Chapter 46 : Researches on Lakan Dula, His Children, Descendants, Martin de Goiti, Lakanate of Lawan,Ophir, Datu Iberein

The Galleon Trade

This article is a short excerpt from the original article “The Galleon Trade”. This excerpt is basically about the important role of Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo, the last native King of Manila in the establishment of the Philippine Republic which somehow explains the historical puzzle for so many years why the Letter of Protest of the Philippine Revolutionary government to the Treaty of Paris signed in behalf of President Emilio Aguinaldo, by Felipe Agoncillo specifically mentioned that the protest was grounded on the fact that the revolutionary Philippine Republic got its authority and sovereignty from Lakan Bunao Dula of the Lakanate of Tondo.

In Tondo, year 1574, the Lakan dula - led revolt happened. But that is just the tip of the iceberg, because history is crediting Lakan Dula for his foresight in preparing the homeland for a long protracted battle against Spain. Lakan Dula was born on December 16, 1503 A.D and died on March 21, 1589 A.D. He was the last King of Manila before the kingdom was totally subjugated by the Spaniards and his descendants were forced to do self-exile to escape the bloody Hispanic persecution by settling in far flung areas within the sea and river routes. It was in Lakan Dula's era when Britain and Spain are rivals for world power. Britain's way is to gain the trust of native royalties all over the world by diplomacy or intermarriages and then group these royalties into federation under its leadership. Spain's way is through conquest and subjugation. Lakan Dula's tall and fair appearance came from his great grandfather, who has British blood, a Lord of Manor from Oxfordshire. The birth of Lakan Dula is the early attempt of the British crown to gain the trust of the native Manila aristocracy. It is one of the ways to slowly defeat Spain as the world power of that time. The surname Dula/Dulay therefore came from the British Aristocracy that somehow add color to the pre - Hispanic Kingdom of Manila. The Dulay surname is generally thought to derive from a place name, perhaps Pont Doylly, or Duilly in Normandy. Spelling variations of this family name include: Doyley, D'Oyley, Doyle, D'Oyle, Doylee, Doley, Duley, Duly, Duely, Dueley, Ollie, Oyler, Oylie, D'Oyly, Olley, Oulley, Oullie, Ollie, Owley, Oyly, Oilli, Oiley, L'Oyle and many more. First found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Eynsham held by Columban, a Norman noble as under tenant of the Bishop of Lincoln who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. His overlord was Robert d'Ouilli. Lakan Dula decided to send his three grandchildren: David, Dola and Daba to faraway lands within the river and sea routes and provide them with armed followers and household to till the big tract of land. David was given a coconut plantation in Candawid, Isla de Batag, Laoang Islands, and Northern Samar. Daba was given a big tract of land in Candaba, Pampanga. Dola was given a big farmland in Candola, San Luis, and Pampanga. The word "Kan '' means "own" in ancient Tagalog dialect which is similar to the present day Waray dialect, as evidenced by Calatagan jar writings. The strongest and the wealthiest Lakan Dula settlement was in Batag Island, Northern Samar because it is considered the farthest point of defense of the Lakan Dula Kingdom of Manila. The island is the point of entry of the Galleon Trade and other foreign ships going to the port of Manila from the Pacific Ocean. It is also in that area where the Spanish ship repair station was established in Palapag and the Spanish capital of Samar Island in Catubig. Up to now, an old lighthouse guiding the ships from the Pacific Ocean going to the Port of Manila is still standing and functioning at the Isla de Batag, in Laoang Islands, Northern Samar. Most of the relatives of David Dula where able to secure good businesses and gainful employment on these establishments while secretly planning to overthrow the Spanish government on orders of the Lakan Dula household in Tondo, through David Dula y Goiti of Batag Island in the town of Laoang. In fact, for generations up to now, the Isla de Batag lighthouse is still being run by the members of the Dulay Clan uninterrupted. The Sumuroy Revolt itself is supposed to be the start of a big uprising directed from Tondo, through David Dula y Goiti. The well-organized revolt was however weakened by the deliberate tactical moves of the Spanish authority to transfer the Spanish ship repair facilities in Palapag to Cavite, after sensing that the work force and the surrounding towns and communities were under the influence of the Lakan Dula household through the duo of Juan Sumuroy, the armed leader and David Dulay, the financier and organization man. Northern Samar is now therefore known in history as where the Sumuroy Rebellion of 1649-1650 led by the Waray hero Juan Ponce Sumuroy and