Writer, teacher, and History superhero Ambeth Ocampo will be giving a talk on Datu Kalantiao, a pre-Hispanic lawgiver who never really existed, at the Ayala Museum on July 20.
According to legend, Kalantiaw was a chief of Negros island who created the first set of laws in the pre-Hispanic Philippines in 1433. The so-called Code of Kalantiao is actually believed to have been written in 1913 by Jose Marco.
The National Historical Institute (now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines) has determined that there is no historical basis to indicate Kalantiao actually existed.
Without a doubt, Ocampo’s lecture will tell the story better. I mean, just check out the poster to the event:
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