Heroism and Betrayal

"If we do not care to ask questions, we will never get the answers. The point to remember is that history does not repeat itself. We repeat history." -Ambeth R. Ocampo _____________________ Maria Isabel Catalina. Main personification of the Philippines. (APH character sideblog for askaphroulette)

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#philippines #travel #nofilter #intramuros #history

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munting liwayway litaw na pagtingin dusa iyong tao'y di mo dingin ika'y bulag dumaloy ay galit sa damdaming winasak dinurog tinakip ng mga dasal animo'y galing sa langit inubos ang loob pag-asa nilibing binuo, pag-ibig siyang namulak sa wasak na ataul umusbong nabuhay namungad at itong silbi ay sindi liwanag, umapoy sumiklab .

Ragasa

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[[  doodles of some of my main personifications. and trust me when i say my aph manila was originally planned out to be a dude. but why not :) also iloilo and manila are just faces so far like tondo, quezon, and sta. ana so i have no human names for them yet. but main luzon is gilas apak/emmanuel villanueva. his secondary is agpalo makalino/???(i havent thought of a converted name for him yet)  ]]

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Fort Santiago, Manila, Philippines

Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerza de Santiago Tagalog: Moog ng Santiago) is a citadel first built by Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi for the new established city of Manila in the Philippines. The defense fortress is part of the structures of the walled city of Manila referred to as Intramuros (“within the walls”).

The fort is one of the most important historical sites in Manila. Several lives were lost in its prisons during the Spanish Colonial Period and World War II. José Rizal, the Philippines’ national hero, was imprisoned here before his execution in 1896. The Rizal Shrine museum displays memorabilia of the hero in their collection and the fort features, embedded onto the ground in bronze, his footsteps representing his final walk from his cell to the location of the actual execution.

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Ang Pangulo Ko: Manuel L. Quezon

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt_uYd-nYwI)

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As China and Taiwan celebrate the centenary of the Xinhai Revolution that finally overthrew the oppressive Qing Dynasty (October 10, 1911), led by Sun Yat-sen, many Filipinos do not know how Philippine and Chinese history are so intertwined even in the dawn of the 20th century. One of our heroes, Mariano Ponce, was actually a close friend of the Chinese nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen endearingly called by the Chinese as “The Father of the Nation” (國父). It was when Sun was exiled in Japan that he met Ponce, then a representative of the First Philippine Republic. It may have been awesome to witness the two Asian heroes talking, as Sun would listen to Ponce telling him of how Filipinos, Asians similar to the Chinese, fought the overwhelming might of the Spaniards and the Americans. It would not also come as a surprise that Sun Yat-sen may have heard of Jose Rizal, a very close companion of Mariano Ponce. It was to Ponce that Rizal addressed the first copy of Noli Me Tangere in Barcelona and it was Ponce that Rizal came running after for advise, for a good critique of his works (Por Telefono, etc), and for a need of a shock-absorber when Rizal was caught in the heat of the politics inside La Solidaridad. Rizal’s encouragement for Ponce to write was almost of unceasing prodding: “Onward. Fear nothing. You have good style.”

Back to the picture. At a glance, one would think that Ponce was the one in the seating position, and Sun in the standing pose. In reality it’s the opposite. This was taken at Ponce’s residence in Yokohama, Japan, dated 1899, three years after Rizal was shot in Bagumbayan.

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Mayamang kasaysayan at makukulay na obra, pinaliyab, aking pagmakabayan.

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Like the Quiapo Church, this church has also had its own share of tragedies and subsequent reconstructions. It was looted and burned in 1639, then reconstructed -  but was again damaged from a number of earthquakes that happened in 1645, 1859 and 1863. It was then proposed that the next reconstruction be built to withstand such calamities and then some, so this is when the idea of raising a steel church came in. Allegedly designed by Gustave Eiffel, the engineer of the famous Eiffel Tower, the basilica’s first column was erected in September 1890, and the whole church was completed August 16, 1891.

