REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

MULANAY, QUEZON BRANCH

DISCUSSANT: GERONIMO, MARIEL

MACARARANGA, APRIL

PEREZ, JOANNE

VILLARUEL, HONEYLEEN

TOPIC: ICELLE GLORIA ESTRADA: RAIDERS OF THE SULU SEA

DATE: OCTOBER, 2019

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Michael R. Babao

Raiders of the Sulu Sea (Summary)

 A Historiography documentary film depicting the Southeast Asia flourishing free trading
in the area.
 Adverse effects/ retaliation when Spaniards wanted to control the economy as well as
to colonize and christianize.
 Depicting how the Spaniards defended the city with the Fort Pilar
 Showed what was claimed then as pirates of the Sulu Sea from Mindanao, Philippines
 How these raiders were actually plying their trade before and during the Spanish
colonization of the Philippines.

Narciso Caveria y Zaldua (1844-1849)

-Was a spanish army officer who served as the governor-general of the Philippines.

CONTRIBUTORS OF THE FILM

1. Icelle Gloria Estrada.

 She is one of Zamboanga city's premiere artist, a true Filipina painter and sculptor, with
a style that is as varied as her other talents.
 She is currently working as an executive assistant in the office of the city mayor, and is
overlooking the city hall restoration. She also writes a weekly arts column, and does
extensive research in the arts & culture of zamboanga.
 An art historian in Zamboanga, a direct descendant of Vicente Alvarez, and does an
extensive research in the arts and culture of Zamboanga.

2. Dr. Samuel Tan

 Sama-tausug-Chinese Filipino born, an authority on the issue of Moro history, armed

struggle and quest for self-determination. - Historian National Historical Institute -He
divides Filipino cultural communities into three main groups- the MOROS, the Indios,
Infieles

3. Barbara Watson Andaya

 Historian National University of Singapore - Prof. Asian Studies at the University of

Hawaii with a specialization in southeast Asian History
 She is professor of Asian studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and director of
the center for southeast Asian studies. In 2005
 2006 she was president of the American association of Asian studies. Educated at the
university of Sydney (BA, dip. Ed.),
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 She taught in a high school before receiving her MA at the university of
Hawai’i (MA) and her Ph.D at Cornell University with a specialisation in Southeast Asian
history.

4. Dr. Julius Bautista

 He is an anthropologist with an interest in religious practice in Asia, with a focus on

Christian iconography, religious piety, performance and the relationship between
religion and the state.
 His Current Position was an Associate Professor in the Research Dep’t
 Historian Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore
 Historian Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore
 An anthropologist with an interest in religious practice in Asia, with a focus on Christian
iconography, religious piety, performance and the relationship between religion and the
state.
 He studied Anthropology, Southeast Asian studies, religious studies and social
coexistence.

5. Dr. Margarita Cojuangco

 Fullname: Margarita delos Reyes Cojuangco - Born in Quezon City, Rizal, Commonwealth
of the Philippines on April 29, 1944 - Governor; her current occupation - Author: KRIS
OF VALOR
 Author of Kris of Valor (1993)Civic/Non Government/ people/ Voluntary organizations
involvement: - President, national defense college of the philippines alumni association(
1984 to 1986) - Member, board of trustees, Colegio de san Agustin, Makati ( 1993 to
present) -Honorary member, Philippine Military Academy “matikas” class 1983 ( 1995 to
present

6. Halman Abubakar

 He is a Tausug descendant and town councilor of Jolo, promotes indigenous martial arts
"Silat" - historic and significant on Tausug bladed weapons and shares the sentiments of
his people by resenting the characterization of Western Colony and Filipino
historiography as "pirates"

BACKGROUND OF THE FILM

 They were known in history as brutal savages, fearless slaves raiders and above all-
pirates. Hailing from the Sulu Sea region in the Southern regions of the Philippines,
Borneo, Java, the Straits of Malacca and all over South East Asia in the search for human
cargo to feed the growing demands of the slave trade in the 16th to 19th century. The
wielded deadly weapons, were well organized and built formidable fast warships that
ran circles around the bigger and heavier Western ships. These men, either sanctioned
by their respective Sultanates or their own tribal leaders, defied colonial occupation and
rule, instigating a wave of terror throughout the archipelago for more tan 300 years. But
there is evidence that they were not merely the savages they were made out to be.
Some historians have argued that these were indigenous people merely defending their
way of life from the conquering colonial forces. Others have said that we need to put
this violence and slave raids into the proper foe. It is also a story of how these men who
lived by the sword, eventually died by it.

CONTENT ANALYSIS
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 A Historiography Documentary film focusing on Zamboanga City
depicting how the Spaniards defended the city with the Fort Pilar as Spain’s last
stronghold and bastion of defense and economic expansion in the Southeast Asian
flourishing free trading in the area and the adverse effects and repercussions when
Europeans such as the English, Dutch, and Spanish wo wanted to control the economy
as well to colonize and Christianize.
 The film focuses on the slave raiding as retaliation on colonizers-the sophisticated
ancient maritime vessels such as the Lanong, Garay and the Salisipan and tools of war
such as the Barong, Kris, and the Kampilan and the well-organized forces that is
launched for slave raiding the coasts of Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon.
 It focused on the fate of the Captured Balangingi Leader called Panglima Taupan and
was made to work in the Tobacco Plantation-and his descendants who went back to
Zamboanga and settled in the outskirts of Taluksangay with the surname Dela Cruz
Nuno-Maas Nuno, the ancestor of the present Nuno clan of Zamboanga.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

 A historiograpy ducumentary film

RELEVANCE TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES

 It serves as a way of enlightenment in the contemporary times were they will know the
traditions of every colonizers who came in our country.
 Source of information that can compare and scrutinize in the early times