David Dula y Goiti first began. When Sumuroy was executed, one of the trusted fellow conspirators of Sumuroy and his relative, David Dula y Goiti, sustained the Filipino quest for motherland in a greater vigor. He was however wounded in a battle, was captured and later was executed also in Palapag, Northern Samar by the Spaniards together with his seven key lieutenants. They were accused of masterminding several attacks on Spanish detachments. The place where David came from was named later by the town folks as Candawid (Kan David or owned by David in Waray dialect) in Isla De Batag (Batang), Laoang, Northern Samar. Some of David's descendants changed their surnames to Dulay to avoid Spanish prosecutions. Some maintained their surname Dula, which up to these days is the source of minor internal frictions among some descendants of David Dula y Goiti in Laoang, Northern Samar accusing each side as "sigbinan", a native waray folklore which originated in Isla de Batag, which connotes "a family secretly keeping bear-like creatures", which are being fed with all kinds of meat, sometimes, including flesh of dead Spanish Guardia Civil. Several famous Northern Samarenos are tracing their ancestry among the seven fellow conspirators executed with David Dula y Goiti in Palapag. Northern Samar, which include the great grandfather of Governor Raul Daza. One of the great grandfathers of Veloso and Romualdez of Leyte is also part of the rebel group of Sumuroy and Dulay. The Romualdez will later return in their Manila homeland and won as Mayor of the City of Manila. David Dulay's army was composed of his abled body relatives that came from the household he brought from Tondo. He was originally the financier of the Sumuroy Revolt, due to his wealth and logistical connections from the Lakan Dula coffers in Manila, but he was thrust to the forefront of the armed struggle when his relative, Sumoroy, was executed and nobody can take the leadership position of the revolt except him. Most of the towns where the Batag Island is located are situated along the northern coast facing the San Bernardino Strait. In the late 16th century, the strait was part of the galleon trade route of the Spaniards between Manila and Acapulco. A royal port was established in the cove of Palapag, a town east of the capital, where the trade vessels were repaired by experienced native shipbuilders. In the mid-17th century, many of these Samareños migrated to Cavite after they had been forcibly recruited by the Spanish authorities to work at the new shipyard there. The intention is to weaken the armed base of the Sumuroy Revolt by uprooting them to a generally peaceful province Cavite. Many Caviteños may therefore trace their roots to this bucolic Pacific coastal Waray Waray town. But that move of the Spaniards could be a blunder because the mutiny of the Cavitenos were started through the help of the Lakan Dula descendants who were taken from Palapag Spanish ship repair station to Cavite. The Palapag ship repair was forcibly closed by the Spaniards. The only evidence of its busy maritime past is a tall, lonely stone tower used as a lookout for invading Muslim pirates. The descendants of David Dula y Goiti slowly merged with the community and a lot of them do not even know their ancestry even now. From the historical accounts of the old folks of the clan, notably, the late Candawid Barangay Captain Macario Dulay; David Dulay is a wealthy Tagalog with several wives and children. The children from the first wife carry the surname Dulay to hide them from the Spanish persecutions. The children from the second wife used the surname Dula to reconnect to their Lakan Dula heritage. The children from his other wives used the surnames of their mothers. Some younger children from the first wife settled in Laoang town and made good in arrastre business and another younger brother joined a Spanish shipping crew to Manila and fell in love with a pretty native from Samara, Aringay in the Northern Philippines where they later settled and raise a big family under the assumed name of Francisco de la Cruz, but their eldest brother remained in Candawid, Isla de Batag, running the coconut plantation with uninterrupted lineage of his first born descendants down to the generation of Petre and Elpidio, until Ceferino who surprisingly decided to go back to their ancestral homeland in Tondo and raised a big family. Later in his life, Ceferino uprooted his family in Tondo and together with some relatives, settled in Marikina Valley. They are now known as the “Angkan ng Dulay Mendoza dito sa Lambak ng Marikina”. The descendants of Daba and Dola are still being identified. They are found mostly in Pampanga. They are so badly disunited that they are throwing accusations to each side, as traitors or Spanish collaborators. They don't have any identified clan head which makes the situation worst. Understandable, because Daba and Dola are both female, so their descendants must be sporting new surnames now.

