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Sampaguitas Y Otras Poesías Varias
''Sampaguitas y otras poesías varias'' (Jasmines and Other Various Poems), also known as ''Sampaguitas y poesías varias'', (Jasmines and Varied Poems) is the first book of poetry published by a Filipino people, Filipino in Europe. The poems were written in the Spanish language by Pedro Paterno, a Filipino poet, novelist, politician, and former seminarian. The Tagalog language, Tagalog word ''sampaguita'' (uses the Spanish-style spelling of "sampagita") in the title of the book refers to the ''Jasminum sambac'', a species of jasmine that is native to the Philippines and other parts of South Asia, southern Asia., 993 pages Paterno read verses from the book at the Ateneo de Madrid. Description ''Sampaguitas y otras poesias varias'' had five successive editions. Its first publication was in Madrid, Spain in 1880, where it was printed by the Imprenta de Fortanet. The second edition was published in 1881, and was printed by Imprenta de Cao y Val. The publisher of the book was Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino People
Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other Philippine languages. Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history. Names The name ''Filipino'', as a demonym, was derived from the term ''Las Islas Filipinas'' ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ''Felipe II''). During the Spanish colonial period, natives of the Philippine islands were usually known by the generic terms ''indio'' ("Indian") or ''indigenta'' ("indigents"). However, during the early Spanish colonial period the term ''Filipinos'' or ''Philipinos'' was sometimes used by Spanish writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
