Balagtas learned to write poetry from Jose dela Cruz (Huseng Sisiw), one of the most famous poets of Tondo. It was Jose dela Cruz himself who personally challenged Balagtas to improve his writing. In 1835, Kiko moved to Pandacan, where he met Maria Asuncion Rivera, who would effectively serve as the muse for his future works. She is referenced in Florante at Laura as 'Celia' and 'MAR'. Balagtas' affections for Celia were challenged by the influential Mariano Capule. Capule won the battle for Celia when he used his ...

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The arrival of the Spaniards in 1565 brought Spanish culture and language. The Spanish conquerors established a strict class system that was based on race and soon imposed Roman Catholicism on the native population. Augustinian and Franciscan missionaries, accompanied by Spanish soldiers soon spread Christianity from island to island. Their mission was made easier by the forced relocation of indigenous peoples during this time, as the uprooted natives turned to the foreign, structured religion as the new center of their lives. The priests and friars preached in local languages and e ...

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Compared to other Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines has very few artifacts that show evidence of writing. However literacy was widespread in Luzon when the Spaniards came in 1571 with a script called Baybayin or Alibata. The Spaniards recorded that people in Manila and other places wrote on bamboo and specially prepared palm leaves using knives and styli. They were using the ancient Tagalog script which had 17 basic symbols, three of which were the vowels a, i, and u. Each basic consonantal symbol had the inhere ...

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Ironically, a greater portion of Spanish literature by native Filipinos was written during the American commonwealth period because the Spanish language was still predominant for the Filipino intellectuals. One of the major Philippine writers (Claro Mayo Recto continued writing in Spanish until 1946. Other well know Spanish writers, especially during the American period were Isidro Marfori, Cecilio Apostol(Pentelicas, 1941), Fernando Ma. Guerrero (Crisalidas, 1914), Gaspar Aquino de B ...

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Classical literature (José Rizal, Pedro Paterno, Jesús Balmori, Huerta, Farolán, Licsi, Lumba, Castillo etc. ) and historical documents (national anthem, Constitución Política de Malolos), were written in Spanish, which is no longer an official language. Nationalism was first propagated in the Spanish language, especially in the writings of Marcelo H. Del Pilar or 'Plaridel' in the La Solidaridad publications. In Cebu, 1 ...

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Born in the town of Bigaa (now Balagtas), in the province of Bulacan, Francisco Balagtas was the youngest of the four children. His parents were the blacksmith, Juan Baltazar, and his wife, Juana dela Cruz. He was nicknamed Kiko, while his siblings were named Felipe, Concha, and Nicholasa. Balagtas was eleven years old when he moved to Tondo, Manila. His aunt, Doña Trinidad, was impressed with his diligence, and sponsored his studies at Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Colegio de San Jose. In 1812, he graduated with degrees in Crown Law, Spanish, Latin, Physic ...

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