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There are people who believe in Rizal’s holiness. They believe that, someday Rizal will resurrect and will save us all from our sins.

Did you know?
Rizal's El Filibusterismo has a sequel entitled "Makamisa".

However, Rizal did not finish writing this book.

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The alternative title of El Filibusterismo in English is The Reign of Greed.

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El Filibusterismo

The sequel of Noli Me Tangere.

The main idea of this novel focused on advocacy of Rizal to expose rampant abuse and corruption under Spanish government.

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Although the direct translation of Noli Me Tangere in English is “touch me not”, the novel’s english version is entitled as “The Social Cancer”

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Supposedly, Noli Me Tangere was composed of a total of 64 chapters. However, Chapter 25 which highlights the story of Elias and Salome was deleted from the novel for the sake of reducing printing cost.

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One of Rizal’s famous works that played a crucial role in the political history of the Philippines.

Noli me Tangere is a novel that illustrates the Philippine society during the Spanish colonization and it highlights how rampant was the poverty and abuse caused by the colonialists.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Jose Rizal got his nickname “Pepe” from Saint Joseph since his mother was a devotee.

It is believed that in Latin St. Joseph was abbreviated P.P. which means Pater Putativus. Meanwhile, the letter p in Spanish was pronounced as “peh”.

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José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (Pepe) was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna.

He was recognized as a national hero due to his reforms that inspired the Philippine revolution.

He was executed on December 30, 1896 for the crimes of rebellion at Bagumbayan.

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Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines, has greatly contributed to Philippine independence due to his love and dedication to his country.

As a tribute to his excellency, this page is intended solely for education purposes which highlights Rizal's life, particularly his well known literary pieces, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

With the help of this page, we hope to enlighten the present and future youth about the importance of preserving the freedom Rizal died for.