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    Adventist Medical Center College

    Brgy. San Miguel, Iligan City

    School of Nursing

    Readings of Philippine History

    Second Semester, SY 2020-2021

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    (Massive balangay ‘mother boat’ unearthed in Butuan)

    By:

    Trangia, Riann Leigh

    BSN 1-B

    March 13, 2021


    The Massive balangay ‘mother boat’ unearthed in Butuan

    Balangay is an ancient Filipino wooden watercraft, and when the Spaniards entered

    Luzon, they also considered the term "boat" to be used for the smallest political unit of the

    Tagalog society. For their historical and cultural value, the found and excavated balangays

    are treasured by archeologists and historians alike.

    The Balangay, the oldest pre-Hispanic watercraft in the Philippines, and our history has a

    lot to do with this curiosity. It's a positive indication. Why? Well, for one thing, being the

    first wooden watercraft to be excavated in South East Asia, the Balangay offers evidence of

    the early maritime experience and abilities of the Filipinos in the pre-colonial era of boat-

    building. Also known as the Butuan boat, the Balangay was first mentioned in the

    Chronicles of Pigafetta around the first time our islands had been landed in the 16th

    century.

    Of the nine balangay boats discovered in 1976 in Butuan City, three were excavated,

    investigated and found to have occurred in AD 320, 990 and 1250. An article written by

    science journalist Timothy James Dimacali and it was released by GMA News in 2013 is

    about a huge "mother ship" balanga discovered in Butuan. It is believed to be about 800

    years old and may be centuries older than the ships used by European trailers and

    pathfinders when they arrived in our islands in the 16th century. It's so huge that "treenails

    of the size of coda containers" were used to create it. With treenails that are so high and

    planks that each one is as thick as a man's chest, the boat itself is measured to be around 25

    meters long.

    Obviously, scholars are suspicious of leaping to conclusions before enough facts are

    collected. Still, the location of the ship, is too close to the previous sites of the submerged

    balangays, clearly indicates the likelihood that it is actually a mother ship. In an interview

    with GMA News, the National Museum Archeologist Dr. Mary Jane Louise Bolunia, head of

    the on-site research unit, said, "It's changing the way we think about the ancient Filipino

    seafarers." The appearance of a large mother ship in the middle of smaller balangays that
    could have given assistance to the mother ship might suggest that the seafaring Filipinos in

    the old days were more coordinated than was previously thought.

    In short, the Philippines trade system had already been founded well before the

    Spaniards had arrived. Butuan City may be the docking place of this balangay. Moreover,

    this mothership balangay has been used for trade with neighboring countries and, because

    of its size; it can hold a lot of goods and resources. And lastly, it can change the course of

    history since it connects to the missing link of trade and commerce in the Philippines.

    References

     Salinas, C. C. (2019, August 6). The balangay: Its historical significance and

    relevance. The Manila Times.

    https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/08/07/business/maritime-business/the-balangay-its-

    historical-significance-and-relevance/596245/

     By TJ DIMACALI,GMA News. (2013, August 16). Massive balangay 'mother boat'

    unearthed in Butuan | SciTech |. GMA News Online.

    https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/321334/massive-balangay-

    mother-boat-unearthed-in-butuan/story/

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