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Lechon is pork dish in several regions of the world, most specifically Spain and its former colonial possessions throughout the world. The word lechón originated from the Spanish term leche (milk); thus, lechón refers to a suckling pig that is roasted. The dish features a whole roasted pig cooked over charcoal. Additionally, according to Agham (Science) Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones, lechon is the national dish of the Philippines.
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Araw ng Kagitingan is a national holiday in the Philippines which commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II.
The Bataan Death March (also known as The Death March of Bataan) took place in the Philippines in 1942 and was later accounted as a Japanese war crime. The 60 mi (97 km) march occurred after the three-month Battle of Bataan, part of the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42), during World War II. In Japanese, it is known as Batān Shi no Kōshin (バターン死の行進?), with the same meaning.
The “march”, or forcible transfer of 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war, was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, and resulted in very high fatalities inflicted upon prisoners and civilians alike by the armed forces of the Empire of Japan.[2]
Route of the death march. Section from San Fernando to Capas was by rail.
The treatment of the American prisoners was characterized by its dehumanization, as the Imperial soldiery “felt they were dealing with subhumans and animals.” Trucks were known to drive over those who fell or succumbed to fatigue, and “cleanup crews” put to death those too weak to continue. Marchers were harassed with random bayonet stabs and beatings. Accounts of being forcibly marched for five to six days with no food and a single sip of water are in postwar archives including filmed reports.
The exact death count is impossible to determine, but some historians have placed the minimum death toll between 6,000 and 11,000 men; other postwar Allied reports have tabulated that only 54,000 of the 72,000 prisoners reached their destination — taken together, the figures document a rate of death from one in four up to two in seven of those on the death march. The number of deaths that took place in the internment camps from the delayed effects of the march is considerably more.
On May 30, 2009, at the 64th and final reunion of Bataan Death March survivors in San Antonio, Texas, the Japanese ambassador to the United States apologized to an assembly of survivors for Imperial Japan’s treatment of Allied prisoners of war, on behalf of the Japanese government.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljdecsdUmt1qdk87wo1_500.jpg)
Araw ng Kagitingan is a national holiday in the Philippines which commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II.
The Bataan Death March (also known as The Death March of Bataan) took place in the Philippines in 1942 and was later accounted as a Japanese war crime. The 60 mi (97 km) march occurred after the three-month Battle of Bataan, part of the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42), during World War II. In Japanese, it is known as Batān Shi no Kōshin (バターン死の行進?), with the same meaning.
The “march”, or forcible transfer of 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war, was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, and resulted in very high fatalities inflicted upon prisoners and civilians alike by the armed forces of the Empire of Japan.[2]
Route of the death march. Section from San Fernando to Capas was by rail.
The treatment of the American prisoners was characterized by its dehumanization, as the Imperial soldiery “felt they were dealing with subhumans and animals.” Trucks were known to drive over those who fell or succumbed to fatigue, and “cleanup crews” put to death those too weak to continue. Marchers were harassed with random bayonet stabs and beatings. Accounts of being forcibly marched for five to six days with no food and a single sip of water are in postwar archives including filmed reports.
The exact death count is impossible to determine, but some historians have placed the minimum death toll between 6,000 and 11,000 men; other postwar Allied reports have tabulated that only 54,000 of the 72,000 prisoners reached their destination — taken together, the figures document a rate of death from one in four up to two in seven of those on the death march. The number of deaths that took place in the internment camps from the delayed effects of the march is considerably more.
On May 30, 2009, at the 64th and final reunion of Bataan Death March survivors in San Antonio, Texas, the Japanese ambassador to the United States apologized to an assembly of survivors for Imperial Japan’s treatment of Allied prisoners of war, on behalf of the Japanese government.
The Twin Churches of Sampaloc
The main church is the Church of Sampaloc where Our Lady of Loreto is currently venerated, the feast day for Our Lady of Loreto will be on the second Sunday of December. The adjacent Church is the Chapel of VOT or the Venerable Orden Tercera, another Franciscan Order. The VOT Chapel is now the Saint Anthony of Padua Parish. The image of Saint Anthony came from the Intramuros Church of the Franciscans.
The old VOT chapel is another Felix Roxas creation, aside from the Santo Domingo and San Ignacio in Intramuros. The twin churches are patterned after the same configuration of the mother church of the Franciscan Order in Intramuros.
Notice that the bell tower of the VOT chapel did not change though.
I’m more familiar with Saint Anthony since we attend masses here when I was still living in Sampaloc.
Sources
http://ofmarchivesphilfoto1.tripod.com/ofm_i_archives_philippines_photo_gallery/index.album/our-lady-of-loreto-church-sampaloc-manila-1613?i=3
http://loeweann.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/archdiocesan-shrine-of-our-lady-of-loreto-parish-twin-churches-of-bustillos/
http://philippinetravelnotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/twin-churches-of-bustillos.html
Chicharon - Deep-fried pork rind cracklings. They’re thin pieces of pork rind grilled and then deep-fried until crispy and best eaten with vinegar. Some entrepreneur already sell chicharon made out of fish skins.
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Chicharong Bulaklak - Deep-fried pork intestine cracklings. They’re the pig’s intestine grilled and then deep-fried until crispy and best eaten with vinegar.
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Balut - It is a duck’s embryo still in shell. It can be paired with vinegar or with plain salt.. It’s an egg with a chick inside, a partially formed egg yolk and a hard piece of egg white. The unhatched could either be 16 days or 18 days… ^^ the best way to introduce foreigners in the philippines.. haha,it doesnt look so good but its definitely delicious..
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06. Halatang Pinoy Ka kung nakapanood ka na ng Batibot.
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Manila Retro
I downloaded some fonts and decided to test it over some old pictures of Manila I got from here. Lets go retro!
Blogged: Manila in the Eyes of a Davaoeño
“Horrendous traffic. Very dirty. Crowded. Stressful way of life.”
These are some words that my friends use to describe Manila. Some of them discourage me of visiting Manila; they keep insisting that I should visit Baguio, Batangas or Laguna instead. But I always have this urge to travel and explore Manila. Behind the towering skyscrapers of Makati Central Business District and the heavily polluted waterways and highways lies the soul of Manila, curling up in her own bed, crying.
One misunderstood soul.
Armed with only Php 1,500, I flew to Manila in search of her soul whilst braving its chaotic environment.
And then I discovered the real beauty of Manila.
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