Belief in Stars of the Filipinos Flashcards
Batik or Balatik,
Orion
Tagalogs’ Mapolon
Bikolanos’ Moroporo
Supot ni Hudas
Pleiades
Bubu
Samarnon’s Lusong
Krus na Bituin
Big Dipper
Bunta.
Southern Cross
Tatlong Maria
Orion’s belt
The Samas possess their own knowledge of the stars.
what would they do?
divided them into groups,
classify and organize things to better grasp and understand them.
Star groups are named after
objects which are familiar to a particular culture.
The stars of Tawi-tawi displays the characteristics their culture which is nurtured by
watery surroundings.
Mamahi Kagang,
crab
Mamahi Pagi,
stingray
Bunta,
puffer fish
Sahapang
- three-pronged spear used to catch fish
Bubu
is a rectangular bamboo fish trap
Anakdatu
- fisherman poised to spear a puffer fish with his sahapang.
a coconut tree in the sky
Saloka
a spear trap used in hunting wild pigs
Batik
When planting their crops, the Samas consult:
Batik, Paliyama and Saloka
why do Samas consult: Batik, Paliyama and Saloka When planting their crops?
their appearance and location at various times coincide with conditions necessary for each stage of Kaingin farming.
usually consulted at nightfall.
BATIK-
what happens when batik appears at 10 at nightfall?
clearing of the
humans should start
using the batik, Burning should start when it is already at? and what month?
11:30 after sunset (February to March)
when is plating done? and in what month?
when it starts to rain around April to May
Planting is done before Batik appears ready to
set in the west at nightfall.
what happens when Batik appears ready to set in the west at nightfall?
one could no longer plant.
Marker at dawn
PALIYAMA-
Clearing and burning is done when using paliyama appears in the east at positions called?
what months is it done?
sampangan (8-9 o’clock)
malambang musim (10-11 o’clock)
January to April.
It is time to plant while Paliyama is at?
what months is it done?
- luttu Paliyama (at the zenith)
- when it starts to rain
April to May.
used as a marker in planting coconuts
SALOKA-
a coconut tree bears fruit quickly when planted at a time when SALOKA appears where?
eastern horizon at nightfall
It will bear fruit at a later date if planted when SALOKA is already at?
luttu or at the zenith after sunset.
what do Samas do when they see many stars inside the rectangular trap Bubu?
they set down their own fish traps into the sea, believing that they will have a good catch
what does The position of the SALOKA, which form the rope used to pull up the bubu out of the sea, indicates?
strength of the current.
many SALOKA inside the rectangular trap Bubu forms what?
form the handle of the Big Dipper
SALOKA is in the east the current is
strong
SALOKA is in the west the current is
weak or there is no current at all
(North)
Bubu and Mamahi Uttara
(South)
Bunta and Mamahi Satan
morning star (East)
Lakag or Maga
(West)
Tunggal Bahangi and Mamahi Magrib-
describe association of Satan or salatan (the south wind) and Bunta (puffer fish)
The heavenly fish releases the air from its puffy body once it ends its seasonal appearance in the night sky.
- When Anakdatu, which follows Bunta, has come and gone, what will happen to the sound wind?
the north wind called “Uttara” replaces the south wind
prominent navigational star.
Mamahi Uttara
north star which remains “steady” unlike other stars which changes position as they cross the sky from east to west.
Mamahi Uttara
is used in crossing the Sulu Sea from Mapun near Palawan to the capital town of Bongao on the Tawi-tawi mainland.
Bunta
five stars to mark the four cardinal directions
Maga for the east
Tunggal Bahangi and Mamahi Magrib for the west
Mamahi Uttara for the north, and
Mamahi Satan for the south.
Maga
east
Tunggal Bahangi and Mamahi Magrib
west
Mamahi Uttara
north
Mamahi Satan
south.
Tres Marias or Tatlong Maria (Three Marias) which are of Spanish-Christian origin.
ORION (Balátik)
Remind many Philippine cultures of the spring trap used in hunting wild pigs.
ORION (Balátik)
They call the trap balátik.
ORION (Balátik)
The Pleiades (Moroporo)’ distinguishing mark
bunching together of its stars.
Christian Filipinos know it as either Supot ni Hudas or Rosaryo
Pleiades (Moroporo)
It is named after a spear trap used for hunting, especially wild pigs
Balátik
Tagalogs knew of the Spaniards’ Siete Cabrillas or “Seven Goats”
MAROPORO
MAROPORO= The Tagalogs called theirs
MAPULON= know the changing of seasons.
Experienced seafarers of Panglima Sugala, another Tawi-Tawi municipality, is
Aspalman Jalman.
