1. Fray Botod

2. • Fray Botod introduces the stereotypical
Spanish friar who uses religion as a tool
for oppressing others.
• It is told through a dialog between a
Filipino and his liberal Spanish friend.

3. Fray Botod
• is not his proper name nor his real name.
• prefers to be called “Botod”, which means
big-bellied, rather than his given name, Ano.
• is from Aragon, son of unknown parents.
• was raised by a muleteer.

4. • Entered the convent of the Augustinian
Fathers.
• Sent to the Philippines at the age of 21.

5. His whole
figure was a
faithful copy of
Sancho Panza.

6. • He was said to be more gluttonous than
Heliogabalus.
• He was described as a well-fed pig who eats,
drinks, sleeps and think of nothing else but
to satisfy his carnal appetite in their various
manifestations.

7. • The canding-canding, she-kids and
“students” of the friar, are compared to the
Oriental dancers in India.

8. How the Father performs his duties as
parish priest
How Fr. Botod entertains and celebrates the
feast of the town's patron saint
How he does business
How a friar punishes