So, it can be said that the foundation of the uprising in Cavite that culminated in Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's proclamation of independence in Kawit was hatched in the household of Lakan Dula in Tondo, with the Sumuroy Revolt in the Pacific district of Northern Samar as a major armed attempt, and onward to the ship ports in Cavite with workers from Palapag and all the way to the struggle of Aguinaldo. The Tondo (Lakan Dula)- Waray (Sumoroy) - Caviteno (Aguinaldo) triumvirate rebellions contributed a lot in the birth of the Filipino nation. This is the link of Lakan Dula to the birth of the Philippine Republic. From a Lakanate (kingdom) to a republic, Lakan Dula's wisdom and bloodline became the hidden, basic and important fiber in our quest for a homeland.

Sources:

Mariano, Cristina Bejer.Published by academia. Edu. https://www.academia.edu/37512450/The_Galleon_Trade Retrieved last August 9, 2019. https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1670/magat-salamat-chief-of-tondo-a-forgotten-hero-of-the-first-katipunan-over-300-years-ago

Martín de Goiti

Martín de Goiti (c. 1534 - 1575) was one of the soldiers who accompanied the Spanish colonization of the East Indies and the Pacific, in 1565. From his main base in Mexico City, he was the leader of the expedition to Manila, ordered by Miguel López de Legazpi in 1569. There, he fought a number of battles against the Muslim, Tariq Suleiman/Soliman (Arabic سليمان), the Hindu Rajah Matanda (Hindi ऋअज ंअतन्द), and the Taoist Lakan Dula (trad. Chinese 王 杜拉) of the kingdoms in Luzon; for control of the lands and its settlements. He is also known for his statesmanship by betrothing his sister to Batang Dula, the eldest son and successor apparent of Lakan Dula of Tondo (trad. Chinese"東都" pronounced Dongdu), the paramount ruler of Manila. Eventually their descendants unified the 3 royal houses of Tariq Suleiman, Rajah Matanda and Lakan Dula with the Basque Goiti family. The Dula y Goiti family eventually married with the Mendoza family who came over from Latin-America, who were Sephardic Hebrews that were practicing Catholics. Afterwards, the Dula y Goiti surname was shortened to Dulay. However, during the Spanish era, some descendants changed their surnames even further in order to avoid persecution and among which; the Salonga and Macapagal families are known descendants of these royal houses albeit only through a different family name.

Source:

https://ipfs.io/ipfs/.../wiki/Martín_de_Goiti.html

Soliman Dula

Sulaiman I (Sulayman) is the Kingdom of Manila's second to the last indigenous leader Lakan Banao Dula (Lakan Dula) is the last, as the state was absorbed into the Spanish Empire. His eldest son, Lakan Banao Dula was crowned Lakan (King) when Sulaiman I was too sick to function as a monarch. Sulaiman I is the grandson of Abdul Bolkiah and the son of Sulaiman Bolkiah. Sulaiman I however, did not use the surname Bolkiah but instead used the official title "Soliman Dula I" to mark the new lineage of Maynila aristocracy. The regnal surname "Dulay", later spelled as "Dula" came from the native alibata direct translation of "Doylly", the surname of the royal - blooded British wife of Rajah Sulaiman I named "Ysmeria Doylly", mother of Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II. In the ancient alibata alphabet, there is no letter "Y" so, the alibata translation of Doylly becomes a native sounding surname Dulay, and later written in official documents as Dula losing the Y, the current surname of Lakan Dula of Kingdom of Maynila.

Source:

Ka Totoy Talastas Philippines & World History. https://www.facebook.com/katotoytalastas/?tn-str=k*F retrieved May 30, 2019

The Seven Children of Lakan Dula as Described by Historians

Lakan Dula was the most prolific of Luzon's ancient rulers. His descendants are spread out all across the Kapampangan Region during the Spanish colonial era.[3] He fathered at least seven children, namely, the eldest son Batang Dula; the brave Magat Salamat, the Datu of Tondo; the priest Martin Lakan Dula; the childless Don Dionisio Capulong, the Datu of Candaba; Don Phelipe Salonga, the Datu of Pulu; the pretty Maria Poloin, and the mysterious Luis Taclocmao . Batang Dula has three children: David, Daba and Dola. They were hidden in different places within sea routes and given vast tracts of lands, farm workers, and armed followers. The plantation given to David was named Kandawid, the one given to Daba was now known as Kandaba and that of Dola is known as Kandola in San Luis Pampanga.Kan is an ancient tagalog word for owned. The well-known descendants of Dola are the Macapagal of Lubao through Carlos Lacandola. The descendants of Daba are the Capulong of Candaba and their relatives are the Gatbontons. The descendants of David Dula y Goiti are the Dulay of Candawid, Isla de Batang, Laoang, Northern Samar, and in Samara, Aringay in La Union. There are other descendants of Lakan Dula such as those who descended from his other children. It is still a historical mystery why only the eldest son, and another child carried the regnal royal surname Dula. The rest adopted a different native sounding surnames (Carating, 2014, p.36).Source:

