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The Code of Kalantiaw

The document discusses The Code of Kalantiaw, which is part of The Maragtas collection of historical works about pre-colonial Philippines. While The Code of Kalantiaw provides insights into the social constructs of that time, it contains inconsistencies that call its authenticity as an accurate historical record into question. A reflection on the text determines that it should be viewed as a historical epic rather than an actual account of the past.

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The Code of Kalantiaw

The document discusses The Code of Kalantiaw, which is part of The Maragtas collection of historical works about pre-colonial Philippines. While The Code of Kalantiaw provides insights into the social constructs of that time, it contains inconsistencies that call its authenticity as an accurate historical record into question. A reflection on the text determines that it should be viewed as a historical epic rather than an actual account of the past.

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A Reflection on “The Code of Kalantiaw”

The Code of Kalantiaw was included in The Maragtas, which is a collection of historical works. It

was criticized for its lack of detail and its depiction of a patriarchal society.

The various sections of the Maragtas and the Code of Kalantiaw, for instance, are easily

accepted as the reflection of the past in the Philippines before the Spanish Colonization.

This issue adds to the confusion regarding the historical texts' authenticity. It is also

incompatible with the style of the manuscripts since it was first used during the 19th century.

Reflecting upon these inconsistencies and errors regarding written history records and dates, it

can be assumed that the texts does not connect with written historical facts, but rather on the cultural

attributes connecting the epic to the pre-Colonial Philippines. Thus, making it a historical epic rather

than an actual artefact reflecting the past Social Construct of the Philippines, particularly in the Negros

and Panay.

This is the essence of conducting both internal and external criticisms on artefacts of History.

These records may be legitimate while some of them point out to a different or erroneous history. It is

important that we cross-examine every bit of evidence in order to draw the lines around our past,

making it crystal clear and obvious. Erroneous facts, if not criticized and easily accepted to be true,

might establish an erroneous history of its origin and its reflection of that history. Foronda did an

excellent job in linking facts with the errors and to point out an acceptable conclusion which did not

invalidate the reliability of the Codes but to conclude that it reflects another angle of the Pre-Colonial

Filipino society.

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