#Manil

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The Rizal Monument, located in Manila, Philippines, stands as a powerful symbol of national pride and freedom. Dedicated to Dr. José Rizal, the country's national hero, this iconic landmark commemorates his courage, intellect, and sacrifice in the fight for Philippine independence.

Rizal's writings, particularly his novels *Noli Me Tangere* and *El Filibusterismo*, inspired a revolution against colonial rule. His execution in 1896 further ignited the spirit of resistance among Filipinos. Today, the monument serves as a reminder of the enduring struggle for justice, equality, and national identity.

Whether you're a history enthusiast, a traveler, or simply someone who appreciates stories of heroism, the Rizal Monument is a testament to the power of ideas and the enduring legacy of one man's love for his country. 🇵🇭✨

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Squirrel FM: Got your back.

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Manil 1986... though Rembrandt's chiaroscuro is the bottom line, McAvenie, Strachan, Souness... very rare Scotland cards issued only in Portugal.

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1978 Philippines, Manila, chasing a rat in a starless hotel

[carbone14]

Evacuation sanitaire à bord d'un Curtiss C-46 Commando depuis Manille – Campagne des Philippines (1944-1945) – Philippines – 1945

©National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring - D45-416-34G

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Travel Destination: India

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

Vishnu, the odd-job man, lies dying on the staircase of an apartment building while around him unfold the lives of its inhabitants: warring housewives, lovesick teenagers, a grieving widower. In a fevered state, Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Five years ago, Geeta good for nothing husband walked out leaving her, however the local villiage believe she killed him.

This untrue rumour has some perks, no one messes with her, harasses her or tries to control her (aka marry her), it’s even great for business nobody dares not to buy her jewellery.

However it does have it downside because other women are asking for advice on “losing” their husbands as well and some aren’t asking nicely.

The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

 To cure her post–senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen is ready to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back.

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Lakshmi Shastri has spent years carving out a life for herself as a henna artist after fleeing her abusive husband and backward rural village for the Rajasthan capital.

Well-versed in apothecary and the miraculous properties of herbs, her services are highly sought after by upper-caste women, and Lakshmi’s success brings her within inches from her goal: total independence. That is, until the past she has so desperately tried to run from comes knocking at her door...

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a legal education from Oxford.

While handlings the will of a wealthy mill owner, Perveen comes across something strange all three widows have sighed away their inheritance to charity, how will they survive with nothing Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. It's her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that nobody is in further danger.

[keeptheemptinessaway]

Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag, Lino Brocka (1975)

Cinematography: Mike De Leon, Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr. | Philippines

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La taille de ces arbres!

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HES BEING SO MEAN IM FUCKIJG EIDIERI

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30 Avril, 18h47 - Manille, Philippines #travel #travelphotography #travelphoto #voyage #voyages #philippines #philippines🇵🇭 #philipinestravel #luzon #manilialuzon #luzonphilippines #luzonphilippines🇵🇭 #manille #manillephilippines #manilia #maniliaphilipines #manila #manilaphilippines #manilaphilippines🇵🇭 #manilaphilipines #manilaphilippine #manilaphilippines🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 (à Manila, Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrwIc2vtZZ2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Kate Summerscale – Fobiler ve Maniler Kitabı (2023)

Homofobi gibi bildiğimiz fobilerden insanı şaşırtan yumurta, saç, sessizlik korkularına, hatta her şeyden (pantofobi) korkmaya dek uzanan çok sayıda fobi mevcut. Anlamlandıramadığımız mani ve fobilerimizin arkasında ne yatıyor? Bizi pençesine almış bu takıntılardan kurtulmanın bir yolu yok mudur? Peki, dünyada bunları bir tek biz mi yaşıyoruz? Kate Summerscale, ‘Fobiler ve Maniler Kitabı: A’dan…

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1978 Philippines, Manila

[feng-shui71]

USHDJSGFHDJF LMAOOOO

Jane’s an odd one Jords.

I like to think in my silly little head that Jordan and Janes friendship is like Ann Perkins and Leslie Knopes friendship from Parks and Rec <3 @feng-shui71

-full pic/ref under cut

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Mode-palace : album mensuel des dernières créations parisiennes. No. 7, juillet 1908, Paris. Planche coloriée no. 257. Toilettes d’été. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Première figurine. — Toilette en shantung de nuance mode, ornée de larges biais quadrillés de soutache line. Tunique-corselet, légèrement drapée devant et ornée de petits glands en passementerie sur une jupe unie. Corsage à triple bretelles, descendant sur les manches ballon en guipure, volantées de dentelle. Guimpe en guipure. Chapeau en paille anglaise, drapé de tulle et orné d’un panache de plumes.

