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  2. The Turtle and the Monkey - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the story can be traced to the Ilocano, [3] which is linked to Indian arts. [4] The Ilocano version of the story offers an explanation on why monkeys don't eat meat. Versions of the story have a common theme of a weaker but cunning character (the tortoise or turtle) winning over a stronger adversary (the monkey). [3]

  3. A la juventud filipina - Wikipedia

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    In this poem, it is the Filipino youth who are the protagonists, whose "prodigious genius" making use of that education to build the future, was the "bella esperanza de la patria mía" (beautiful hope of the motherland). Spain, with "pious and wise hand" offered a "crown's resplendent band, offers to the sons of this Indian land."

  4. Mi último adiós - Wikipedia

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    At home, the Rizal ladies recovered a folded paper from the stove. On it was written an unsigned, untitled and undated poem of 14 five-line stanzas. The Rizals reproduced copies of the poem and sent them to Rizal's friends in the country and abroad. In 1897, Mariano Ponce in Hong Kong had the poem printed with the title "Mí último pensamiento ...

  5. José Rizal - Wikipedia

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    Jose Rizal was an ideal candidate, favourable to the American occupiers since he was dead, and non-violent, a favourable quality which, if emulated by Filipinos, would not threaten the American rule or change the status quo of the occupiers of the Philippine islands. Rizal did not advocate independence for the Philippines either. [108]

  6. List of artwork by Jose Rizal - Wikipedia

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    Sacred Heart of Jesus by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, snippet from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot A Study of the Growth of Free Ideas in the Trans-Pacific American Territory By Austin Craig · 1913: Sacred Heart of Jesus Ateneo de Manila University: Carved at age 14 of Baticuling wood. The image left at Rizal's cell in ...

  7. Pucker Up! This Is Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe at ... - AOL

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    The mistletoe smooch wouldn’t have existed as a popular tradition prior to 1720 because John Colbatch, an English apothecary and physician, wrote an extensive book, 1719, and a pamphlet, 1720 ...

  8. El Consejo de los Dioses - Wikipedia

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    El Consejo de los Dioses (English Translation: The Council of the Gods) is a play written in Spanish by Filipino writer and national hero José Rizal, first published in 1880 in Manila by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila in 1880, and later by La Solidaridad in 1883.

  9. List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines

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    Jose Rizal made this map from August to September 1892 assisted by Francisco Paula de Sanchez, his favorite teacher in Ateneo de Manila. It was intended as a way for teaching geography and history to Rizal's pupils in Dapitan and part of Rizal's beautification project to the town plaza. 2005 [17] Daraga Church: Daraga, Albay: 1773