WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THIS?
March
2009
I was sent to attend a meeting of sorts in a place in Metro Manila where I had never been. When I asked one of the kanto boys (guys hanging out in the streets) where I could park the car, he directed me to a side-street that led to a dead-end. While parking, I was surprised to see this monument on the huge empty lot on the left side of the street.
The monument showed a woman weeping, a man standing triumphantly beside her and two men sprawled on on their feet. I did not have time to inquire about who created the monument or why it was placed there. I only had time to take a few pictures.
Can anyone guess where in Metro Manila this monument stands?
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March 18th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Pinaglabanan, San Juan?
March 18th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Monk: So what is the story behind the monument?
March 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
yup. This looks a lot like the Pinaglabanan Monument in San Juan. I don’t know it if really is but wasn’t there a battle fought here by the Katipuneros and the Spanish guards?
March 19th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Its the story of a death match among three men for the love and loins of a woman. Unfortunately for the woman, the man that she loved was one of the vanquished men.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Monk: Don’t you think that out of the four people involved, the woman is the one that would suffer most? Not only does she lose the man she loves, it appears that she would be forced to be with his murdered.
Pandora’s little sister and Monk: What does this monument have to do with Pinaglabanan?