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Rizal in Dapitan
1892-1896
 reason for Rizal's
exile:
1. For publishing anti-Church books and articles
2. Possession of Pobres Frailes, leaflets containing
advocacies banned by Spain
3. For dedicating his El Filibusterismo to the three
martyr priests--Gomez, Burgos Zamora; putting “the
only salvation for the Philippines was separation
from the mother country (Spain)” on the novel’s title
page
4. Criticizing religion and aiming for its exclusion in the
Filipino culture

https://janinekarlablog.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/noli-me-tangere-and-
el-filibusterismo-summary-with-a-reflection/
 Arrival
July 14, 1982- he was notified that he would be taken to Dapitan in M
10:00pm. At 1 am boat “Cebu” sailed to Dapitan

WAS GIVEN A GOOD CABIN ON DECK, MARKED "JEFES"

Boat "CEBU" arrived in Dapitan July 17th

FATHER PABLO PASTELLS

FATHER ANTONIO OBACH

Father Superior  Pastells informed Father Obach 
that Rizal could live at the parish convent on the
following conditions:

"make a public retraction of his religious errors,

issue statements unmistakably pro-Spanish,
undergo the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius
make a general Confession,
lead a model religious and pro-Spanish life"
Life in Dapitan
On October 25th 1892, it is believed that
Rizal would devote himself to
agriculture. Stating that "if my situation
changes and I could enjoy full freedom
to cultivate"

His letters to Blumentritt gave us a clear

picture of his life in dapitan.

square house, a six-sided house, and

an eightsided house
he can see the shore, the sea where I
have two small boats- canoes or
barotos as they are called here.
"I have many fruit trees . . . I have
rabbits, dogs, cats, etc"
he learned a new language, Bisayan ,
and how to handle a boat
he won a lottery prize
July 1894 he made a successful
operation on his mother's eye
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PTkrrBPZCuo/U9XfdBnJIHI/AAAAAAAAAFs/JG7DgoFPRck/s1600/30.png
As a teacher

https://www.canadianfilipino.net/sections/culture/jose-rizal-and-the-filipino-
language-second-of-a-three-part-series
Rizal built a school and dormitory that started with
3 and end up with 21 young boys from prominent
families
They have free matriculation; he made them help
him instead in his various works like community
projects
Subjects include reading and writing in English and
Spanish, mathematics, geography, history,
industrial work, nature study, and morals
Physical activities outside class hours include
gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, boxing, arnis,
and stone-throwing
 As an architect,
engineer, and inventor
Rizal applied his title as expert surveyor to construct a
dam and waterworks system
He drained the marshes to solve the town’s malaria
issue
Built the town’s street lighting system using lamps
made of coconut oil, under a P500 budget a patient
paid him
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-
oimc4IwLnpg/U9Xh8yIgfTI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/IAVsI8RJcC8/s1600/32.png
Applied some of his knowledge in landscape
architecture to beautify the town plaza
He made a special lighter known as ‘sulpukan’; he gave
it to Blumentritt as a gift
He conceived of a wooden-brick maker
AS A PHYSICIAN

Rizal provided free medical service to his patients, most of them

underprivileged
But he also had wealthy patients like Don Francisco Azcarraga who paid
him a cargo of sugar
August 1983, he treated his mother Teodora Agoncillo on her third
ophthalmology surgery
Operation was successful but Doña Teodora disobeyed Rizal and removed
her bandages early, leading to irritation and infection.
As an agriculturist

Rizal started a 16 hectare farm; he expanded to 70 hectares of

fruit-bearing trees
He planted cacao, coffee, sugarcane, and coconuts
He invested in and imported various agricultural machineries
from America and taught the locals the modern agricultural
methods
Rizal thought of transforming another town nearby, Sitio Ponot,
as a cattle-raising and cash-crop farm land; it never materialized
for the local government didn’t supported him
As a businessman
Rizal invested in fishing, copra, and hemp
industry together with his partner Ramon
Carreon
Rizal noted the potential of fishing in the
province in one of his letter to his brother-
in-law Manuel Hidalgo
Hemp is their most successful business,
where they ship to Manila
He organized the Cooperative Association of
Dapitan Farmers to break Chinese monopoly
As a scientist
Rizal and his pupils made researches in the field of
biology, botany, ethnography, geology, geography,
archaeology, and anthropology

