Lapu-Lapu
- For the city, see Lapu-Lapu, Philippines. Lapu-lapu is also the name of a red grouper fish in the Philippines.
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| Datu of Mactan, Rajamuda to Sulu throne | |
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| Born | 1491 Mactan Island (Now Punta Engaño, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines |
| Died | 1542 (aged 50–51) |
Lapu-Lapu (1491–1542) was the ruler of Mactan, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first Filipino hero.[1][2]
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[edit] During his reign as Datu
Lapu-Lapu became the Datu of Mactan before the Spanish arrives in the archipelago.
[edit] Battle of Mactan
On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu led 1,500 Mactan warriors armed with barong, spears, kampilan and kalasag, in a battle against Portuguese explorer and conquistador Ferdinand Magellan who led a force of forty-nine Spanish soldiers armed with guns in what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan. During the battle Magellan and several of his men were killed.[3]
The government erected a statue in his honour on Mactan Island and renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City. Another statue stands in Rizal Park in the national capital of Manila.
Lapu-Lapu appears on the official seal of the Philippine National Police[4] and as the main design on the defunct 1-centavo coin circulated in the Philippines from 1967-1974.[5]
During the First Regular Season of the 14th Congress of the Philippines, Senator Richard Gordon introduced a bill proposing to declare April 27 as an official Philippine national holiday to be known as Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu, (Cebuano, "Day of Lapu-Lapu").[6]
A type of red grouper native to the Philippines is commonly known as "lapu-lapu"[7] in the island of Luzon, but more commonly known in the Visayas and Mindanao islands as "pugapo", (Cebuano, "fish of the shore").
Two Filipino films, both called "Lapu-Lapu", have been made about the figure—the first in 1955[8] and the second in 2002.[9] The latter stars actor-turned-politician Lito Lapid and Joyce Jimenez.[9]
Chief Lapu-Lapu cocktail is an alcoholic drink named in his honor.[10][11]
A street in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States, is named after Lapu-Lapu.[12]
[edit] Gallery
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Lapu-Lapu is a central figure in the seal of the Philippine National Police
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Lapu-Lapu's bronze statue in the Mactan Shrine
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The 1-centavo coin (no longer in circulation)
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Lapu-Lapu statue in Rizal Park, Manila
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- Agoncillo, Teodoro A. "Magellan and Lapu-Lapu". Fookien Times Yearbook, 1965, p. 634.
- Alcina, Francisco, Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisaya, MS 1668.
- Correa, Gaspar, Lendas de India, Vol. 2, p. 630.
- Cruz, Gemma, "Making Little Hero of Maktan."
- Estabaya, D. M., "445 Years of Lapu-lapu", Weekly nation 1: 26-27, April 25, 1966.
- Pigafetta, Antonio, Primo Viaje en Torno al Globo Terraqueo, Corredato di Notte de Carlo Amoteti, Milano, 1800.
[edit] References
- ^ Zaide, Sonia M. (1994). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All Nations Publishing Co., Inc.. pp. 83–84. ISBN 971-642-005-6.
- ^ De Guzman, Maria O. (1967). The Filipino Heroes. National Bookstore, Inc.. pp. 58. ISBN 971-08-2987-4.
- ^ Nowell, Charles E. (1962). Magellan’s Voyage Around the World: Three Contemporary Accounts. Northwestern University Press.
- ^ "PNP Seal Symbolism". Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20080316023807/http://www.pnp.gov.ph/about/content/seal.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "American Numismatic Society". http://numismatics.org/collection/2004.9.7460. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ Gordon, Richard J.. "An Act to declare April 27 of every year as a special non-working holiday throughout the country to commemorate the victory of Lapu-Lapu and his men over the Spaniards led by Fernando Magallanes...". http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/70996341!.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ "Lucky lapu-lapu, ATV, boatmen and rice". GMANews.tv. 2008-04-12. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/88641/Lucky-lapu-lapu-ATV-boatmen-and-rice. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "Lapu-Lapu (1955)". http://www.kabayancentral.com/video/lvn/cplvnll.html. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ a b "Lapu-Lapu (2002)". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345547/. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "Cocktail of the Day: Chief Lapu-Lapu". http://tikijohnny.com/?p=35. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ Williams, Nicole Prentice. "Locals Only". Archived from the original on 2008-04-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20080425225629/http://www.rachaelraymag.com/travel-tips/best-trips/locals-only/locals-only---laguna-beach/article.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "Lapu Lapu Street in San Francisco". http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lapu+lapu+street+san+Francisco&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
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