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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.
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Jul 18, 2020 · A 19th century print depicting a scene from a “Moro-Moro,” an anti-Muslim play popular during the Spanish colonial period to mark Spanish victory over the Muslims in the Philippines and to assert the supremacy of Christianity over Islam.
Dec 14, 2009 · Moro-moro is a play that became popular in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period where the Moros were portrayed as perpetual villains who always lost to Christians in the end.
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.
4 days ago · Play in verse from the Philippines depicting the Christian saints, real events, or imaginary kingdoms. The last, also called moro-moro, dramatizes the conflict between medieval Christian kingdoms and the Moorish ... From: komedya in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance ».
Dec 5, 2009 · The Moro-Moro always portrayed Moros as villains and Christians as heroes and, in effect, as Tiongson noted, “implicitly endorsed the use of any or all means to extirpate ‘the menace’ of Islam” (Tiongson 1999, 27). These plays fulfilled the functions of helping impose Christianity during the Spanish colonial years and, later on, of ...
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This article presents two popular performances of historic Muslim-Christian ‘clashes’ in the Andalusian province of Granada: the Día de la Toma in the city of Granada and a Festival of Moors and Christians in a small village south of the Sierra Nevada.
