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A sample of Rizal's illustration of The Monkey and The Turtle. The Turtle and the Monkey (Tagalog: Ang Pagong at ang Matsing or Si Pagong at si Matsing) also known as The Monkey and the Turtle is a Philippine fable. It involves the tortoise outwitting a monkey over a banana tree.
Makamisa (English: After Mass) is an unfinished novel by Filipino patriot and writer José Rizal. The original manuscript was found by historian Ambeth Ocampo in 1987 while going through a 245-page collection of papers. This draft is written in pure, vernacular Lagueño Tagalog and has no written direct signature or date of inscription.
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 ...
In 1901, the American Governor General William Howard Taft suggested that the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Commission name Rizal a national hero for Filipinos. 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 ...
On July 3, 1892, Dr. Jose Rizal establishes La Liga Filipina, a peaceful reform movement that aims to unite all Filipinos and give them one voice. One of its members is Andres Bonifacio, who is currently supporting his siblings, as both their parents died due to illness. Rizal is later arrested after the Spanish authorities uncover the ...
The name "Mariang Makiling" is the Spanish-Tagalog contraction of "Maria ng Makiling" (Maria of Makiling). The term is a Hispanicized evolution of an alternate name for the Diwata, "Dayang Makiling"-"dayang" being an Austronesian word meaning "princess" or "noble lady". [6]
Ilustrado (transl. erudite) is a 2014 Philippine television drama period series broadcast by GMA Network.Directed by King Mark Baco, it stars Alden Richards.The series is based on the life of Philippine hero José Rizal.
In the novel, María Clara is regarded as the most beautiful and celebrated lady in the town of San Diego. A devout Roman Catholic, she became the epitome of virtue; "demure and self-effacing" and endowed with beauty, grace and charm, she was promoted by Rizal as the "ideal image" [1] of a Filipino woman who deserves to be placed on the "pedestal of male honour".