hi there in this video we will discuss the summary of the first chapter of no lii Tang re written by Dr Jose razal titled a social Gathering we will also study the important events characters settings and lessons found in this chapter listen and watch carefully as you will learn a lot from this historical work by rol let's begin the chapter describes a grand Feast prepared by Captain Thiago at his house on cier on LOA gate to welcome a young man who had just returned from Europe many guests attended including prominent members of society clergy and some Spanish officials Tia Isabelle took charge of welcoming the guests who were divided into two groups the women and the men among the attendees were the couple Dr de espad and Dona victorina as well as the priests Padre saila and Padre damaso the guests engaged in various discussion and one of the heated topics was about Filipinos or Indios the removal of Padre Doo from the Parish of San Diego and the tobacco and gunpowder monopolies during the Gathering Padre Doo did not miss the chance to mock Filipinos calling them lowly and inferior Padre saila tried to change the subject and they discussed the reason for Padre Doo's removal from the San Diego Parish Lieutenant gavara explained that Padre Doo's removal was justified because he had ordered the exhumation of the body of a nobleman who was accused of being a heretic this made Padre Doo even angrier but Padre seila calmed the situation again the discussion continued and expanded to other topics until the Gathering ended now let's move on to the important events in this chapter the grand Feast at Captain thiago's House Began to welcome a young man who had just returned from Europe prominent people attended the Gathering including the priests some well-known members of society prominent Spaniards and many others the guests discussed philippinos or Indios and Padre damaso expressed his low opinion of them the topic of Padre damaso's removal from the San Diego Parish came up and Lieutenant guara defended the decision of the captain General Padre damaso became even angrier but Padre saila calmed him down to maintain order at the Gathering important characters Don Santiago deos Santos or Captain Thiago the owner of the house where the grand Feast was held he is known for helping the poor and being part of high society he organized the Gathering to welcome the young man who had just returned from Europe Juan choso Ibara the reason for the Gathering he is the young man who had just returned from Europe Tia Isabelle Captain thiago's cousin who took care of and welcomed the guests at the Gathering Dawn Torio de espad the husband of Dona victorina who was also present at the Gathering Dona victorina de espadan the wife of Don Toro who attended the Gathering she is known for pretending to be Spanish Padre Hernando seila the parish priest of bok a guest at the Gathering he was the one who calmed Padre damaso during their discussion about his removal from the parish Padre damaso verdolagas a high ranking priest and former Parish priest of San Diego he is known for being arrogant and looking down on Indios during the Gathering he expressed his anger and mocked Filipinos Lieutenant Gara a lieutenant of the Civil guard who attended the Gathering he defended the captain General's decision to remove Padre damaso from the parish let us now proceed to the setting of this chapter the events in the chapter took place in the house of Captain Thiago located at C an Loa gay here are some of the lessons messages or implications shown in this chapter discrimination against Filipinos during the colonial period was a manifestation of the wrong mindset of the Spanish who believed they were Superior to other races the power of the church was not always used in the right and just way as shown by Padre damaso's actions toward the body of a heretic deep respect for the law and for others is important to maintain order in society as shown by Lieutenant gara's defense of the captain General decision the state of a society is often reflected in the opinions and discussions of those in power and these can lead to change or continued abuse depending on their Direction and purpose and that concludes the first chapter of noi me Tanger titled a social Gathering what have you learned from this chapter share your answers in the comments we also encourage you to like subscribe and click the notification Bell to stay updated with our future videos until next time thank you for watching [Music]