The Basilica de San Sebastian is the only all-steel church in Asia and it is a National Historical Landmark of the Philippines. The interior of the church was rendered in Gothic and its walls, columns are ceilings were painted by Lorenzo Rocha while the altars and the pulpit were designed by Lorenzo Guerrero. Despite the threats that this church faces - like the rusting of ceiling support due to the humid weather - it still never fails to amaze its many visitors and devotees with exemplary grandeur and elegance.

In 2006, San Sebastian Church made it to the tentative list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.

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10 Badass Women in Philippine History

Happy Independence Day, mga kababayan!

Someone once asked me who my favorite historical women were, and I regrettably did not and could not answer. I have so many answers, so I realized that I could only answer coherently in chunks. And since it’s Independence Day, I’ve decided to introduce to you my top 10 favorite women in Philippine history–some of which are household names, and the others who deserve to be household names.

Alright, here we go:

10.  María Gil y Montes de Sanchiz 

I first encountered Sanchiz in historian Ambeth Ocampo’s Looking Back, in the entry The Governor and the Feminist. During the late 1800s, when forces against colonial Spain were beginning to erupt, de Sanchiz was an influential and attractive woman who wrote subversive poems (which sadly have not survived today) but was protected by her status as the governor’s mistress. A brave woman whose ownership of her sexuality we could deem as ahead of her time, de Sanchiz deserves to be a feminist icon and I wish we have more information about her. 

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If you look at the other European languages, you will discover that the word for history, as in “historia” (Spanish), “histoire” (French), and “gesichte” (German), is the same word in those languages for story. Don’t we in Pilipino, sometimes use the Spanish word “historia”, which sounds the same as “istorya”? Now what about the word “kasaysayan”? I do not know how old the word is, but it is definitely richer than the Western words for history which are based largely on the Greek “historie” which means “an inquiry”. “Kasaysayan”, as it is taught in the University of the Philippines, Diliman (or at least when I was teaching there) is rooted in two words: “salaysay”, which means a narrative or story and, more important, “saysay”, or meaning. In my history classes I always propose the working definition of “kasaysayan” or history as a narrative (which can be written, visual, oral or a combination of all three) about past events that has meaning to a certain group of people in a given time and place. These two components of “kasaysayan” - “salaysay” and “saysay” are inseperable. Without both, you cannot have true history. I feel more strongly about “kasaysayan” than the Western words for history because in the latter, history can be a mere narrative of past events while “kasaysayan” is not just a narrative or a “salaysay” - it MUST have “saysay” or meaning. If we find meaning in history, then it will gain the power to change our lives. “Saysay” gives us a way of looking at the world, a Filipino viewpoint that influences the way we see the past, the present, and hopefully, the future.

- Ambeth R. Ocampo, in Meaning and History: The Rizal Lectures (2001). (via henantonioluna)

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The birth of the modern Philippine flag.

White triangle stands for equality and fraternity; the blue field for peace, truth and justice; and red field for patriotism and valor. The sun for unity, freedom and People’s Democracy. While the eight rays of the sun stand for eight provinces that revolted against the Spanish colonizers.

Designed by President Emilio Aguinaldo and sewn by Marcela Marino de Agoncillo.  Made in Hong Kong.

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Gabriela Silang 1731- 1763

Gabriela Silang was the first Filipina to lead a revolt against the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. She was part of the insurgent force led by her husband, Diego Silang. Gabriela was one of her husband’s closest advisors in the resistance. They collaborated with the British for the brief expulsion of the Spanish from the area. It was for four months after Diego’s assassination that Gabriela led a group against the Spanish, earning her the nickname “Generala.“ 

On September 10th, 1763, Gabriela led an attack on Vigan but the Spanish were ready. She was forced to retreat. With seven other men, Gabriela hid but was captured and sentenced to death. She and her fellow rebels were hung in Vigan’s city plaza. She became a martyr for Filipino women and anti-colonialism. 

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national museum, manila

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Wag po kayong magagalit maybe im wrong po but an aunt of mine said the economy was great during martial law (?)

May kwento ako sa ‘yo, dude. Makinig ka. Kwento lang rin sa akin ‘to sa department at classes namin.

