The Juramentados and the Colt M1911 MythThe history of the Philippines is both fascinating, and blurred all the same. It may surprise you with discoveries, and never before seen facts that will change the way you see Filipino cultures. Beyond what is always written in school books and history texts are rich and colorful traditions, stories of heroism, or long-lost customs. But admittedly, those so-called facts are sometimes plagued with exaggerated tales, revisionisms, fabricated truth and stuffs meant to entertain rather to inform.
And a series of horrific encounters during the Philippine-American War showed us how truths could get mixed with tall-tales.
The Filipino Moro warrior was a frightening sight to behold. They were a force to reckon with during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. And these guys won ‘t go down without a fight, literally, even when fa