RIZAL AS A HERO

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SYMBOLS

1. RECOMMENDED BY THE US GOVERNMENT

• WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT –

RECOMMENDED RIZAL TO BE A
NATIONAL HERO MAINLY FOR TWO
REASONS:
• HE WAS EXECUTED BY THE SPANIARDS
• HE FOUGHT A PEACEFUL WAR
2. A NATIONAL DECLARATION BY EMILIO
AGUINALDO
• DECEMBER 30 – DECLARED BY
AGUINALDO AS A DAY OF
COMMEMORATION AND MOURNING ON
THE DEATH OF JOSE RIZAL
• THIS DECLARATION AIMED TO RELIVE
THE HEROISM AND PATRIOTISM OF JOSE
RIZAL
3. PHILOSOPHY OF JOSE RIZAL

• IT IS RARELY BELIEVED THAT THE PHILOSOPHY

OF JOSE RIZAL FUELED THE REVOLUTION.
• JOSE RIZAL OPENED THE MINDS OF THE WHOLE
NATION INCLUDING ANDRES BONIFACIO.
• JOSE RIZAL BELIEVED THAT “THE PEN IS
MIGHTIER THAN SWORD.”
4. THE LA LIGA MOVEMENT

• LA LIGA FILIPINA – A CIVIC ORGANIZATION

ESTABLISHED BY JOSE RIZAL ON JULY 3, 1892
• IT AIMED NOT ONLY TO RAISE THE
NATIONALISM OF FILIPINOS BUT ALSO TO
DEVELOP FILIPINOS SOCIALLY AND
ECONOMICALLY.
WHY IS JOSE RIZAL CHOSEN TO BE A HERO?

• 1. HE SHOWED US FREEDOM THROUGH GOODNESS.

