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Heros
Oct 10, 2010
Emilio Aguinaldo
A Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines’ revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation.
Aguinaldo became the Philippines’ first President March 22, 1897 – April 1, 1901. He was also the youngest (at age 29) to have become the country’s president.
Jose Rizal
An intellectual, artist, a writer, world traveler, and even a ladies man, Jose Rizal was a jack-of-all-trades. To his friends he was a “gem of a man” while his enemies considered him to be a great threat, and rightly so, for he became one of the most influential leaders of the Philippine Revolution. Persecuted for his beliefs, Rizal was made a martyr in 1896 and is considered a national hero.
Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897) was one of the chief leaders of the revolution of the Philippines against Spanish colonial rule, the first revolution in Asia against European colonial rule.
Retracing his Roots
Apr 01, 2009
Mic3 sends in a tattoo of a montage artwork by Samoan Mike from Sacred Center Tattoo which took 1 year in the making and still is in progress.
First and foremost, the portrait at the top is one of Jose Rizal inside the Sun of the Philippine flag that we know of now. Right below is a depiction of Lapu Lapu (Iliji Rajiki), protector of the Philippine Islands against Ferdinand Magellan and other Conquistadors. Lapu Lapu is holding a Balisong or Kampilan and a shield or Pestle, more known now as the Kalinga Apayao shield. Mic3 had the markings of the Kalinga tattooed on Lapu Lapu himself although that wasn’t so in reality.
Future plans to add on to this masterpiece are rice pattys off to the right side of his body and Eskrima Fighters/Warriors within the area. Also 3 stones below the portrait will be added, representing the 3 main islands of the Philippines, and within them will be the Hail Mary Prayer in Alibata/Baybayin. Lastly the Philippine islands will be shaded in.
