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June 28, 2010
More Filipino than…
Roman Ongpin (1847–1912) was a Chinese-Filipino businessman, nationalist, civic leader, patron of the arts and philanthropist. He was born in Binondo, Manila's Chinatown, of immigrant parents. He secretly supported the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish colonial government and, when the Philippine-American War broke out, Ongpin again secretly supported the revolutionaries against the U.S. But the Americans found out and he was imprisoned from 1900–1901. Binondo's most famous street—the one with the funny street sign—is named after him.
CDP bloggers! There are only three days left to vote for the August theme and to prepare your photo for the July 1 theme day: Reflections. Why do I have the feeling that James was the inspiration for this one?
CDP bloggers! There are only three days left to vote for the August theme and to prepare your photo for the July 1 theme day: Reflections. Why do I have the feeling that James was the inspiration for this one?
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11 comments:
une belle statue, et j'aime bien l'angle de prise de vue, vue d'en bas
Ha-Ha!! I remember your post of that sign Hilda.
Hello Hilda!
Beautiful sculpture of this important man!
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Léia
something i knew only now. before i just know that he has done something important but didnt thought it was during the spanish colonization that he fought for the filipinos.
A solemn statue od a very important adn historical figure.
He looks very important, but what is he holding in his hand?
I like his fancy jacketr
Hoal Hilda,
Una entrada muy documentada sobre la historia reciente de tu país. Se nota que esta hecho con cariño,
ps.
GDracias por tu comentario, la foto original es la de color e intenté darle un aspecto de la época de 1900
Interesting history for this post.
Thank you for giving us more information about Roman Ongpin. I remember the street sign and it is nice to know something of the man for which the street was named.
Sounds like he was a true patriot! Nice sculpture, too.
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