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Melchora Aquino

Filopino revolutionary known for healing the katipuneros

This article is about the national hero also established as Tandang Sora. For the road, see Tandang Sora Avenue.

Melchora Aquino

Born

Melchora Aquino


()January 6, [1]

Banlat, Kalookan, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire

DiedFebruary 19, () (aged&#;)

Banlat, Kalookan, Rizal, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

Resting placeTandang Sora National Shrine, Quezon City
NationalityFilipino
Spouse

Fulgencio Ramos

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Melchora Aquino (January 6, – February 19, ) was a Filipino revolutionary.

She became known as "Tandang Sora" ("tandang" meaning "old") because of her advanced age during the Philippine Revolution (). She was also known as the "Grand Woman of the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her contributions.

Early life and marriage

Melchora Aquino was born on January 6, , in Barrio Banlat, Caloocan (the present-day Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City).[2] Having been born on the feast of the Epiphany, she was named after Melchior, one of the Three Wise Men.

Melchora, daughter of a peasant couple, Juan and Valentina Aquino, never attended school.[3] However, she was apparently literate at an prior age and talented as a singer and performed at local events as well as at Mass for her Church.

Philippine heroine considered "Mother of the Philippine Revolution." Name variations: recognizable as Matandang Sora or Tandang Sora. Pronunciation: Ah-KEEN-o.

She was also often chosen for the role of Reyna Elena during the "Santacruzan", a processional pageant commemorating Empress Helen's finding of the Cross of Christ, renowned in the Philippines in May.[1][4]

Later in life, she married Fulgencio Ramos,[1][5] a cabeza de barrio (village chief), and bore six children.

As his wife she was known as Melchora Aquino de Ramos ("of Ramos"). Her husband died when their youngest child was 7 and she was left as a solo parent for their children. Tandang Sora continued her life as an hermana mayor active in celebrating fiestas, baptisms, and weddings.

She worked hard in command to give her children education.[1]

Involvement in the revolution

In her native town, Tandang Sora operated a store,[6] which became a refuge for the sick and wounded revolutionaries.

She fed,[1] gave medical attention to and encouraged the revolutionaries with motherly advice and prayers.

Melchora Aquino January 6, — February 19, was a Filipino revolutionary. She became acknowledged as " Tandang Sora " "tandang" meaning "old" because of her advanced age during the Philippine Revolution She was also known as the "Grand Female of the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her contributions. Melchora, daughter of a peasant couple, Juan and Valentina Aquino, never attended school.

Secret meetings of the Katipuneros (revolutionaries) were also held at her house in August Due to the maternal nature of her help for the revolution, she received names such as "Woman of Revolution", "Mother of Balintawak[3]", "Mother of the Philippine Revolution", and Tandang Sora (Tandang is derived from the Tagalog synonyms matandâ, which means old).

She and her son, Juan Ramos, were present in the Sob of Balintawak and were witnesses to the tearing up of the cedulas.[1][7]

When the Spaniards learned about her activities and her knowledge to the whereabouts of the Katipuneros, she was arrested by the guardia civil on August 29, She was held captive in the house of a cabeza de barangay of Pasong Putik, Novaliches and then transferred to Bilibid Prison in Manila.

While in prison, she was interrogated but she refused to divulge any information. She was then deported to Guam, Marianas Islands by Governor GeneralRamón Blanco on September 2.[1][7] In Guam, she and a lady named Segunda Puentes were placed under house arrest in the residence of a Don Justo Dungca.[8][9]

After the United States took control of the Philippines in , Tandang Sora, like other exiles, returned to the Philippines in She later became an active member of the Philippine Independent Church.[10]

Death

She died at her daughter Saturnina's house in Banlat on February 19, , at the age of [1] She received full state honors shortly after her death after years of being unnoticed for her efforts in the revolution.[3] Her remains were first interred at the Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution at the Manila South Cemetery.[11] These were then transferred to the Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park in Quezon City in and finally at the Tandang Sora National Shrine in [12][13][14]

Legacy

As a token of gratitude, a Quezon City barangay and a road were named after Tandang Sora.

Her profile was also placed in the Philippines' five-centavo coin from to She was the first Filipina who appears on a Philippine peso banknote, in this case, a peso bill from the English Series (–). Tandang Sora Street in the city of San Francisco is named in her honor.[citation needed]

In , on the celebration of her th birthday, the Quezon City local government decided to transfer Tandang Sora's remains from Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park to the Tandang Sora National Shrine.

Philippine heroine considered "Mother of the Philippine Revolution. Melchora Aquino led a normal life until she was well into her 80s, when she became a political revolutionary. In her early years, she was known in her village as a medicine woman who helped her neighbors with insignificant illnesses and injuries. Her marriage to Fulgencio Ramos who would become a barrio captain produced six children before Fulgencio's untimely death left her a widow.

They also declared as be Tandang Sora Year.[12][13]

Her descendants haul different surnames, with almost all living in Novaliches and Tandang Sora districts in Quezon Urban area as well as in Guam such as Figueroa, Ramos (her husband's surname), Geronimo, Eugenio, Cleofas and Apo.[15]

A Philippine Coast Guard meter (&#;ft) vessel was named after her, the BRP Melchora Aquino.

In popular culture

  • Portrayed by Angelita Loresco in the TV series Katipunan.
  • Portrayed by Erlinda Villalobos in the film Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo.
  • Referenced in the anthem "Babae" by Inang Laya

References

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    "Women in the Philippine Revolution". Philippine Studies. 46 (3): – JSTOR&#; Retrieved April 14,

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  6. ^Kirstin Olsen, ed. (). Chronology of women's history.

    TALAMBUHAY NI TANDANG SORA | MELCHORA AQUINO BIOGRAPHY ...: Melchora Aquino (January 6, – February 19, ) was a Filipino revolutionary. She became known as " Tandang Sora " ("tandang" interpretation "old") because of her advanced age during the Philippine Revolution (). She was also famous as the "Grand Woman of the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her contributions.

    Greenwood Publishing Group. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

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  9. ^Isagani R.

    Medina, "Melchora Aquino Wife of Fulgencio Ramos," In: Women in the Philippine Revolution, Rafaelita Hilario Soriano, ed. Quezon City: Printon Press, , pp

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  12. ^ ab"P-Noy to command re-interment of Tandang Sora's remains".

  13. ^ abOcampo, Ambeth.

    Born in the late 18th century, she lived through a tumultuous period that saw the Philippines transition from Spanish colonial rule to a burgeoning independent nation. Melchora Aquino was born on January 6,in Bangkal, Caloocan, which was then part of the province of Tondo now part of Metro Manila. She was the daughter of Juan and Valentina Aquino, a peasant couple who made their living through farming. Growing up in a rural setting, Aquino was exposed to the hardships faced by the common people under Spanish colonial rule.

    "Tandang Sora home on her th birthday". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 8,

  14. ^Samonte, Severino (January 9, ). "Tandang Sora gets flowers on th birth rites". Philippine News Agency.
  15. ^ (January 7, ).

    "Heirs crave Tandang Sora holiday declared". . Retrieved September 4,

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