Carating, R. R., Galanta, R.G., Bacatio, C.D.(2014). The Soils of the Philippines. New York City: Springer Science and Business

Another Description of Lakan Dula Children

The eldest son of Lakan Dula is Batang Dula who was married to the relative of de Goiti, the founder of Manila. The marriage gave birth to three children, the eldest is David de Goiti Dula, next is Daba de Goiti Dula and the youngest is Dola de Goiti Dula. The Lacandola of Arayat came from one of the grandchildren of Lakan Dula of Tondo named Dola, who is from San Luis, Pampanga. When Dola married, she insisted on using the surname Lacandola for her children to maintain connection with his grandfather from Tondo and partly, to hide from Spanish authorities. In her old age, Dola had been arrested for giving medical assistance to the local rebels. Some old natives of Candola, San Luis, Pampanga are saying that Dola was actually executed by the Spaniards.She has nine children and one of them married a Spanish mestizo surnamed Reyes.Eventually, the Reyes - Lacandola was married into a Macapagal and one of their children is a brave boy named Juan. Don Juan Macapagal was given the title Maestre de Campo General of the natives Arayat, Candaba and Apalit for his aid in suppressing the Kapampangan Revolt of 1660.[1] He further aided the Spanish crown in suppressing the Pangasinan Revolt of Don Andres Malong in the same year, and the Ilocano Revolt of 1661. Don Juan Macapagal died in 1683. Don Juan Macapagal is a direct ancestor of Philippine Revolutionary General, Lazaro Macapagal and two former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal and his daughter, former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (World Public Library).

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World Public Library. http://newspaperslibrary.org /articles/ eng/ Don_Juan_Macapagal. Retrieved on December 9, 2017. Sourced from World Heritage Encyclopedia™ licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002. Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.

A Grandson of Lakan Dula died a Hero, Another Grandson ended as a Traitor

A grandson of Lakan Dula, a mestizo by the name of David Dula y Goiti, escaped the persecution of the descendants of Lakan Dula by settling in Isla de Batag, Northern Samar and settled in a place now called Candawid. He was imprisoned by Spanish soldiers in Palapag and was executed together with several followers. They were charged with treason for planning to attack the Spanish settlement.

The current David Dulay descendants are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Petre, Hilario father of Eleuterio Dulay, Sr. of Laoang, N. Samar and a mayor for more than 20 years during the Marcos Regime died of heart ailment. The other descendants are those carrying the surname Dula related to Councilor Rufo Dula. Wishing to avoid the persecution experienced by his latter ancestors, Lakan Dula’s great grandson Juan Macapagal aided the Spanish authorities in suppressing the 1660 Kapampangan revolt of Francisco Maniago and the Pangasinan revolt of Andrés Malong and the 1661 Ilocano revolt. The Ilocano revolt was headed by warrior tribes from Eastern Pangasinan, the Nozuelo and Moreno clans.Because of his service to the Spanish crown, the Spanish authorities revived the special privileges offered by the Spanish crown to Lakan Dula and his descendants spread across the province of Pampanga. A Gremio de Lakandulas was created in 1758 to protect the privileges of the Kapampangan descendants of Lakandula.During the British occupation of Manila in 1762-1764, the descendants of Lakan Dula, now located in the province of Pampanga, formed a group of volunteers to fight the British and were granted autonomy by Governor General Simón de Anda y Salazar.

Source:

Enrique Bustos said on June 27, 2010 at 8:40 am. https://remembranceofthingsawry.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/the-families-of-old-binondo-manila/ retrieved May 30, 2019

An Article from the Macapagal - dominated Wikipedia says that they Descended from the lineage of Batang Dula, the eldest son of Lakan Bunao Dula, and not from Dionisio Capulong

Macapagal (rare variant: Makapagal) is a Filipino surname derived from the Kapampangan language. The family claims noble descent from the legitimate grandchildren of Lakandula, the last "王" or King of Tondo "東都" (Dongdu). It is the only known branch of the Seludong's royal family to have survived the Majapahit Empire's invasion, the Sultanate of Brunei's pogrom against native royals, Chinese warlord Limahong's massacres, and the fallout from the Tondo Conspiracy. The family survived due to Martin de Goiti's giving of his Mestiza (Half Aztec and Half-Spanish) daughter in marriage to Batang Dula. As time went on, they incorporated the descendants from the two other royal houses: the house of Rajah Matanda (ऋअज ंअतन्द) and the house of Tariq Suleiman (سليمان). The family then migrated to Pampanga and Northern Samar after the Spanish assumed control of Manila.

