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Rizal and Morga had differing views on aspects of Filipino culture according to a comparison of their works. Morga viewed the lack of powerful central government as negative, while Rizal saw benefits to communities governing themselves. Morga described social classes and mobility, while Rizal emphasized that native women retained noble titles after marriage. They also disagreed on terms like "asawa" for wife, "bahayin" for house, and "lawlaw" referring to different types of fish. Overall their works provide valuable early accounts of Philippine culture despite some differences in perspective.

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Rizal

Rizal and Morga had differing views on aspects of Filipino culture according to a comparison of their works. Morga viewed the lack of powerful central government as negative, while Rizal saw benefits to communities governing themselves. Morga described social classes and mobility, while Rizal emphasized that native women retained noble titles after marriage. They also disagreed on terms like "asawa" for wife, "bahayin" for house, and "lawlaw" referring to different types of fish. Overall their works provide valuable early accounts of Philippine culture despite some differences in perspective.

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NLP

Subject: Rizal’s Life and Works


Unit 4- TASK 1: Compare and Contrast Rizal and Morga’s views on Filipino
Culture.
The value of Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas has long been recognized.
A first-hand account of the early Spanish colonial venture into Asia. Morga's work
is based on personal experiences, or on documentation from eye-witnesses of the
events described. The Sucesos is the work of an honest observer. Morga's book was
praised, quoted, and plagiarized, by contemporaries or successors. Filipinos have
found it a useful account of the state of their native culture upon the coming of the
conquistadors, they found it full of lessons and examples.
As José Rizal heard from his uncle, José Alberto, about an ancient history of the
Philippines written by a Spaniard named Antonio de Morga. Rizal immediately
acquainted himself with the British Museum where he found one of the few
remaining copies of that work. At his own expense, he had the work republished
with annotations that showed the Philippines was an advanced civilization prior to
the Spanish conquest.

After reading a short information about Antoniode Morga's Sucesos de las Islas
and The Annotation of Rizal, I can now, Compare and Contrast Rizal and Morga’s
view on Filipino Culture:

Government
As expected, Morga was critical of the systems of the government, which he
said, barely existed because there were no powerful figure that ruled over
communities, most of them coastal, each with its own set of leaders.
Rizal argued that it is better that way, why should the communities be beholden
to one ruler who didn’t even live among them and was not familiar with their needs
and problems? How could he have solved disputes, meet justice, implement
policies, if he didn’t even live in the community.

Natives
Morga was fascinated with the social organization of the natives, he described
origins, differences, privileges of social classes, upward and downward mobility
inheritance of possession and titles.
While Rizal emphasize that native women, unlike their European counterparts,
never lost their noble titles. In marriage it was the groom who gave the bride’s
parents a dowry because they were losing a precious daughter.

Beliefs
Morga said, that takin a bath without to, whether might be dangerous to their
health.
Rizal believed that Indios are very careful not to take a bath during siesta, after
luncheon, first two days of catarrh.

Language
Morga said that, Inasawa is a wife married to a native man.
Rizal corrected Morga that asawa is the term called the wife of a native man.
Morga also said that a house with partners and children are called “
Bahandin”.
While for Rizal, that in Tagalog, a house is called
“Pamamahay”. Rizal said that it is impossible that bahandin has been printed for
bahayin, because it is an obsolete derivative.

Lifestyle
Morga said Lawlaw is a very small fish which is netted. It is dried on the sun or
air, and it is cook on a various ways.
Rizal said Lawlaw is called a salted and dried sardines. Morga seems to refer
to Tiwalis or Dilos of Batangas.

Daily Living
Morga said that cotton was grown extensively in practically all the islands which
the natives sold as thread and woven fabrics to Chinese and other foreign
merchants.
Rizal clarified, Morga must have meant Sinamay, which was woven from abaca
thread that comes from the trunk, not the leaves.
Social
Morga said that “namamahay” are those who helped build their master house,
and serve frequently a helpers when there are guests, and serve their master when
their master requires them to, without compensation.
Rizal said, that “namamahay” slaves still exist but they are now called
“kasama”.

Rizal and Morga have different views about our Culture but let us always
remember that they have contributed a great deal to our country which has given
lessons and experiences to each of us today.

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