CULTURAL MAPPING

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Name of object
English name:
Touch me not
Popular name:
Noli Me tangere
Local name:
Noli
Cultural Group Collected from:

The Noli Me Tangere has been around since spanish era in the Philippines. It
was written as a wake-up call to Filipinos because during the Spanish regime,
Filipinos were being mistreated by Spaniards in their own country.
Nature of occasion it was used:
The Noli Me Tangere was used to wake up Filipinos.
Donor name:
Jose Rizal
Where the object can be viewed or seen:
Noli Me Tangere can be seen in most museums especially in Natural Museum.
Colors:

The color of the Noli Me Tangere is mainly brown because it is too old. Now Noli
Me Tangere still brown because it is part of the ancient things.
Dimension:
9 inches or 22cm. It has 24 chapters in it.
Present condition:
This Noli Me Tangere is still good but it is really too brittle because of it has
been aged and lots of years has passed.
Functional description:
People use this as their references and for academic purposes.
Documentation:

Noli Me Tangere is a novel written in Spanish by Filipino writer and national

hero José Rizal, first published in 1887 in Berlin, Germany. The English translation
was originally titled The Social Cancer. The novel is about the abuses that Philippine
natives were suffering at the hands of the Spanish friars.
Name:
Alecsandra Mae Cendaña
Date:
December 06, 2019