First figure. — Shantung ensemble in a fashionable shade, decorated with large squared soutache line bias. Corselet tunic, lightly draped in front and decorated with small tassels in trimmings on a plain skirt. Bodice with triple straps, falling over the guipure balloon sleeves, ruffled with lace. Guipure guimpe. English straw hat, draped in tulle and decorated with a plume of feathers.

Métrages: shantung, 10 mètres; laize de guipure, 2 mètres.

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Deuxième figurine. — Toilette en voile de laine uni. Jupe-corselet croisée, ornée de boutons avec ganses. Corsage en linon brodé et mantelet en voile bordé d’une frange de soie. Manches courtes, bordées de franges sur les manches ballon en linon brodé. Chapeau en paille yedda, orné d’un nœud de soie claire et de plumes.

Second figure. — Ensemble in plain wool voile. Crossed corselet skirt, decorated with buttons with braids. Embroidered lawn bodice and veil mantellet edged with silk fringe. Short sleeves, edged with fringes on the balloon sleeves in embroidered lawn. Yedda straw hat, decorated with a light silk bow and feathers.

Métrages: voile, 6 mètres; linon, 3 mètres.

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Troisième figure. — Tunique princesse, drapée devant en lainage ou crêpe de Chine, bordée de soie pékinée et ornée de boutons avec ganses. Le corsage fournit les manches courtes, garnies comme la jupe et volantées de dentelle. Col en soie pékinée et cravate de dentelle. Chapeau en paille manille, orné de plumes.

Third figure. — Princess tunic, draped in front in wool or crepe de Chine, lined with pekin silk and decorated with buttons with braids. The bodice provides short sleeves, trimmed like the skirt and ruffled with lace. Pekin silk collar and lace tie. Manila straw hat, decorated with feathers.

Métrages: tissu, 7 mètres; soie, 2 mètres.

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"Osmanlı'da Ramazan" ✨🌙

Osmanlı Devletinde, Ramazan ayı her zaman önemli bir yer tutardı. Osmanlı'da Ramazan'a özel bazı gelenekler vardı.

✨🌙 Narh Defteri; Ramazan yaklaşırken ekmek ve eşya fiyatlarının inip çıkmaması için devlet tarafından sabit fiyatlar belirleniyordu ve belgelerle kayıtlara geçiyordu. Bu kayıtların tümü Narh Defteri'nde toplanıyordu ve tüm bakkal ve esnaflara iletiliyordu.

✨🌙 Tembihnameler; Osmanlı Devleti, halkının bu mübarek ay içerisinde nasıl davranması gerektiğini belirten bir "Tembihname" yayınlardı. Müslümanların, 5 vakit namazlarını camide cemaatle beraber kılması ve Gayrimüslimlerin açık alanlarda yemek yememesi gibi konular yer alıyordu.

✨🌙 Davulcular ve Sarı Çiçek; Ramazan davulcuları, davullarına tokmaklarını vurmadan evvel pencereleri süzerdi. Eğer bir pencere kenarında "Sarı Çiçek" varsa orada davulunu çalmazdı. Sarı çiçeğin manası "Bu evde hasta var" demekti.

✨🌙 Zimem Defteri; Zenginler, hiç tanımadıkları mıntıkalardaki bakkal, manav vb. dükkanlarına girer, onlardan "Zimem" yani "Veresiye" defterlerini çıkarmalarını isterdi. Baştan, ortadan ve sondan rastgele sayfalar açarak "Silin borçlarını, Allah kabul etsin" derlerdi.

✨🌙 Kahvehaneler; Ramazanın vazgeçilmez tutkularından olan kahvehaneler, teravihten sonra başlayıp bazen sahura kadar devam eden sohbet ve dinlenme yerleri idi. O dönemde entelektüel çevrenin toplandığı, kitaplar okunan, sohbetler yapılan mekanlardı.

✨🌙 Huzur Dersleri; Ramazan ayının 10 veya 8 gününü kapsardı. Bir alimin seçilen ayeti tefsir etmesiyle başlayan dersler soru-cevap şeklinde ilerlerdi. Bu derslerin yapılacağı yeri Padişah belirlerdi.

