Araw ng Kalayaan
Isang maalab na pagbati sa Araw ng Kalayaan mula sa siyudad ng Kabite, tahanan mga bayani, sa makasaysayang lalawigan ng Kabite.
Cavite City (then called Cavite Puerto) was the site of the 1872 Cavite mutiny that resulted in the martyrdom of Padres Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora. Cavite City is also the birthplace of Ladislao Diwa, who founded the Katipunan with Andres Bonifacio, and of Julian Felipe who composed the Marcha Nacional Filipina that became the Philippine National Anthem.
Cavite City was also home to the 13 Martyrs who were executed for their involvement in the Katipunan. A Cavite landmark is the monument to these Trece Martires in Rosario district in San Roque, below.
Sa Kabite, may grupo ng mga Mason, at malakas din ang Iglesia Filipina Independiente o Aglipayan Church, na parehong tumututol sa mga pang-aabuso ng mga Kastila noong araw. (Ang ama ng aking lolo nga daw ay naging escribano o scribe sa Simbahang Aglipay noong kanyang kabataan.)
Maraming kalye at eskwelahan sa siyudad ng Kabite ang ipinangalan sa mga bayani nito. Kaya't bata pa ang mga Kabitenyo ay nakaukit na sa kanilang kamalayan ang mga pangalan ng mga bayani.
Some people might think it ironic that despite its place in the struggle for independence, it is in Cavite where we see the vestiges of Spanish colonial influence through the Chabacano language. But Chabacano is also an expression of the Caviteño identity, proof of how some Filipinos took from the colonizer's language and created one distinctly their own, un lenggwahe Creole de niso mismo.
Para Dios y Patria!