The following are people possessing the Macapagal surname:

Don Juan Macapagal (d. 1683) - former prince of Tondo and first documented bearer of the surname. Great-grandson of Lakandula.

Lazaro Macapagal (c. 1860s) - officer of the Philippine Revolution. Commanding officers ordered the execution of Philippine national hero Andrés Bonifacio.

Joan Taruc - June 19th, 2010 -

There are some stories among old folks here in San Luis about 3 Lakan Dula grand children with Spanish mothers which were hidden in different places during the height of Spanish prosecution in their homeland Intramuros: David, Daba and Dola. If the Macapagals of Candaba (Kan Daba) came from the lineage of Daba, the Macapagals of Lubao came from the lineage of Dola of Candola (Kan Dola), San Luis, then, the Macapagals have indeed different leaders, one from each lineage. This was confirmed in several ancient handwriting that triangulates with the folklore and stories of old inhabitants in the locality.

So, the lineage of Macapagal of Candaba and Macapagal of Candola are really different. The Macapagal of Candola produced President Diosdado Macapagal and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

How about the Macapagals of Candaba, what have they produced? A judge?

These Macapagals of Candaba are so proud of themselves, underestimating us the Macapagals of Candola. But what have they produced? Nothing?

To say that the lineage of Dola are the "traitor Macapagals" and the lineage of Daba are the "patriot Macapagal" should be placed in the proper context. Yes, we helped the Spaniards fight the Philippine heroes like Maniago, but we did that to precisely protect the Lakan Dula bloodline from the intense Spanish prosecutions...in a way, we helped conserve a greater interest in the Philippine homeland. Who is the real patriot now?

Jun Pangan - June 21st, 2010 -

Basta kami galing kay Lakan Dola at nagkaroon na kami ng dalawang presidente..yang mga galing kay Daba na yan, sino ang bigtime sa kanila? Wala. Trahidor ha....kayo ang trahidor.

Patria Ronquillo of Lubao - June 24th, 2010 -

We, the Macapagal from the Dola lineage of Candola (Kan Dola), San Luis, Pampanga who became eventually the Macapagals of Lubao trace our lineage with Lakan Dula of Tondo thru our grandfather who has a surname Lacandola.

How about you, the Macapagals of Candaba (Kan Daba), what is your evidence that you have a link with Lakan Dula of Tondo? Or for that matter, what is your link with Daba, one of the three grandchildren of Lakan Dula. Do you have any proof?

So, it is probable that the Macapagals of Candaba is not a lineage of Lakan Dula of Tondo at all..where and what is their proof.

That's what you get for being "mayabang:..calling us the "traitor Macapagals" and you the "patriot Macapagal".

Now , you are the fake Macapagals..no lineage with Lakan Dula of Tondo....hehehehe..the vengeance is ours.....

Arnel Capulong of Candaba - June 27th, 2010 -

We don't want any conflict with anyone. Your allegations that the Macapagals of Candaba have no proof of link with Lakan Dula of Tondo and even with his granddaughter Daba, is not fair. It is not fair because all of us are still in the process of research even at this point.

In fact, what you accused us of can also be said ..you have no proof that the Macapagals of Lubao have direct link with Lakan Dula of Tondo. To say that you have a link with Lakan Dula's granddaughter Dola of Candola, San Luis , Pampanga just because one of your grandparents has a surname Lacandola, is non sequitur....you have to show the link....

However, the issue of who is the more traitor is very clear because the Macapagals of Lubao are the one who sided with Spain against Pampanga's hero Maniago. It is also from your family where the one who shot Bonifacio came from.. it is from you which started the term "dugong aso ang mga kapampanan" because you rat on your own race and you are proud of it.

We the Macapagals of Candaba have nothing to do with your unpatriotic activities..just leave us alone please....