He sends his specimen and researches

to museum in Europe, particularly in
Dressed Museum

He has an extensive collection of 203 sea shell

specie
As a scientist
Three of these specimen are named after him

Draco rizali Rhacophorus rizali Apogonia rizali

 02

As a linguist
Rizal studied and made comparisons between the
Bisayan and Malay language existing in the region
He now has learned a total of 22 languages
As an artist
Rizal made paintings for the Sisters of Charity, as a
preparation for the arrival of the image of the Holy
Virgin

Painted other people and things that fascinated Rizal

in Dapitan like the plants and animals he’s
researching

He also made the sculptures “The Mother’s Revenge”

in clay depicting Syria avenging her puppy to a
crocodile which killed it, a wood carving of Josephine
Bracken called “Oyang Dapitana”, and “St. Paul the
Hermit” which he gave as a gift to Fr. Pastells
The Mother's Revenge
Oryang Dapitan
St. Paul the Hermit
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As a person with vice

According to one of his biographer, Wenceslao Retana, Rizal is a lottery
addict
In September 21, 1892, Rizal’s ticket Number 9736 won the second prize of
20,000 Php in lottery in Empresa de Reales Loteria Espanolas de Filipinas in
Manila
That’s 576,096 Php today, but was shared with two other winners named
Francisco Equillor and Captain. Carnicero, 6200 Php each
He gave 2000 Php to his father in Hong Kong, 200 Php to his friend Basa
who’s on Hong Kong too, and the rest was invested in agriculture in his
farm in Talisay
 Affairs in Dapitan

Josephine Bracken or Marie Josephine

Leopoldine Bracken was an eighteen
year old, Irish girl born in Hong Kong
when they met.
Born in Hong kong on October 3, 1876.  Daughter of James
Bracken and Elizabeth Jane Macbride who were both Irish in
citizenship.  Her mother died in childbirth.
She was adopted by Mr. George Taufer after the death of his
mother.
described as “slender, a chestnut blond, with blue eyes,
dressedwith elegant simplicity, with an atmosphere of
light(gaiety).”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bracken
 Affairs in Dapitan

Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken

Born in Hong kong on October 3, 1876.  Daughter of James
Bracken and Elizabeth Jane Macbride who were both Irish in
citizenship.  Her mother died in childbirth.
She was adopted by Mr. George Taufer after the death of his
mother.
described as “slender, a chestnut blond, with blue eyes,
dressedwith elegant simplicity, with an atmosphere of
light(gaiety).”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bracken
Affairs in Dapitan

They met because Mr. Taufer

became blind and needed a
opthalmic specialist
They started as close friends for a
month and then decided to get
married.
Mr, Taufer was unhappy with the
news
They had a hard time looking for a
priest to marry them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bracken
Affairs in Dapitan

They had no priest to marry them

so they married each other in the
eyes of God.
Josephine Bracken gave birth to an
eight month baby boy named
Francisco, but was only alive for 3
hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Bracken
Pio Valenzuela and the Katipunan

A Filipino physician and revolutionary leader. At the

age of 23, he joined the society of Katipunan

Together with Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto,

they formed the secret chamber of the society called
Camara Reina

testified before a court martial against Rizal during

the investigation that would lead to the hero's
ultimate death.
Pío Valenzuela y Alejandrino (July 11, 1869 – April 6, 1956)
Departure from Dapitan
 MILITARY DOCTOR IN CUBA

“EL CANTO DEL VIAJERO”

He wrote a poem which is translated as “The Song of
the Traveller”

ON JULY 31, 1896, RIZAL’S FOUR-

YEAR EXILE ENDED.

RIZAL STAYED IN EXILE FOR 4

YEARS, 13 DAYS IN TOTAL.
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