Filipino Cultural Week!

Hello lovely people! Welcome to another post, today we are celebrating the Filipino cultural week! This week will be full of joy and happiness.  In this week we will be hosting games, learning a few words
and performing, this is to celebrate the Filipino Independence day.

If you don't know Philippine Independence day is a day where we celebrate our declaration of independence from Spain. All this happened on June 12, 1898.

Some history........

Philippine Independence day is a day of war and love varied through the nation's history. The earliest recorded was when Andres Bonifacio, along with Emilio Jacinto,  Restituto Javier, Guillermo Masangkay, Aurelio Tolentino, Faustino Manalak, Pedro Zabala and a few other Katipuneros went to the Pamitinan Cave in Montalban, Rizal to initiate new members of the Katipunan.

Credit: theculturetrip.com

'Bonifacio wrote Viva la Independencia Filipina! or Long Live Philippine independence on walls of the cave to express the goal of their secret society. Bonifacio also led the Cry of Pugad Lawin, which signals the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. Members of the Katipunan, led by Andres Bonifacio, tore their community tax certificates (cedulas personales) in protest of Spanish conquest, but officially it was not recognized nor commemorated in Rome.'

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On 1964, June 12 was observed as Flag Day in the country/ In 1965, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 374, which moved Nation Flag day to May 28 (the date the Philippine flag was first flown in the battle of Alapan located in Imus, Cavite in 1898.  


That was a lot of history wasn't it? Right so what we do on that day, is we celebrate, celebrate our freedom,  what we do to celebrate is we dance, folk dances like Cariñosa, Tinikling etc....

Well, that is probably all I have to say, we will officially be performing on Wednesday (School time), and Friday evening, from 6pm to 8pm. Come to Hornby High School Auditorium, to learn about a new culture enjoy performances.