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Carmen Guerrero Nakpil's Heroes and Villains

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The Visual Noli Me Tangere: 28 Paintings at the National Museum of Fine Arts

It was a Saturday morning when I went to the National Museum of Fine Arts. And if it weren't for a group of young people who were taking a selfie, I wouldn't have known that there is a special exhibit of twenty-eight Noli Me Tangere Paintings by Leonardo Tayao Cruz . This is the largest collection of paintings inspired by Jose Rizal 's novel. When one of the security guards approached the group to ask them to refrain from making a lot of noise, I got to talk to her afterward about the Museum. She advised me of the Noli Me Tangere exhibit which is located on the Judiciary Floor (Sandiganbayan Reception Hall and Gallery) . Right after my conversation with the guard, I went directly to the ground floor to see the paintings. The oil paintings were completed between 2002 and 2006. They were previously displayed at the Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago in 2008. The paintings were done in the classical-impressionist style which the artist is known for. ...

El Filibusterismo: The Death of Maria Clara De Los Santos

A drawing of Maria Clara by Vicente Manansala. National Museum of Fine Arts. As a Jose Rizal fan, it might sound blasphemous but I don't enjoy reading El Filibusterismo as compared to Noli Me Tangere . I find Rizal's writing a little hurried and the narrative complex in this book. As a sequel to Noli Me Tangere , it does tie up the loose ends that were left unanswered at the end of the book. I always get emotional whenever I read El Fili. Maybe it was all because of the "revolutionary" talk that happens throughout the story. The scenes in El Fili are graver and forthright. There seems to be a sense of darkness that surrounds every page. The Deal There is this particular chapter in El Fili where Simoun , the intrigue-laden protagonist, visits the infirmed Capitan Tiago . The old man is being taken care of by Basilio, the young orphan sacristan in Noli Me Tangere who is now a medical student. Captain Santiago de los Santos is the father of Maria Clara, the...

A Cebu Street Named Sanciangko

Sanciangko street in downtown Cebu City. A few weeks ago after finding my coin collection in my parents' house while vacationing in Manila, I decided to finally organize them and started looking for coin albums in bookstores. Unfortunately, I wasn't successful in any of the Manila stores that I went to. I ordered online but since the supplies were coming from China, it would take a couple of weeks. When I got back to Cebu, somebody mentioned that I should inquire in People's Supplies store which is located on Sanciangko street in downtown Cebu. One Saturday afternoon, I visited the store but to no avail. My friend and I decided to search in Elizabeth Mall which was just down the street. While walking towards the mall, I noticed Cebu Coliseum and the University of Cebu as well as a Sogo Motel (which is notorious during Valentine's week) on the same street. I always thought that Sanciangko was a Cebuano term or word with a Chinese origin. It never occurr...

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The Philippines is truly a diverse country. Aside from having thousands of islands, fifty different ways to cook adobo, we also have hundreds of languages and dialects. Filipinos are also innovative. One of the popular lingo or slang that came about during the 20th Century is known as Swardspeak or Beki.

The Secrets of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere

"To this end, I shall endeavor to show your condition, faithfully and ruthlessly. I shall lift a corner of the veil which shrouds the disease sacrificing to the truth everything even self-love---for, as your son, your defects and weaknesses are also mine." Jose Rizal 1886, Europe The first time I read Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere , it was a comic book version that my Dad bought from National Bookstore. It was designed for school kids since it was a short and sanitized version. You can tell that the artist's inspiration for Crisostomo Ibarra was Rizal. I think it was originally made in the 1960s. I still see National Bookstore selling them. My first full reading of Noli happened when I was in 6th grade. I borrowed my cousin's Noli textbook which was in Tagalog. It was engrossing and I had fun reading it. I didn't put the book down until I finished the story. Years later, I bought a copy of the English translation made by Ma....

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