May isang kilalang sociologist. Ang pangalan niya ay Randy David. Alam mo ba na noong martial law, may winasak siyang mga ethical rules para lang matiklo si Marcos?

Nagdamit Amerikana siya at ang mga kasamahan niya at dumire-diretso sa (ang alam ko) World Bank. Nagpanggap silang nagtatrabaho doon. Pumasok sila at kinuha lahat ng files na pruwebang tinatago lang ni Marcos ang lahat ng perang nakukuha nila sa mga iba’t ibang accounts (at hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin nadidiskubre lahat) para lang maipakitang hindi talaga maganda ang ekonomiya’t kaganapan sa Pilipinas noong martial law.

Hindi talaga “great” ang economy noong martial law. For a time, tumaas ito but that was under Marcos alone, not the martial law. Check mo sa internet, merong page sa Wikipedia na “Economic history of the Philippines between 1973-1986″ na ang unang sinasabi ay nakaranas ng economic downturn ang Pilipinas. Idineklara ang martial law mula 1972-1981. Bakit nagkaroon ng economic crisis? Dahil sa spending na pinaggagawa nila Marcos gamit ang pera ng masa at utang mula sa IMF at World Bank. Check ka sa Facebook, merong isang mahabang account ng spending at pinatunguhan ng mga perang nakalap ng pamilya Marcos.

The economy was not great during martial law. It was during Marcos’ first term. However, things went downhill from there on out.  Basahin mo ‘to para mas informative: http://countrystudies.us/philippines/57.htm.

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On Imperial Manila, by a Cebuano

Hi si agaynaldo po ito um ito po ang opinyon ko tungkol sa post na it is punishable by law to sing the national anthem in other dialects other than tagalog

Ive been trying to write a response pero ang arte ng tumblr ayaw magpost tatlong beses na ako nagsulat dito nakakapagod ito po pala ang nasulat ko. Anyway mostly experience and um like parang rant lang po to sorry po weird i just tend to infodump kasi

“Hi, Cebuano here. (I’m so sorry this was meant to be short but I have so many feelings about Manila imperialism)

It’s very rare to find a school or a Social Studies textbook that teaches/shows the Bisaya translation of the National Anthem. TBH I don’t think these textbooks even show it anymore. I think it’s like this because if the regions are taught the National Anthem in their native languages, it would seem as if our symbol of unity is not present: even if we sang the same song in essence, the words are different, and making our country come off as one that doesn’t have social cohesion. Even when united, we’re still divided.

I’ve never really heard the Bisaya version of the National Anthem - only small lines from my uncles, my parents, and my maternal grandfather from what little they could recall of it but I remember nothing anymore because I was like, four years old - but I’ve been told it exists only for translation purposes; I’m sure I would find it in USC-LRC (the University of San Carlos Learning and Research Center, they have a Cebuano Studies Library but I can’t be arsed to go up there, it’s up on a hill for one and for two I’m anaemic as fuck).

We’re not allowed to sing anything but the Tagalog version for morning assembly, and I remember in my elementary school we were taught to sing it in English, which musically was very disgusting and culturally just struck me as very strange because I found it so imperialist - both in a Tagalog and English sense - when TBH no one really gives a shit about the English version outside the Philippines? It’s not even properly translated - it was revised to sound nicer but even then it sounds really damn gross.

The Philippines is just so strange because the history, the culture, the development, lingua franca - it’s all based in Manila. Regions have never really known their history unless they’re History majors; and even when now they have introduced “Mother Tongue” for Grades 1 to 3 in non-Luzon regions, we are still withholding information from the children like the National Anthem. I think that’s way more important to teach, for at least knowledge purposes, instead of agham at matematika using Bisaya.

Filipino linguistics (yay my own major is useful) state that we can’t use our own language for sciences and mathematics, only English because it’s the universal language, so why torture the children when you can teach them the regional culture along with the language, as well as a sense of belonging and loyalty to their country instead. (That’s probably why kids are so conyo nowadays, because even their dialects are a pain in the ass to speak now.)“