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- Moro-moro plays originated during the Spanish colonial era as a means to portray the conflicts between Christians and Muslims, particularly the Moros from Mindanao. These performances often feature elaborate stage settings and rich costumes that reflect the culture and traditions of both Christian and Muslim characters.
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Moro-moro, also called comedia, the earliest known form of organized theater in the Philippines; it was created by Spanish priests. It began with a 1637 play that dramatized the recent capture by a Christian Filipino army of an Islamic stronghold.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first komedya (popularly but inaccurately known as moro-moro) was staged by the conquistadores in 1598 in Cebu, and it was in the Spanish language. A few years later came another presentation, and it was in Samar in the Waray language.
Definition. Moro-moro plays are traditional Filipino theatrical performances that depict the battles between Christians and Muslims during the Spanish colonial period.
The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. Moro nation or Moro country). [6]
Aug 5, 2016 · The Moro areas of southern Philippines have widely been defined as the territories of Mindanao as well as the surrounding islands in the Sulu Archipelago. It includes the five provinces where Muslims remain a majority of the population: Maguindanao, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao Del Sur, and Sulu.
- Joseph Chinyong Liow
- 2016
Moro, any of several Muslim peoples of Mindanao, Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and other southern islands of the Philippines. Constituting about 5 percent of the Philippine population, they can be classified linguistically into 10 subgroups: the Maguindanao of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and.
Jul 31, 2015 · Filipinos, educated in a largely Western-oriented curriculum and absorbing a lot of anti-Moro biases, know very little about Mindanao history. But without even the most elemental knowledge, how can we expect the nation to appreciate the deep-seated feelings of exclusion and injustice among our Moro brethren?