• 2. HE SHOWED HIS LOVE FOR THE COUNTRY THROUGH
HIS NOVELS.
• 3. HE WAS HUMBLE, FIGHTING FOR REFORMS THROUGH
HIS WRITINGS INSTEAD OF THROUGH A REVOLUTION.
• 4. RIZAL IS AN AMERICAN-SPONSORED HERO: HE OPTED
FOR A NONVIOLENCE REFORM IN THE GOVERNMENT.
WHY IS JOSE RIZAL OUR NATIONAL HERO?
• 5. HE FOUGHT TO HAVE THE PHILIPPINES A
PERMANENT REPRESENTATION IN THE SPANISH
COURTS.
• 6. RIZAL HAS A CONCEPT OF NATION AND
THEREAFTER ASPIRE AND STRUGGLE FOR THE
NATION’S FREEDOM.
• 7. HE CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE
AND DESTINY OF A NATION.
 NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• 1. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG - DEFINED BY
THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF
THE PHILIPPINES, IS MADE OF SILK, HAD A
WHITE EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE AT THE LEFT
CONTAINING A SUNBURST OF EIGHT RAYS AT
THE CENTER, A FIVE-POINTED STAR AT EACH
ANGLE OF THE TRIANGLE, AN UPPER STRIPE OF
BLUE AND A LOWER STRIPE OF RED.
• TRIANGLE –REVOLUTION
(KATIPUNAN),EQUALITY
• SUNBURST – FIRST 8 PROVINCES WHO
FOUGHT SPAIN (BATANGAS, BULACAN,
CAVITE, LAGUNA, MANILA, NUEVA ECIJA,
PAMPANGA, AND TARLAC)
• STARS – THE 3 MAIN ILSANDS OF THE
PHILIPPINES (LUZON,VISAYAS,MINDANAO)
• BLUE STRIPE – PEACE AND
PREPAREDNESS, JUSTICE
• RED STRIPE – PATRIOTISM AND VALOR
 NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• 2. NATIONAL ANTHEM: “LUPANG
HINIRANG”
• THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
ANTHEM IS ENTITLED
“LUPANG HINIRANG” AND
COMPOSED BY JULIAN
FELIPE. “LUPANG HINIRANG”
WAS FIRST PLAYED PUBLICLY
ON JUNE 12, 1898 DURING THE
PROCLAMATION OF
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE.
ITS LYRICS WERE ADOPTED
FROM THE SPANISH POEM,
FILIPINAS, WHICH WAS
WRITTEN BY JOSÉ PALMA.
 NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• NATIONAL FLOWER:
SAMPAGUITA
• THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL FLOWER IS
CALLED “SAMPAGUITA”
WHICH IS GENERALLY
KNOWN AS THE ARABIAN
JASMINE. ITS WHITE
COLOR SYMBOLIZES
PURITY, SIMPLICITY,
HUMILITY AND
STRENGTH.
 NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• NATIONAL TREE: NARRA
• THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL TREE
IS CALLED “NARRA”
GENERALLY KNOWN AS
ROSEWOOD. IT WAS MADE
OFFICIAL BY GOV. GEN. FRANK
MURPHY THROUGH
PROCLAMATION NO. 652 S. 1934.
IN FACT, UNDER THE DENR
MEMORANDUM ORDER DATED
FEBRUARY 5, 2013, CUTTING OF
NARRA NEEDS TO BE APPROVED
BY THE DENR CENTRAL OFFICE,
PARTICULARLY BY THE OFFICE
OF THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR
FIELD OPERATIONS.
 NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• NATIONAL BIRD: PHILIPPINE
EAGLE
• THE PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL BIRD IS
CALLED “PHILIPPINE
EAGLE” SCIENTIFICALLY
KNOWN AS
PITHECOPHAGA JEFFERYI.
IT WAS MADE OFFICIAL IN
1978 BY FORMER
PRESIDENT FERDINAND
MARCOS THROUGH
PROCLAMATION NO. 1732.
NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• NATIONAL GEM: PHILIPPINE
PEARL
• THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
GEM IS CALLED “PHILIPPINE
PEARL” AS DECLARED BY
FORMER PRESIDENT FIDEL
V. RAMOS THROUGH
PROCLAMATION NO. 905 S.
1996. IT IS SCIENTIFICALLY
KNOWN AS PINCTADA
MAXIMA. IN FACT, WORLD’S
LARGEST PEARL WAS
DISCOVERED BY A FILIPINO
DIVER IN A GIANT
TRIDACNA (MOLLUSK)
UNDER THE PALAWAN SEA
IN 1934.
NATIONAL
SYMBOLS
• NATIONAL SPORT; ARNIS
• ARNIS IS TO THE PHILIPPINES
LIKE JAPAN’S KARATE AND
KOREA’S TAEKWONDO. IT’S
BOTH A MARTIAL ART AND A
SPORT WHOSE ORIGINS ARE
STILL LARGELY UNCONFIRMED
BECAUSE OF LACK OF
DOCUMENTATION. IT’S KNOWN
BY TWO OTHER NAMES: KALI
AND ESKRIMA, AND MAKES
USE OF BOTH BLADED
WEAPONS, BATONS/STICKS,
AND BARE HANDS. IT BECAME
A NATIONAL SYMBOL IN 2009
WHEN THEN-PRES. GLORIA
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO SIGNED
REPUBLIC ACT 9850 INTO LAW.
 UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL SYMBOL
• DR JOSE RIZAL – NATIONAL HERO
• MANGO – NATIONAL FRUIT
• ANAHAW – NATIONAL LEAF
• CARABAO – NATIONAL ANIMAL
• BAHAY KUBO – NATIONAL HOUSE
• BANGUS – NATIONAL FISH
• NATIONAL DANCE – TINIKLING OR CARIÑOSA
• NATIONAL DISH – SINIGANG OR ADOBO
• SADLY, THESE CANNOT BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST ABOVE AS THEY ARE LISTED BY THE
NCCA AS NATIONAL SYMBOLS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LAW THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED
DECLARING THEM AS SUCH.
REFERENCES:

• HTTPS://UNVEILINGRIZAL.WEEBLY.COM/WHY-RIZAL.HT
ML/
• HTTPS://WWW.JOSERIZAL.COM/JOSE-RIZAL-NATIONAL-
HERO/
• HTTPS://PRIMER.COM.PH/TIPS-GUIDES/2017/04/15/LEARN
-ABOUT-THE-PHILIPPINES-NATIONAL-SYMBOLS/