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In the land now known as the Philippines, there was a time when colonial Spain ruled for more than 300 years. During a period when native Filipinos once called Indios were oppressed, exploited, and stripped of their human rights, Jose Rizal was born on the outskirts of Manila.
“What does it mean to be a Filipino?”
“Is it possible to incite change through knowledge and not violence?” He thought of those every day.
A doctor, novelist, and a painter who can speak 15 languages, Jose Rizal is a legendary figure who brought about national revolution through one epic novel!
Rizal was among the prominent Filipino nationalists during the Spanish occupation and is widely regarded as the country’s national hero. He stayed in Japan for over 6 weeks in 1888, en route to Europe from the Philippines. Historian Ambeth Ocampo notes that in Japan, Rizal “was a bit of an oddity.” “He had Asian features but wore Western clothes and spoke a Western language,” he wrote in a column for the Inquirer. Although Rizal stayed there for only 6 weeks, Ocampo said Rizal managed to learn enough of the local language “to express what he wanted.” While in Japan, Rizal was in a brief relationship with a Japanese woman named Usui Seiko or O-sei San. “I have stayed here longer than I intended, for the country seems to me very interesting and because in the future we shall have much to do and deal with Japan,” Rizal said in a letter to his family. There is a Rizal monument in Tokyo. But let this trailer from the manga producers tell you more. “The world of Japanese manga pays tribute to the quintessential Filipino,” it says. We think it will bring us to a journey of rediscovery – about the man, about us as a people. If Jose Rizal, the manga, doesn’t make any Filipino excited, it should at least give us goosebumps. – Rappler.comAdd a comment
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