants and the Bornean immigrants, from which they descended, to the arrival of the Spaniards.

The work is in mixed Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a languages in Iloilo in 1907. It is an original work based on written and oral sources available to the author.

The word "Maragtas" itself was unknown until it was used as the title of the book and was merely intended to mean "history"

Datu Pulpolan - ama ni Datu Marikudo

Datu Marikudo - pinuno ng Panay

Maniwantiwan - asawa ni Datu Marikudo

Datu Makatunaw - malupit na pinuno ng Borneo

Sampung Datu:

• Datu Puti
• Datu Sumakwel
• Datu Bangkaya
• Datu Paiburong
• Datu Paduhinogan
• Datu Domongsol
• Datu Lubay
• Datu Dumangsil
• Datu Domalogalog
• Datu Balensuela

Kapinangan - asawa ni Datu Sumakwel

Gurung-gurung - kanang-kamay ni Datu Sumakwel

Alayon - pangalawang asawa ni Datu Sumakwel

• They also believed that whenever they get sick, it is because of the bad spirits.

• Together with the dead body of an aeta, they will also bury the thing that was important to him.

• They also have a different way of burying the dead. They buried it standing with a salakot.

• If there was a conflict between them, the datu will solve the problem.

• Anyone who will commit a sin will be thrown in the ocean or buried alive.

The mentioned type of culture was before the 10 Datus from Borneo came.

The 10 datus are:

• Datu Puti
• Datu Sumakwel
• Datu Bangkaya
• Datu Paiburong
• Datu Paduhinogan
• Datu Domongsol
• Datu Lubay
• Datu Dumangsil
• Datu Domalogalog
• Datu Balensuela

The land was then named Malandog.

And until the last moment of his life, he did not know that the Alayon he loved was his wife Kapinangan that hurt him before.

Maragtas

"When the HEART LOVES someone so deeply, crazily and divinely, it cannot love anyone else in the same way anymore. It will stay faithful to the beautiful special soul FOREVER....."

"Be good to others, and they will be good to you as well."

THE END!

In order to give her a lesson, Datu Sumakwel exiled his wife in the middle of the sea, but the one he commanded has a soft heart so he just left Kapinangan on a far place.

She was very hurt and thought that it is better to see her husband die than Gurung-gurung. She broke the arms and legs of Gurung-gurung and wrap him with the bedding so her husband won't notice. Then Datu Sumakwel came acting he just arrived even though he was the one who shot Gurung-gurung through his arrow while hiding in their roof.

One day, when Datu Sumakwel is traveling, he came to a place where Kapinangan is. He met a woman named Alayon and they liked each other after a couple of days he stayed there. Sumakwel tried to forget his feelings for Alayon because he doesn't want to get hurt anymore. But Sumakwel din't leave Alayon and then they got married.

Datu Sumakwel noticed the changes of his wife when he got back. To verify the rumors, he planned to leave them and told Kapinangan to prepare his things for travel.

Kapinangan doesn't know that it was just a trick. The day after he leave, Kapinangan asked Gurung-gurung to come to their house to serve her, but at their home, she was lying on her bed waiting for Gurung-gurung. But her intention was not fulfilled because when he came, he has a shot on his back which caused him to die.

After many years of living in Malandog, He thought of going to the mountain where their god Bulalakaw is located. He left his things in fishing, his house and his wife Kapinangan to Gurung-gurung that he trusted so much.

He was not aware that Kapinangan likes Gurung-gurung.

That were some of the culture of the foreigners who arrived in Panay. But there was an incident came in the life of Datu Sumakwel that caused him sorrow and sadness.

Their way of marriage and burying the dead is different from the aetas. Before a woman accepts the man, he should throw an arrow around the woman's house and it will be removed if the woman likes him.

The priest will give them wine and blesses them.

Before burying the dead, they will put gold in its mouth because they believe that the body will not decay.

After 6 days, the dead is put into a coffin with different kinds of foods and if he was rich, a maid will also be put in there to guard him.

Datu Sumakwel is smart and austere. Anyone who commit a sin will be punished, the hands of a thief will be cut, and the lazy will be sold.

Because of the good communication between the 10 datus and Datu Marikudo, they agreed that the first land stepped by them will be theirs in exchange of a gold salakot and gold batya that weighs 50 bas-ing.

The aetas gave them food and because of their nice way of treating them, the datus gave them colorful necklaces and things for war in return.

Datu Puti left the land knowing that his companions will be safe there. He returned to Borneo thinking that he can hold the tyranny of Datu Makatunaw.

Datu Dumangsil and Datu Balensuela also left and went to Luzon.

Only 7 Datu left in Panay and Datu Sumakwel act as their leader.

Setting

They sail across the ocean and arrived in Panay where they met the aetas who felt anger and hatred upon their arrival.

The 10 datus left Borneo with their families, maids and important things to escape from the cruelty of Datu Makatunaw.

Overview

Characters

it attempts to explain the origin of the Filipinos and the story of the 10 datus or chieftains from Borneo that sail across the oceans to escape the cruel reign of Datu Makatunaw.

The aetas have a unique style of marriage.

The woman is brought to the mountain and is instructed to run. If the man can catch her, then they will marry.

The woman who is soon to give birth is brought to the mountain by her husband and the name of the child will come from the name of the tree that is near from the place where she will give labor.

They are not afraid to walk naked, but later they learned to cover their bodies with leaves or animal's skin.

The aetas in Sinugbuhan lived through planting and fishing.

Their favorite fooods are:

• deer
• wild pig
• lizard
• cat
• fish
• other foods that can be found in the forests and rivers

Sinugbuhan is an island in Panay where aetas lived and was headed by Datu Pulpolan. Because he is too old to manage the island, he decided to give his power to his son Datu Marikudo.

Datu Marikudo has the traits of a Datu and that's why everbody agreed.

It is their tradition that before one can stand as their leader, he should marry first.

Even though many women dreamed to be his wife, he chose to marry Maniwantiwan who is a poor woman.

Sinugbuhan is an island in Panay where aetas lived and was headed by Datu Pulpolan. Because he was too old to manage the island, he gave the power to his son Marikudo.

Datu Marikudo possessed the traits of a datu that's why everbody agreed.