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"El Collar De Sampaguita"



Del álbum Nostalgia Filipina II, El collar de sampaguita [Canción binondeña de bienvenida, en homenaje a un huésped de honor en acto o banquete oficial, en el que se le ponen collares de sampaguitas. Canción chino-cristiana o de mestizos].

Música: Francisco Buencamino.
Letra: Alberto Cortez.
Canta Guillermo Gómez-Rivera, acompañado de la rondalla de Roberto Buena.

LETRA

No me pidas el collar de sampaguita,
que es la flor más filipina y más bonita;
de la paz y del amor
es simbólica la flor,
por su nítida blancura y suave olor.

Del collar de sampaguitas oloroso,
confidente y delicado y amoroso,
no me quiero separar,
y lo acabo de comprar,
no me pidas, no me pidas el collar.

Sampaguita de perfume seductor,
quintaesencia de la dicha y del amor.

Sampaguita gentil,
tu aroma sutil
embriaga
dalaga.

¡Ay, dame tu collar,
déjame soñar
que vuelo
al cielo!

Mi pobre corazón,
lleno de ilusión,
suspira,
delira.

Ven,
vamos a cambiar,
dame tu collar
y toma mi vida.

Cuando lleva sampaguitas la dalaga
de tal modo su perfume se propaga
que la esencia al aspirar
no se puede precisar
si es perfume de mujer o de collar.

Pero al fin la delicada sampaguita
devorada por el fuego se marchita,
y si alguien la guardó,
esa flor se convirtió
en recuerdo de la dicha que pasó.



Source: You Tube page of Fonsucu

Mexico (Pampanga, Philippines)


Mexico is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 109,481 people in 20,382 households.

The town was named after Mexico, the name of the country in North America. It has seen such significant economic progress since it became home to large commercial malls, such as SM City Pampanga and Robinsons Starmills. It is a home of residential, commercial and recreational developments.

Mexico is administratively subdivided into 43 barangays.
  • Acli
  • Anao 
  • Balas
  • Buenavista 
  • Camuning 
  • Cawayan 
  • Concepcion 
  • Culubasa 
  • Divisoria 
  • Dolores (Piring) 
  • Eden 
  • Gandus 
  • Lagundi 
  • Laput 
  • Laug
  • Masamat 
  • Masangsang (Sto. Cristo) 
  • Nueva Victoria 
  • Pandacaqui 
  • Pangatlan 
  • Panipuan 
  • Parian (Pob.) 
  • Sabanilla 
  • San Antonio 
  • San Carlos 
  • San Jose Malino 
  • San Jose Matulid 
  • San Juan 
  • San Lorenzo 
  • San Miguel 
  • San Nicolas 
  • San Pablo 
  • San Patricio 
  • San Rafael
  • San Roque 
  • San Vicente 
  • Santa Cruz 
  • Santa Maria 
  • Santo Domingo 
  • Santo Rosario 
  • Sapang Maisac 
  • Suclaban 
  • Tangle (Tanglay)
 History

In the 16th century, the place we now call Mexico sat as a crossing point between the Áitâ Mag-Anchî and Áinu (Abûrlin) nations at the upper reaches of the Ábakan River and the international port cities of Bétis and Lúbao to the south. Upland products such as deerskins and beeswax became important commodities to the 16th century Japanese who made candles out of beeswax and samurai armours out of deerskins. Plying their goods down the Ábakan River, these upland traders would have had no choice but to slow down and dock at the place "where the river bends" (nung nú ya másíku ing ílug) or "where the river has an elbow" (nung nú ya makisíku ing ílug) before continuing their trip downstream. From there, the river is matúlid (straight) all the way to its mouth at Uáuâ. Enterprising merchants from the elsewhere in Luzon, and perhaps even from Japan and China formed a trading base at this natural checkpoint known as Makisíku or Másíku.

In 1571, Mexico became the capital of the new colonial province of Pampanga at a place called Masangsang.[1] It was named "Mexico" in honour of the place where the first Spanish Governor General Miguel López de Legazpi founded his new life, Mexico City. Subsequently Toltecs, Aztecs and Mayans migrated here as by-product of the Manila Galleons' trade between New Spain and the East Indies. The capital of Pampanga was moved further downstream to Bacolor after the widespread Kapampangan Revolt of 1660 led by Don Francisco Maniago. Mexico's town fiesta is celebrated every May 4 in honor of its patron saint, Santa Monica.




Source: Wikipedia

La Liga Filipina


In 1892, Jose Rizal (full name: Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo) returned to the Philippines and proposed the establishment of a civic organization called “La Liga Filipina.” On July 3, 1892, the following were elected as its officers: Ambrosio Salvador, president: Agustin dela Rosa, fiscal; Bonifacio Arevalo, treasurer; and Deodato Arellano, secretary. Rizal functioned as its adviser.

La Liga Filipina aimed to:

▪ Unite the whole country
▪ Protect and assist all members
▪ Fight violence and injustice
▪ Support education
▪ Study and implement reforms

La Liga Filipina had no intention of rising up in arms against the government; but the Spanish officials still felt threatened. On July 6, 1892 only three days after La Liga Filipina’s establishment, Jose Rizal was secretly arrested. The next day, Governor General Eulogio Despujol ordered Rizal’s deportation to Dapitan, a small, secluded town in Zamboanga.

La Liga Filipina's membership was active in the beginning; but later, they began to drift apart. The rich members wanted to continue supporting the Propaganda Movement; but the others seemed to have lost all hope that reforms could still be granted. Andres Bonifacio was one of those who believed that the only way to achieve meaningful change was through a bloody revolution.

 
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