Rizal and his ‘bff’: My finds in Czechoslovakia
Blumentritt is a historic street in downtown Manila, an LRT station, and a public market named in honor of a 19th-century Czech schoolmaster who devoted the best part of his
Blumentritt is a historic street in downtown Manila, an LRT station, and a public market named in honor of a 19th-century Czech schoolmaster who devoted the best part of his
A seminar-workshop designed to help Filipino teachers better understand the relevance of the historical background of Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” will be conducted on April 26 to 28 at Telengtan Hall, University of Asia and the Pacific, on Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.
In an exhibit that aims to present art as witness to life, and society’s ills and conflicts, two Filipino artists tapped into Rizal’s work to re-define 19th century political resistance for the 2017 Venice Art Biennale. This year, the works of Lani Maesto and Manuel Ocampo, dubbed as The Spectre of Comparison, and curated by Joselina Cruz, will be mounted at the Arsenale, one of the event’s main exhibition spaces. The Spectre of Comparisons was drawn from the phrase El demonio de las comparaciones of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, a book that reflected the Filipino society under the Spanish regime. “The phrase encapsulates the experience of Rizal’s protagonist, Crisostomo Ibarra, when he gazes out at the botanical gardens of Manila and simultaneously sees the gardens of Europe,” Cruz said in a statement.
Excitement is being felt in the select circles of well-off art lovers and collectors as the art auction of León Gallery in Makati City approaches, an annual fundraising event for
Tall and elegant in bearing, Tita Loleng easily stood out in a crowd. She and my mom, who made up for her lesser height by standing straight and remaining slim well into her 60s, bonded in the way beautiful women do—in a common vanity. They never allowed themselves to appear dowdy, whether at home or in public.
Conclusion Paris On June 1883, Rizal left Madrid to visit Paris. He stayed at the Hotel de Paris but then moved to a cheaper hotel. His only complaint, if any,
Jose Rizal had wanted a simple burial at “Paang Bundok” (today’s Manila North Cemetery), but posterity has not granted him that wish. At Manila’s 58-hectare Rizal park, the remains of
There is an anecdote about how, when he was a little boy, Jose Rizal was glimpsed by his sisters Olimpia, Maria and Lucia at the back of their small nipa
Jose Rizal had wanted to be simply buried with a stone or a cross to mark the grave. The hero did not ask for a tall memorial to honor his
HEIDELBERG—It’s amazing what José Rizal managed to do in his short life span—and where he managed to go. From continent to continent, city to city, Rizal traversed the world in
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