The Panditas of the Philippines, 17th - Early 20th Centuries
The article explores the panditas and their role and function in Philippine history, examining selected depictions in Spanish and English sources from 17th century until the early 20th centuries. As precolonial figures that illustrate the link of the Philippines to the broader Malay world, the pandi...
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| הוצא לאור ב: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel, |
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| פורמט: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| שפה: | Anglais |
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Archipel
2022
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| גישה מקוונת: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| סיכום: | The article explores the panditas and their role and function in Philippine history, examining selected depictions in Spanish and English sources from 17th century until the early 20th centuries. As precolonial figures that illustrate the link of the Philippines to the broader Malay world, the panditas gradually acquired and embodied Islamic elements into their amorphous identity and practice, ultimately becoming figures of knowledge, spirituality, and culture in Muslim communities. By examining representations of the panditas, the article aims to problematize their place in the historical record, as figures of supposedly false religion, primitive civilization, ethnographic interest, occultism, and military regulation, and point to a dynamic history of Islamic communities that adapted, absorbed, and localized religious tenets in varying degrees, so that pre-Islamic figures like the panditas would have a place in new contexts and be understood as Islamic in their own distinctive way. |
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