Patria Ruby Ronquillo - August 9th, 2010 - (view article)

Do you really believe that the Lakan Dula descendants who came from the lineage of Dola are more of traitors than those who descended from Daba or David? What is your basis?

jjamcam - June 1st, 2011 -

The Macapagals of Candaba are Royal servants of the Gatbontons.. the Gatbontons are children of Dayang Lahad or Lahat, sister of Lakan Dula. A Macapagal actually is a title given to a family who renders their services to the royal house with all loyalty and integrity." macapagal means in english " one who labors".

When the prosecution of the Royal family broke out The Gatbontons escaped to Candaba bringing with them their "Macapagals". During the Reign of Magat Salamat from datu he was reduced to a Cabeza Barangay, or barangay Captain of our time. Magat Salamat is the Son of Lakan Dula. His Brothers were Batang Dula who married de Goiti and bore sons David Dulay. who escaped to Samar, Daba who probably stayed in candaba to join his Gatbonton cousins, while another cousin pampalung Gatbonton founded Kapalangan in Apalit. The next was Dula jr. the other Brothers of Datu Magat Salamat were Dionisio Capulong and Filipe Salonga.

Gloria Macapagal is associated with Carlos Candola of Lubao who was a Spanish collaborator, Juan Macapagal of Lubao recognizes Lakan Banaw Candola as an ancestor, Banaw is an animist Datu from the mountain of Arayat as not a relative of the Dulas de Salalila Clan. Juan Macapagal is also branded as a traitor by helping the Spanish troops in suppressing the native guerrillas.

---------------jj macam grandson of feliza gatbonton

jjmacam - June 1st, 2011 -

Lakan Dula has never a lineage of Dola..No way..I'm from the Gatbonton Clan, I have the family tree and the titular plate of our lola. Lakan Dula comes from Raha Sulaiman Salalila from the marriage of Dayang Kalangitan ang Gat Lontok who traces his roots from the Bolkiah of Brunei,

The Macapagals (“to Labor") actually are royal servants of the Gatbontons not in the status of "alipins" but they were like the administrators of the royal house. That is why when the order to kill all the royal families. The Gatbontons took with them their beloved "Macapagals"..when they escaped from Tondo to Candaba, without the 'Macapagals" it would be very hard for the Gatbontons to exist especially in the time of prosecution. When the Rahjanate was crushed the Gatbontons were powerless and lived with the Macapagals as equals.

But the macapgals of lubao are outsiders..that is why arroyo had a hard time attaching herself to our clan. the gatbonton website during her campaign was missing because FPJ is a Gatbonton of Candaba she is the apo of lola Martha Gatbonton Kelly...and that is not good for Gloria who is grooming herself as gatmunti, dapat gatdkurap..mas bagay sa kanya. O baka sa Muntinlupa dahil makukulong sya sa plunder.

Source: the talk page of the Wikipedia Article on Lakandula

In a book entitled Colección General de Documentos Relativos a las Islas Filipinas (General Collection of related Documents), the author has described how to locate Ophir. According to the section "Document No. 98", dated 1519-1522, Ophir can be found by travelling from the in Africa, to India, to Burma, then finally Ophir facing the Pacific Ocean , from Ophir occasionally to Taiwan (China) and some other Polynesian Islands, to collect precious stones and commodities, and then back to Ophir and eventually to Israel using the same route. Ophir was said to be "[...] in front of China towards the sea, of many islands where the Moluccans, Chinese, and Lequios met to trade..." this group of islands could not be Japan because the Moluccans did not get there, nor Taiwan, since it is not composed of "many islands." Only the present-day, could fit the description. Records also mention the presence of big, bearded men, probably descendants of the, whose ships were always laden with gold and silver) in the Islands to gather gold and silver. Some historians believe that the seat of Ophir in the Philippines is the Pacific Ocean side of the Island of Samar which was led once upon a time by a Samaritan Hadi Iberein, who was a staunch ally of the Kingdom of Tondo. The Pacific side of Samar is also recognized by some historians as the ancestral homeland of the Polynesians. Ophir is more formally called by some historians as the Lakanate of Lawan.

Source:

Keyland, Forum Veteran, Feb 28, 2019 Philippines

How to Find the Geographical Location of Ophir

In a book found in Spain entitled Colección General de Documentos Relativos a las Islas Filipinas (General Collection of Philippine Islands related Documents), the author has described how to locate Ophir.

According to the section "Document No. 98", dated 1519-1522, Ophir can be found by travelling from the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, to India, to Burma, to Sumatra, to Moluccas, to Borneo, to Sulu, then finally Ophir facing the Pacific Ocean, occasionally, to Taiwan (China) and some other Polynesian Islands to collect precious stones and commodities, and then back to Ophir and eventually to Israel using the same route.