✨🌙 Ramazan Eğlenceleri; Gündüz saatlerinde birçok kişi evinde dinlenirken iftar sonrasında eğlenceler başlatılırdı. Sahur vaktine kadar karagöz, orta oyunu ve meddah gibi oyunlar oynatılırdı. Bunun dışında sahura doğru davulcuların sokaklara çıkmasıyla maniler okunurdu.

✨🌙 Diş Kirası; İftar saatinde kim kapıyı çalmışsa kesinlikle geri çevrilmezdi. Büyük konaklarda hem zenginler hem de ihtiyaç sahipleri için sofralar kurulurdu. Misafirler uğurlanırken "Bu akşam sizi yedirdik, içirdik dişinizi eskittik" denilerek avuçlarına para bırakılırdı.

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Hi, I want to ask if you have any topics about the Philippine-American War? I have gotten myself in Philippine History and I want to know deeper. Thanks:)

I was thinking of many ways on how to answer this because this is such a large and complicated topic but I could just try to summarize some stuff here and tell you what I know and what I could find.

The Filipino-American war mainly started as Filipinos felt betrayed by their former American allies after the country was sold to them by Spain after the Spanish-American war during the Treaty of Paris of 1898 for $20 million alongside other Spanish colonies like Puerto Rico, Guam, and Cuba (American Historical Association, n.d.). This feeling of betrayal had come from the fact that the leader and dictator president of the Filipino revolutionaries, Emilio Aguinaldo of the Kataastaasang Kagalang-galang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (en. The Supreme and Honorable Association of the Children of the Nation) or the Katipunan for short, actually sought assistance from the Americans in Hong Kong during the Filipino Revolutionary War against Spain which was happening at the same time (Kedmey, 2013). This is why tensions were so high with the Americans when they first formally colonized the Philippines.

Interestingly, the purchase also included some territories that weren't actually part of Spanish rule such as the Sultanate of Sulu as well as some indigenous territories which led to a strained relationship with the Americans moving forward such as the independent Moros of Muslim Mindanao later being forced to assimilate to the rest of the colony of the Philippines despite previous agreements that state that they will leave them alone, mirroring the way the United States government treated Native Americans (Gowing, 1968).

Fighting between the American army and the Filipino army first broke out when on February 4, 1899 after Private William W. Grayson fired at 4 Filipino soldiers who cocked their rifles in response to them ordering the men to halt which later broke out into the Battle of Manile of 1899 (Chaput, 2012). As the Filipinos and Americans declared war on each other, the Katipuneros resorted to the mountains to start guerilla warfare against the American army (Philippine-American War, n.d.) which then lasted until 1901 when Aguinaldo was captured on March 23, 1901, just a day after Aguinaldo's birthday actually with the capture being attributed to two of his men, Lazaro Segovia and Hilario Tal Placido who betrayed him to the Americans with his other men still being too relaxed from the festivities the day before (Ocampo, 2010).

The fighting continued despite his capture and surrender until the last of the generals, General Macario Sakay, surrendered in July 14, 1906 who was then later executed along side his men on September 13, 1907 despite the initial promise of amnesty by the American government (Pangilinan & Pimintel, 2008).

The war ended the lives of 4,300 American soldiers with only 1,500 having been killed in action with the rest succumbing to diseases, while Filipino forces suffered 20,000 casualties alongside the death of 200,000 Filipino civilians due to hunger, disease, and combat (Philippine-American War, n.d.).

The violence of the situation and especially committed by the American soldiers prompted a lot of protests in the United States to stop the war immediately, as letters of the situation had been sent back to their homes which describes in excruciating detail the war crimes that these soldiers were ordered to commit such as blockading and burning down villages, extreme torture of captured and suspected enemies, and much more. The most well-known of these torture methods that I remember being taught to us in history classes as early as 4th grade was the "Water Cure" where American soldiers would force water down the victim's throat in and force them to vomit it back out. This article has a detailed account of the exact nature of this torture method as it discusses the torture of Mayor Joveniano Ealdama of Igbaras, who, although no American troop was actually hurt in his town, was tortured with his town being burnt down by the Americans the very next day (Vestal, 2017).

I do have to be honest, I was utterly shocked at how little Americans really knew about the Philippine American colonial era and by extension the Philippine-American war especially with the sheer amount of brutality the Americans had done to Filipino locals as well as the large impact the American government and American culture has had in my country and I am glad that more and more people are starting to learn more about this but it's still rather disappointing.

