On the occasion of Andres Bonifacio's Birth Annivesary aka a rambling holiday post
Yes, on 30 November 1863, this person who headed the KKK (aka Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang na Katipunan nang manga Anak ng Bayan* or Katipunan)
There is monument honoring this person and is always visited by our President every year (an opportunity to see in person up close a Head of State if ever one should want to) to place a wreath on the base of said structure.
It is an official holiday and we currently are enjoying another long weekend (after the 2015 APEC). Though I would love to go out and enjoy the day, I decided to do a staycation instead because most roads going our way will now and later will be a traffic nightmare as they have rerouted and closed-off one of the major thoroughfares in the NCR. See more about the rerouting nightmare here and here.
I was not an admirer of this man but learning more about him and his life (and the other heroes of the Philippine Revolution) while in college/university made me aware of how little I know about my country's rich history. I live near his monument for crying out loud! (A jeepney ride or a 15-minute walking distance to be specific) Oh, yeah. The Cry of Balintawak and The Cry of Pugad Lawin happened in my city! (-_-);;;;
Anyway, the point of this post is that I live in this city and I want my flist to get know more a bit about me and where I am from. This is one way to do that.
To know more about Gat. Andres Bonifacio and his monument that tells about a tumutuous moment in our young republic, you can go here and here is today's commemorative article of The Supremo. While this one was posted back in 2013 during the year-long celebration of his 150th Birth Anniversary.
*transliterated as The Highest, Most Respected Collection of the children of the Nation as it is "spelled" in the old Tagalog language. The words "nang' has become "ng" (as "nang" is used differently and meant something else while "manga" is shortened to "mga" because "manga" means something different in another Philippine language).
There is monument honoring this person and is always visited by our President every year (an opportunity to see in person up close a Head of State if ever one should want to) to place a wreath on the base of said structure.
It is an official holiday and we currently are enjoying another long weekend (after the 2015 APEC). Though I would love to go out and enjoy the day, I decided to do a staycation instead because most roads going our way will now and later will be a traffic nightmare as they have rerouted and closed-off one of the major thoroughfares in the NCR. See more about the rerouting nightmare here and here.
I was not an admirer of this man but learning more about him and his life (and the other heroes of the Philippine Revolution) while in college/university made me aware of how little I know about my country's rich history. I live near his monument for crying out loud! (A jeepney ride or a 15-minute walking distance to be specific) Oh, yeah. The Cry of Balintawak and The Cry of Pugad Lawin happened in my city! (-_-);;;;
Anyway, the point of this post is that I live in this city and I want my flist to get know more a bit about me and where I am from. This is one way to do that.
To know more about Gat. Andres Bonifacio and his monument that tells about a tumutuous moment in our young republic, you can go here and here is today's commemorative article of The Supremo. While this one was posted back in 2013 during the year-long celebration of his 150th Birth Anniversary.
*transliterated as The Highest, Most Respected Collection of the children of the Nation as it is "spelled" in the old Tagalog language. The words "nang' has become "ng" (as "nang" is used differently and meant something else while "manga" is shortened to "mga" because "manga" means something different in another Philippine language).