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Posted in Philippines General Information on 04/04/2007 10:33 pm by admin
When Lapu-Lapu was born?
Lapu-Lapu: considered the first Philippine national hero; The earliest known native Datu (tree) of the Visayan-inhabited Mactan Island in the Philippines known to have resisted Spanish colonization and the imposition of the Christian religion in the archipelago. In 1521, he and the people of Mactan cebu, fought the Spanish soldiers led by Ferdinand Magellan. Does anyone know his date of birth?
Not exactly but he said that those born in date 1490? -1560. Lapulapu Filipino is a tree and the leaders of the warriors who killed Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. Lapulapu now widely considered as the first Filipino hero. In 1521 Magellan made an agreement with one of the Lapulapu's rival, Humabon, a tree on the island of Cebu. Magellan agreed to help Humabon attack the nearby island of Mactan, and finally in April Magellan and his sailors tried to land on the island. Lapulapu gathered his forces and killed Magellan and most the sailors. Lapulapu the story is recorded by two European chroniclers, Antonio de Pigafetta and Maximilius Transylvanus, and by the oral traditions of Mactan. The Oral histories include the myth that, after his death, Lapulapu was transformed into a sea stone Malingin, south of Punta Engaño. In honor of Lapulapu, the city of Bed, opposite the city of Cebu in a channel of Cebu Strait, was replaced Lapu-Lapu. hope this will help u.. thanks!