Ophir was said to be "[...] in front of China towards the sea, of many islands where the Moluccans, Chinese, and Lequios met to trade..." this group of islands could not be Japan because the Moluccans did not get there, nor Taiwan, since it is not composed of "many islands."

Only the present-day Philippines, could fit the description. Spanish records also mention the presence of Lequios (big, bearded men, probably descendants of the Phoenicians, whose ships were always laden with gold and silver) in the Islands to gather gold and silver.

Some historians believe that the seat of Ophir in the Philippines is the Pacific Ocean side of the Island of Samar which was led once upon a time by a Samaritan Hadi Iberein, who was a staunch ally of the Kingdom of Tondo. The Pacific side of Samar is also recognized by some historians as the ancestral homeland of the Polynesians. Ophir is more formally called by some historians as the Lakanate of Lawan.

Source:

http://bibleexplainer.blogspot.com/2019/04/q715-is-philippines-biblical-land-of.html. Retrieved January 25, 2020

The Origin of Baybayin

It is a legal document with the inscribed date of Saka era 822, corresponding to April 21, 900 AD Laguna Copperplate Inscription. It was written in the Kawi script in a variety of Old Malay containing numerous loanwords from Sanskrit and a few non-Malay vocabulary elements whose origin is ambiguous between Old Javanese and Old Tagalog. One hypothesis therefore reasons that, since Kawi is the earliest attestation of writing in the Philippines, then Baybayin may have descended from Kawi or vice versa. It is the kawi inspired ancient alphabet of the people of Baybay in the Lakanate of Lawan used to write letters to relatives in far places where they migrate. Scott mentioned the Bingi of Lawan siday (local epic) originally written in Baybay, a place in ancient Lawan.It is believed that there were at least 16 different types of writing systems present around the Philippines prior to our colonization. Baybayin is just one of them, which was said to be of widespread use among coastal groups such as the Tagalog, Bisaya, Iloko, Pangasinan, Bikol, and Pampanga around the 16th century. One theory is that "Baybayin" got its name from a place or a word "baybay," or seashore in ancient Tagalog and present Waray dialect (Casal,CNN).

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http://dir.md/wiki/Baybayin?host=en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved September 15, 2019

The Lakanate of Tondo and Lakanate of Lawan Have Ancient and Continuous Alliance

Palapag , Philippines History: Pre-Hispanic

Lakan Dula's grandson, David Dula y Goiti was executed in Palapag, a part of the Lakanate of Lawan. In the southernmost part of Samar lies the town of what is now Guiuan. From there the first wave of settlers of what is now Palapag came to consist of ten families and settled first on what is now Mapno, a coastal Barangay. The leader of these settlers named Tinadyao founded the town. The place where the town was located was called by the natives as "patag" which means plain. Later on, another wave of settlers also came from Eastern Samar joined the first settlers. The leader of this second wave of settlers was Macatalo Macapongo. Historian Otley Beyer said that the “dawn man”, the aborigines of the Philippines, existed 250,000 years ago, although the callao man fossils have been dated as 65,000 years ago – in both cases, they are much earlier than the cro magnon man of Europe. Darwin believes that life started in the ocean, so, it possible that the Pacific Ocean have bred life into the shores of Samar million years ago, but as to what year those life forms evolved into human form could still be a subject of scientific and archaeological researches, but the possibility that it is earlier than 250,000 years ago is very strong. The possibility that Lawan in Samar Island is an important part of the Polynesian civilization was confirmed somehow by a finding in an Australian study that the Pacific Island Philippines could be the homeland of Polynesians in the pacific oceans. The migration of the Filipinos to different pacific islands who are identified today as Polynesians and inwards into the Philippine islands like in Tondo happened slowly in thousand years and is evidenced by an existence of an ancient shipping industry based in Palapag which was later converted into the shipping repair stations of the Galleon Trade and is identified by some historians as the so called "Lakanate of Lawan" once headed by Datu Iberein and was mentioned by Henry Scott in his writings, particularly in the "Bingi of Lawan".

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https://www.triposo.com/loc/Palapag2C_Northern_Samar/history/ background retrieved on May 30, 2019

The Jews Settled in the Lakanate of Lawan (Northern Samar, Philippines)

THE Philippine Jewish community is one of those cultural gems we didn’t even know we had. We know that the major religious groups in the Philippines are either Christian or Muslim, and we also know we have Buddhist and Hindu minorities, but have you ever heard of a Jewish micro-minority?

