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- Title:
- Poor Pigs
- Description:
- Pigafetta and his crew-mates feasted on pork during their first Easter Sunday in Asia, still in central Philippine waters. That was on March 31, 1521. Easter is the major Christian feast. It celebrates how Jesus Christ died for the sake of his kind, people who believe in him and his church, allowing them life ever after. The native king sent Magallanes (Pigafetta’s boss) two swine for their meal. Thanks to archaeological work by the Philippine National Museum, we know pork was eaten by Filipino ancestors 7,000 years ago. It would have been hunted pig. The Ifugao of northern Philippines fault an overly curious Malimayu for interfering with a divine effort for zero hunger and that would have spared the lives of pigs and stopped hunting them forever. A piece of pork dripping with blood provided by a magical pig was suppose to give delicious meat always. That way only one wild pig would be sacrificed for the sake of its kind. But Malimayu was unfaithful to the instructions. She squeezed and wrung the pork till it had no more blood and died! So even today, pigs give their lives so people can live.
- Subjects:
- Easter Sunday Asia Pork
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- The Resurrection by Piero Della Francesca dated to 1463
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Poor Pigs", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll042.html