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    Childhood Years in Calamba

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    Rizal spent his childhood years in Calamba, Laguna. He had many fond memories of his hometown, including playing in the family garden as a young boy and taking walks around town. Rizal was a gifted student from a young age, writing his first poem at age 8 and staging his first dramatic work in festivals. He was deeply devoted to his Catholic faith and respected the town priest. Rizal drew inspiration from his hometown of Calamba and the influences of his family that helped shape him into the national hero of the Philippines.

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    Rizal spent his childhood years in Calamba, Laguna. He had many fond memories of his hometown, including playing in the family garden as a young boy and taking walks around town. Rizal was a gifted student from a young age, writing his first poem at age 8 and staging his first dramatic work in festivals. He was deeply devoted to his Catholic faith and respected the town priest. Rizal drew inspiration from his hometown of Calamba and the influences of his family that helped shape him into the national hero of the Philippines.

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    Rizal spent his childhood years in Calamba, Laguna. He had many fond memories of his hometown, including playing in the family garden as a young boy and taking walks around town. Rizal was a gifted student from a young age, writing his first poem at age 8 and staging his first dramatic work in festivals. He was deeply devoted to his Catholic faith and respected the town priest. Rizal drew inspiration from his hometown of Calamba and the influences of his family that helped shape him into the national hero of the Philippines.

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    Childhood Years in Calamba

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    Rizal spent his childhood years in Calamba, Laguna. He had many fond memories of his hometown, including playing in the family garden as a young boy and taking walks around town. Rizal was a gifted student from a young age, writing his first poem at age 8 and staging his first dramatic work in festivals. He was deeply devoted to his Catholic faith and respected the town priest. Rizal drew inspiration from his hometown of Calamba and the influences of his family that helped shape him into the national hero of the Philippines.

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    Childhood Years in

    Calamba
    Chapter 2

    Calamba, the Heros Town


    !

    Calamba was an hacienda


    town which belong to the
    Dominican Order

    South looms Mount


    Makiling

    Beyond this mountain is the


    province of Batangas

    East of the town is the


    Laguna de Bay

    North is the distant


    Antipolo

    ! Rizal loved Calamba with

    all his heart and soul.

    ! 15 years old student in

    Ateneo de Manila
    ! Wrote a poem:
    ! Un Recuerdo A Mi

    Pueblo
    (In Memory of My
    Town)

    Earliest Childhood Memory


    ! His first memory in his infancy was his happy days in the

    family garden when he was 3 years old.

    ! An aya (nurse maid) was employed to look after his comfort

    because he was a frail, sickly and undersized child


    ! Aya related to the Rizal children many stories about fairies,

    legends and folklore like asuang, the nuno, the tigbalang


    ! Another childhood memory was the daily Angelus prayers.
    ! Another memory of his infancy was the walk in the town

    especially when there was a moon

    The Heros First


    Sorrow
    ! Of his sisters, Jose loved most the little

    Concha
    ! Unfortunately, Concha died of sickness in

    1865 when she was only three years old


    ! The death of little Concha brought him his

    first sorrow in life

    Devoted Son of the Church


    ! At the age of 3, he began to take part of in the family

    prayers.
    ! When he was 5 years old, he was able to read the Spanish

    Family Bible
    ! He was so seriously devoted that he was called Manong

    Jose.
    ! One men he respected in Calamba was Father Leoncio

    Lopez, the town priest

    Pilgrimage to Antipolo
    !

    On June 6, 1868, Rizal and his


    father left Calamba to go on a
    pilgrimage to Antipolo in order
    to fulfill his mothers vow.

    His mother gave birth to


    Trinidad

    It was his first trip across


    Laguna de Bay and his first
    Pilgrimge to Antipolo

    After praying, he and his father


    went to Manila to visit
    Saturnina at La Concordia
    College

    The Story of the Moth


    ! The tragic fate of the

    young moth which died a


    martyr to its illusions left
    a deep impress on Rizals
    mind.

    ! to sacrifice ones life for

    it meaning for an ideal, is


    worthwhile.
    ! Like the young moth,

    Rizal was fated to die as a


    martyr for a noble ideal.

    Artistic Talents
    ! At the age of 5, he began

    to make sketches with his


    pencil and to mould in
    clay and wax objects.
    ! He had the soul of a

    genuine artist
    ! He love to ride on a

    spirited pony in lakeshore


    with his black dog named
    Usman.

    Sacred Heart, carved by Rizal


    while he was a student at the
    Ateneo

    First Poem by Rizal

    ! At the age of 8, wrote his

    first poem Sa Aking mga


    Kababata
    ! (To My Fellow Children)

    ! This poem reveals Rizals

    earlist nationalist
    sentiments.
    ! The poem revolves about

    the Love of ones language

    First Drama by Rizal

    ! At the age of *, wrote his

    first dramatic work which


    was Tagalog comedy.
    ! It was staged in the

    Calamba festivals
    ! He is also a boy magician

    which he learned various


    tricks such as making a
    coin appear

    Influences on the Heros Boyhood


    1. Hereditary Influence
    ! From his Malayan ancestors
    ! From his Chinese ancestors
    ! From his Spanish ancestors
    ! From his father
    ! From his mother

    2. Environmental Influences
    !

    Places, Associates, Events

    Beauties of Calamba

    His 3 uncles
    ! Tio Jose Alberto

    artistic ability
    ! Tio Manuel develop

    his body wrestling


    ! Tio Gregorio Book

    lover

    3. Aid of Divine Providence


    !

    Father Leoncio Lopez


    fostered Rizals love for
    scholarship and intellectual
    honesty.

    The sorrow in his family, the


    death of Concha in 1865
    and the imprisonment of his
    mother in 1871-74

    A person may have


    everything in life brains,
    wealth, and power but
    without the aid of divine
    providence, he cannot attain
    greatness in the annals of the
    nation.

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