The Jews community in the Philippines is concentrated in the heart of Manila, in the Beit Yaacov Synagogue – the one and only synagogue in the entire country. Unlike a Catholic cathedral, which is primarily a place of prayer and worship, the synagogue also serves as a community center. It comes equipped with a prayer room, a study hall, and a ritual bath. It also boasts the largest library in Southeast Asia, filled with books about Judaism and Jewish culture in both English and Hebrew. Visitors to the synagogue can partake of the kosher food, have a cup of coffee, and browse the Internet courtesy of the synagogue’s Wi-Fi (Christians and Muslims are welcome as long as they’re not preachy).

Now you’re probably wondering why people in the Philippines have never heard much about the Jews in our country. That’s because there were so few of them, and they don’t actively seek out converts like most Christian denominations do. The Jews have been in the Philippines since Queen Isabella purged Jews from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. Many Jews that wanted to avoid being burned alive fled to Spanish colonies far away from the mother country. Since the Inquisition had little power in the Philippines, some chose to flee here. The majority of Spanish Jews and Jewish converts settled in Northern Samar, and were later joined by Jews from Turkey, Syria, and Egypt.

Source:

Valderrama: The Jews of Manila.MICHAEL VALDERRAMA.November 29, 2013. https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/317903. Retrieved August 10, 2019

Jews in the Philippines During the Spanish era

The Spanish Inquisition in the 16th Century forced many Jews in Spain to convert to Christianity or to flee. These Jewish "New Christians" were known as "marranos" or "conversos", a term which included converted Muslims. Sephardi Jews are those Jews coming from the Iberian Peninsula and settled in the Philippines, particularly, in Northern Samar. Some, called Crypto-Jews, observed their Jewish rites in secret. The Inquisition investigated and prosecuted many of the Conversos, accusing them of practicing in secret, some without substantial basis. Thus many of the original Jews and Marranos fled to the new Spanish colonies including the Philippines. Two "New Christian" brothers, Jorge and Domingo Rodríguez, arrived in the Spanish Philippines in the 1590s. By 1593 both were tried and convicted at an auto da fe in Mexico City because the Inquisition did not have an independent tribunal in the Philippines. The Inquisition imprisoned the Rodríguez brothers and subsequently tried and convicted at least eight other "New Christians" from the Philippines. Such was the precarious status of Jewish settlers in the Philippines. Jewish presence during the subsequent centuries of Spanish colonization remained small and unorganized. Spanish Christianized laws would not have permitted the presence of an organized Jewish community.

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http://www.popflock.com/learn?s=History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Philippines. Retrieved on September 15, 2019

Where did you get your Filipino Surnames?

by Ricardo Jose Castr

The Reason why Governor General Narciso Claveria Commissioned the Catalogos Alfabetos Apelyidos is to easily find fugitives and use names for district mapping... by the name itself catalogos, which is "Catalog" of Last Names... by your name they will already know your place of origin and who are your relatives... It is like the National ID System of the 19th Century... only the members of Principalia are allowed to keep their names like the Dulay, Capulong, Gat Maytan, Gat Chalian, Balagtas, Sumakwel Etch…

Before this was Commissioned by Governor General Claveria, most of us who belong to the commoners and not under the House of Principalia still adopt the ancient name tagging... by earning your last name by your profession or practice... worst would be derogatory names, based on your appearance and habit,.example: Pedrong Mandirigma, Petrang Marikit, Nardong Kalbo, Juanita Negra. If not, then your Last name will be based on where you live, example, Juan Kagubatan, Leonora Tagailog. To identify these people their parents’ roots will be asked to trace who is the most significant member of the family to be finally Identified, example; si Pedrong Madurukot Anak yan nila Petrang Kagubatan... Apo ni Juan Madirigma dating Sundalo…

This is the reason why the Treaty of Claveria was Commissioned and that is why if you will not comply with the new naming system... then you will be automatically tagged as a fugitive hiding from the Spanish Authority...This is where we got our habit of calling names...Also, if you would notice, Castillo, Caparas, Catindig, Ceferino, Cecillo, Cesar, Etc.This is an Indication that the town still has its original settlers from the time Governor Claveria implemented his treaty...

Reference:

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/.../how-filipinos-got...

The Descendants of Lakan Dula of Tondo are united, their unassuming Secretive Patriarch does not rule: he reigns Privately