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PerryScope: Tracing Our Ancient Roots |
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 By Perry Diaz
The Philippines' national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, was known in history as the
"Pride of the Malay Race." However, Philippine history books rarely made any
reference to the Filipinos' Malay heritage. What is so special about our Malay
roots that made Rizal the poster boy of the Malay Race? Why not "Pride of the
Filipino People." Where exactly did Filipinos come from?
We know that Aetas are indigenous to the Philippines. We also know that early
Filipinos migrated from Indonesia and Malaya. If you look at the world map,
you'll see how closely the Philippines is linked to Indonesia and Malaya (now
Malaysia). It would appear that both the Indonesians and Filipinos originated
from Malaya where the Malay race presumably started.
Language is a good way of tracing your roots. Some Indonesian and Malay dialects
have similarities to the dialects of the Tagalogs, Ilocanos, and Visayas. One of
the most intriguing words is "salamat," spoken by the Ilonggos, Pampanguenos,
Tagalogs, and Visayans. In these dialects, "salamat" means "thank you." "Thank
you?" That sounds like a modern translation of an ancient word. The American
Thomasites taught the Filipinos how to say "thank you" when they started
educating the Filipinos using American textbooks in 1901. At that time there was
no such thing as bilingual education. The word "salamat" has been around before
the time of Lapu-Lapu when he killed Magellan in the Battle of Mactan in 1521. "Salamat"
must have had a different meaning then from "thank you."
In the old Persia, "salam" means "peaceful greetings" and "salamat" means
"safe." In Arabic, "salamat" is a greeting formed from the word for peace --
"salaam."
Today, "salaam" is also a word for good-bye. Thus, in many countries with Arabic
influence, "good-bye" is said using the same root word. In Azerbaijan and Iran,
good-bye is "salamat qal." In Ethiopia, it is "selamat." In West Sumatra, it is
"salamaik tingga." The Muslims and Christians in Punjab say "salam" for
good-bye. So does the Mari in Russia. In Malaysia, Brunei, and most parts of
Indonesia, it is "selamat jalan."
Another variance of the root word "salaam" is "shalom," the word for peace in
Hebrew. It is used to say "good-bye" as well as a greeting meaning "peace be
with you." In Islam, whenever Muslims meet one another, they say "Assalamu
alaikum" which means "peace be with you." As you can see, the root word of "assalamu"
is "salaam." Or is "shalom" the root word? Which predates which? Salaam or
shalom?
Now, where do the Filipinos fit in this play of words? Does it establish our
affinity -- or blood line -- with the Arabs and the Hebrews? Remember, the
Islamic Arabs and the Jewish Hebrews came from the same family -- Jacob‘s 12
sons. Each son established his own tribe; hence, the 12 tribes of Israel. They
all settled in Canaan in what is Israel today. However, 10 tribes left Canaan
and went their separate ways and assimilated with different people in the world.
Apparently, there is no historical records as to where they went. They became
known as the Lost Tribes of Israel.
Josemaria S. Luengo, Ph.D., had a theory in his book titled "A History of the
Philippines." According to Dr. Luengo, there were two waves of migrants that
settled in the Lemuria archipelago (now the Philippines) by way of Sumatra. In
his book, Dr. Luengo provided historical documentation to his writings. The
history of Lemuria started in 621 BC during the reign of King Solomon of Judea
and King Hiram of Phoenicia. At that time, the first wave were the Semitico-Phoenicians
who came to Lemuria when King Solomon and King Hiram became entrepreneurial
partners. They built huge ships and sent them as far as Leyte and Bohol looking
for gold, precious stones, and other valuable items.
The second wave of migrants who entered Sumatra and Lemuria, were the Pacific
Armenoids. They came in 326 BC, during the conquests of Alexander the Great.
These Pacific Armenoids came from Armenia (Mesopotamia) down to Persia. They
settled first in the Indus Valley. They built papyrus boats and sailed down to
Sumatra and the Moloccas. Finally, they entered Lumeria through Sulu. In 12
years, Alexander the Great made himself master of Western Asia.
What Dr. Luengo emphasized in his book is that there is a 2,186-year history --
between 621 BC and 1565 AD, when Spain formally ruled the Philippines -- that
was never recorded by western historians. That long span of time is longer than
the period from the birth of Jesus Christ to the present day.
The notion that Ferdinand Magellan "discovered" the Philippines is a historical
aberration. Lumeria -- as the archipelago was called by ancient historians --
was thriving with numerous settlements. In 1433, eighty-eight years before
Magellan came, the people of Panay and Negros already had a well established
society and governed by a set of laws known as the Code of Kalantiao, named
after the ruling datu at that time. Datu Kalantiao was one of the ten datus who
fled from Borneo when the Majapahit Empire replaced the Sri Visayan Empire as
the ruler of Borneo.
In the island of Luzon, the largest island in the archepelago, archeological
discoveries have attested the existence of the Kingdom of Tondo by 900 AD.
Tondo's strategic location at the mouth of the Pasig River gave its ruler the
ability to control local and foreign trade. The Taga-Ilog (Tagalog) tribe
settled nearby and built a larger settlement called Maynilad. In the mid 16th
century, Maynilad was ruled by Rajah Sulayman, a descendant of the Sultan of
Borneo. Maynilad thrived due to the steady flow of trading ships from China,
Japan, India, Borneo, Burma, Siam, Java, Sumatra, and the Dutch from Europe.
The Spanish conquistadors -- who were in control of the Visayas at that time --
decided to attack Maynilad. And attack they did. The attack forces consisted
mainly of the mercenary "Pintados" or tattooed natives found in Cebu.. Maynilad
fell and the Spaniards established its central government in Maynilad. On June
3, 1571, the vanquished Rajah Sulayman's Maynilad became the hispanized Manila
which became the new capital of Las Islas Filipinas. Thus began the
Hispanization of the Lemuria archipelago.
After 433 years, a lot of changes had occurred in the Las Islas Filipinas which
is now the Republic of the Philippines. One thing that didn't change for more
than 2,000 years was that the word "Salamat" which is still being used by
modern-day Filipinos. We say "Salamat" as a way of saying "Thank you." However,
our forefathers said "salamat" to greet each other "Peace be with you," just
like the way the 12 tribes of Israel meant it more than 5,000 years ago.
(PerryDiaz@aol.com)
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