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Lapu-Lapu 

Lapu-Lapu is also the name of the grouper fish in the Philippines. For the city, see Lapu-Lapu City.
Lapu-Lapu

Lapu-Lapu's statue on Mactan Island in the Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Occupation Chieftain
Known for commanding Visayan forces that killed Ferdinand Magellan

Lapu-Lapu, also called Kaliph Pulaka[1] was, according to Sulu oral tradition, a native Muslim chieftain on Mactan,[2] who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first national hero of the Philippines.citation needed

On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and the men of Mactan, armed with spears and kampilan, a Moro weapon, faced Spanish soldiers led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed.

In his honor, the Cebuano people have erected a statue on Mactan and also renamed the town of Opon in Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City. A more recent statue was given as a gift to the Philippines from South Korea in 2005. It stands in Rizal Park in the national capital of Manila.[3]

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In Filipino culture

  • A type of red grouper indigenous to the Philippines is commonly known as "lapu-lapu"[4] in the Tagalog-speaking provinces but more commonly known in the Visayas and Mindanao as pugapo.
  • Lapu-Lapu appears as a central figure in the official seal of the Philippine National Police.[5]
  • Chief Lapu Lapu cocktail is an alcoholic drink named in his honor.[6][7]
  • Lapu-Lapu appears as the main design on the defunct 1-centavo coin circulated in the Philippines from 1967-1974.[8]
  • Lapu-Lapu is a 2002 film,[9] a remake of 1955 independent Filipino film.[10]
  • During the First Regular Session of the 14th Congress of the Philippines, Senator Richard Gordon introduced a bill proposing to declare April 27 as an official national holiday to be known as Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu or Lapu-Lapu Day.[11]

References

  1. ^ Ang, Josiah C.. "Historical Timeline of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu Including Related Events of Neighboring Peoples". Retrieved on 2008-07-11.
  2. ^ "Lapu-Lapu and the Battle of Mactan", The Manila Bulletin Online (2001). Retrieved on 2008-07-09. 
  3. ^ "Gordon, Garcia recall victory at Mactan, honor Lapu-Lapu". Retrieved on 2008-07-09.
  4. ^ "Lucky lapu-lapu, ATV, boatmen and rice", GMANews.tv (2008-04-12). Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 
  5. ^ "PNP Seal Symbolism". Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
  6. ^ "Cocktail of the Day: Chief Lapu Lapu". Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
  7. ^ Williams, Nicole Prentice. "Locals Only". Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
  8. ^ "American Numismatic Society". Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  9. ^ "Lapu-Lapu (2002)". Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  10. ^ "Lapu-Lapu (1955)". Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  11. ^ 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...". Retrieved on 2008-07-11.

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.

Gallery

Lapu-Lapu is a central figure in the seal of the Philippine National Police

Lapu-Lapu on the 1-centavo coin (no longer in circulation)

Lapu-Lapu's bronze statue in the Mactan Shrine
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