GROUP 9- REPORT

I. RIZAL’S REAMAINS
The remains of Dr. Rizal were exhumed and taken to his house in Binondo On
August 17, 1898. The remains of Rizal were exhumed from the Paco Cemetery and
takin to his house on Estraude Street in Binondo, Manila where his father,
Fancisco Mercado died in January of the same year.
Accordingly, after Dr. Jose Rizal’s execution on December 30, 1896 in
Bagumbayan(later called Luneta and now Rizal Park) his body was secretly
buried at the Paco Cemetery with no identification on his grave. His sister
Narcisa, toured all possible gravesites and found freshly turned earth at the
cemetery with civil guards posted at the gate. Assuming this could be the most
likely spoy, there being even no ground burials there, she gave a gift to the
caretaker to mark the site “RPJ”, Rizal’s initials in reverse, for identification.
At present, the hero’s remains are kept at his national monument bearing his
statue at the Rizal Park.
II. SA AKING MGA KABATA
Is a poem about the one’s native language written in Tagalog. It is widely
attributed to the Filipino national hero Jose Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in
1868 at the age of eight. The poem was first published at 1906 a decade after his
dead.

SA AKING MGA KABATA

Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig
Sa langit salitang kaloob ng langit
Sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapi
Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid

Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan

Sa bayan, sa nayo’t mga kaharian
 At ang isang tao’y katulad, kabagay
Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.

Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita

Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda
Kaya ang marapat pagyamanin kusa
Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala

Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin,

Sa Ingles, Kastila, at salitang anghel,
Sapagkat ang Poong maalam tumingin
Ang siyang naggawad, nagbigay sa atin.

Ang salita nati’y tulad din sa iba

Na may alfabeto at sariling letra,
Na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa
Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.
Why Rizal wrote Sa Aking Mga Kabata?
-TO EXPRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVING ONE’S NATIVE
TONGUE
III. TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH
Is a poem written in Spanish by Filipino writer and patriot Jose Rizal, first presented in 1879 in
Manila, while he was studying at the University of Santo Tomas.
The poem was presented at a literacy contest held in the Licio Artistico Literario de
Manila(Manila Lyceum of Art and Literature), a society of literary men and artist, where he won
the first prize, composed of a feather-shaped silver pen and a diploma.

TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH

Unfold, oh timid flower!
Lift up your radiant brow,
This day, Youth of my native strand!
Your abounding talents show
Resplendently and grand,
Fair hope of my Motherland!

Soar high, oh genius great,

And with noble thoughts fill their mind;
The honor’s glorious seat,
May their virgin mind fly and find
More rapidly than the wind.
Descend with the pleasing light
Of the arts and sciences to the plain,
Oh Youth, and break forthright
The links of the heavy chain
That your poetic genius enchain.
See that in the ardent zone,
The Spaniard, where shadows stand,
Doth offer a shining crown,
With wise and merciful hand
To the son of this Indian land.
You, who heavenward rise
On wings of your rich fantasy,
Seek in the Olympian skies
The tenderest poesy,
More sweet than divine honey;

You of heavenly harmony,

On a calm unperturbed night,
Philomel’s match in melody,
 That in varied symphony,
Dissipate man’s sorrow’s blight;

You at th’ impulse of your mind

The hard rock animate
And your mind with great pow’r consigned
Transformed into immortal state
The pure mem’ry of genius great;

And you, who with magic brush

On canvas plain capture
The varied charm of Phoebus,
Loved by the divine Apelles,
And the mantle of Nature;

Run! For genius’ sacred flame

Awaits the artist’s crowning
Spreading far and wide the fame
Throughout the sphere proclaiming
With trumpet the mortal’s name
Oh, joyful, joyful day,
The Almighty blessed be
Who, with loving eagerness
Sends you luck and happiness.
Why Rizal wrote To the Filipino Youth?
-Jose Rizal composed the poem “To the Filipino Youth”, dedicating to the
youth of the Philippines. He wanted the Filipino youth to use their
capabilities, talents and skills to stand out not only for their own praise and
success but also for the praise and succeed of their own motherland, the
Philippines.