A photo provided by youth group Alyansa ng Kabataang Lumalaban para sa
Sambayanan shows a mural along a Quezon City overpass in its original
condition. Lower photo shows the vandalized mural, which came to the
group’s attention last week.
MANILA, Philippines - A mural at a Quezon City overpass, depicting
Andres Bonifacio and members of the Katipunan, has been defaced by
vandals, a youth group said yesterday.
Rodel Adiao, spokesperson of Alyansa ng Kabataang Lumalaban para sa
Sambayanan, said the incident showed a lack of recognition for the
heroism of Bonifacio and the plight of the Filipino masses to be free
from the Spanish colonizers.
“There are very few chances that the public could stare at such a
nationalist mural outside of art galleries and museums, and then we just
lost it instantly,” Adiao said.
The mural, painted by a group called Ang Gerilya, showed Bonifacio with his comrades bearing a flag of Katipunan.
The country is set to celebrate the 149th birth anniversary of Bonifacio on Nov. 30.
via Philstar
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Vandals and deface might not be the right term.