SAMAR: the FIRST PHILIPPINES
Posted in Samar History on Jun 29th, 2009 No Comments »
SAMAR: the First Philippines
The natives (Samareños) of Suluan Island were the first group of people who warmly welcomed the Magellan fleet. The ‘first mass’, contrary to what is still contested in history, was not celebrated in Butuan nor in Limasawa (more properly ‘Mazawa’, in Bisayan ‘Ma[y] sawa’, which “denotes there is a snake”). It was [...]