Videos on the Philippine-American War

If you want to learn more about the Philippine-American War, I have a couple of recommendations for videos that you can watch.

This video by Crash Course explains the origins of American Imperial idealization as well as the wars that led up to the colonization of the many territories that America acquired during this time era:

Here's a good summary by history teacher Mr. Beat of the major aspects of the war as well as the American public's perception of it that you can watch:

Here's a video made with a Filipino-perspective by Jonas Tayaban on the topic:

Here's a summary in Tagalog. It doesn't have English subtitles though but it does detail more things about the build-up and the subsequent wars between Spain and America and later the Philippines and Spain and then America too:

Movies about the Philippine-American War

I would also be remiss to not suggest some historical movies that tackle the events of this time period and especially TBA Studios' Artikulo Uno films Heneral Luna (2015) which focuses on the most popular and effective general of the revolution Gen. Antonio Luna, and Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral (2018) which focuses on Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar, one the youngest generals of Filipino history who died a very tragic death at a young age:

You can watch the full movie here complete with English Subtitles

Another well-known movie about this time period is Viva Films' El Presidente (2012), although I had heard people say it's very much biased to the controversial dictator president Aguinaldo's side with many people citing that as the reason why they don't like the film.

Here's a reupload of the full-movie. It doesn't have subtitles though.

I don't know of any American-made movies that focuses on this topic and I know there's several other films that focus more on the politics of the Katipunan and the Filipino Revolutionary War against Spain, but not necessarily the Philippine-American War so if anyone has other suggestions, please let me know.

I would also like to suggest documentaries but most of the ones I've seen are on World War II and the others are other YouTube videos by history channels that I'm not too familiar with made by mostly white American YouTubers. Not that that would disqualify their videos (I did reference both John Green and Mr. Beat here) but I don't know these history channels and their hosts enough to recommend them in good faith as of right now.

Books and Further Reading on the Philippine-American War

For books on the subject, I often reference the many writings of Ambeth Ocampo such as his Looking Back series, specifically:

Looking Back 2: Dirty Dancing (Shopee, Lazada, Amazon)

Looking Back 11: Independence x6 (Shopee, Lazada)

Looking Back 13: Guns of the Katipunan (Shopee, Lazada)

I'm also currently interested in buying some other books about the topic like The Hills of Sampaloc: The Opening Actions of the Philippine-American War, February 4-5, 1899 (Shopee, Amazon) but I don't really have any extra money to spare for it right now.

I remember that my father had some other books about this too but the names had escaped me and it's far too much work to try to sort out through his entire book pile in our house.

I hope this answer's comprehensive enough since the subject is, as I said before, quite complex and rather large so I can't really get into all the specifics right now.

References:

American Historical Association. (n.d.). How Did America Enter the Picture?. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/gi-roundtable-series/pamphlets/em-24-what-lies-ahead-for-the-philippines-(1945)/how-did-america-enter-the-picture

Chaput, D. (2012). Private William W Grayson's War in the Philippines, 1899. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from https://ne-test-site8.cdc.nicusa.com/sites/ne-test-site8.cdc.nicusa.com/files/doc/publications/NH1980GraysonWar1899.pdf

Gowing, P. (1968). Muslim-American Relations in the Philippines, 1899-1929. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from https://asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-06-03-1968/gowing-muslim-american%20relations%20in%20the%20philippines%201899-1920.pdf

Kedmey, D. (2013, June 13). Exiled in Hong Kong: Famous Company for Edward Snowden.Time. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from https://world.time.com/2013/06/15/exiled-in-hong-kong-famous-company-for-edward-snowden/slide/general-emilio-aguinaldo/

Ocampo, A. (2010). Looking Back 2: Dirty Dancing. Anvil Publishing

Pangilinan, F., & Pimintel, A. (2008, September 9). A Resolution Expressing the Sense of the Senate Honoring the Sacrifice of Macario Sakay and all other Filipinos who Gave Up their Lives in the Philippine-American War for our Freedom, Senate Resolution No. 623, 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/83927584!.pdf

Philippine-American War. In Britannica. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from https://www.britannica.com/event/Philippine-American-War

Vestal, A. (2017). The First Wartime Water Torture by Americans. Retrieved on 3 February 2024, from https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol69/iss1/2/