INQUIRER.net: Rizalistas of Arayat fewer now

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Rizalistas of Arayat fewer now Dec 29th 2012, 18:39 ARAYAT, Pampanga, Philippines—In the early 1970s, followers of Dr. Jose Rizal trooped by the thousands to the Rizal monument at Luneta Park in Manila where the Spanish colonial government executed him on Dec. 30, 1896.   "We mounted long parades. Publicly, we declared him our god," recalled Edgardo Bacsa, one of the leaders of Señor Ignacio Coronado Enchanted Maria Sinukuan Dr. Jose P. Rizal Followers Foundation Inc. here.   Their founder, Epifania Valdejos Castillejos, believed to be the "babaeng Rizal" (female Rizal), draped herself with a large Philippine flag in the annual parades, said the 61-year-old Bacsa.   "Apo" was how Castillejos... Keep on reading: Rizalistas of Arayat fewer now Media files: arayat-pampanga.jpg (image/jpeg)

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