Mexican School Gets Filipino Books

[simple]

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/balikbayan/60936-mexican-school-gets-filipino-books

Mexican school gets Filipino books

by Rappler.com
Posted on 06/18/2014 5:43 PM | Updated 06/18/2014 7:27 PM

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FILIPINAS. This Grade 4 classroom has been named after the Philippines since 1945, when the school was founded. Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs

MANILA, Philippines – In a school in Mexico, Grade 4 pupils study in a room called República de Filipinas. Now they will be able to read tales from the country, too.

The Philippines, through its ambassador to Mexico Catalino Dilem Jr, donated 10 copies of a Filipino classic book for children to Escuela Heroes del Escuadron 201 last June 13.

The copies of Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang (The Stories of Grandmother Basyang) have English translations and will all be part of the school’s library. The book is a collection of classic Filipino tales, set in the pre-colonial and the Spanish times in the Philippines, and told by a grandmother named Lola Basyang.

The ambassador’s visit to the school came a day after the Philippines’ Independence Day on June 12. On his visit, he received various drawings from students that portrayed the Philippine flag, World War II, and the presence of Squadron 201 in the Philippines.

The school was built in honor of the Squadron 201, the Expeditionary Air Force Unit of Mexico which, together with the Allied Forces, helped in the campaign to liberate the Philippines from Japan during World War II.

It was also built as a request of a former teacher, Angel Bocanegra del Castillo, who joined Squadron 201 in 1944.

Before leaving Mexico, Castillo asked for a school to be constructed in his hometown, Tepoztlan. Then Mexican President Avila Camacho, who asked members of the Squadron 201 for their requests, immediately obliged.

Today, Escuela Heroes del Escuadron 201 has 600 elementary pupils. – Rappler.com

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A Clip of TV Version of 'Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSW-B9eJDOc
I used to watched this tale of 'Lola Basyang' lol there's a lot of different version
of it. It's a childhood tale :) there is also 1980s version of it.

[Selurong]

We should also get a corresponding school here. I think the city of Mexico, Pampanga should also have a program of inviting Mexican scholars and importing Mexican materials to study.

Out of the Latin American nations during the war, only the Mexicans gave a damn. (Probably in gratefulness to the Filipino Generals who participated in the Mexican Revolution)

So we should reward gratitude with similar gratitude. As for the rest of Latin-America, Argentina especially (who became Fascist-Nazi-Jap sympathizers)

We should increase our tariffs against them two-folds and since most of the commerce passing between the Americas and Asia goes through the Philippines, we should use this to our advantage and show grace to all our friends and justice to all our enemies.

[Maldita]

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/balikbayan/60936-mexican-school-gets-filipino-books

Mexican school gets Filipino books

by Rappler.com
Posted on 06/18/2014 5:43 PM | Updated 06/18/2014 7:27 PM

http://assets.rappler.com/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/ECC7B9ADAF4642F89A84C3F08B5246C8/republica-de-filipinas-20140618.jpg

FILIPINAS. This Grade 4 classroom has been named after the Philippines since 1945, when the school was founded. Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs

MANILA, Philippines – In a school in Mexico, Grade 4 pupils study in a room called República de Filipinas. Now they will be able to read tales from the country, too.

The Philippines, through its ambassador to Mexico Catalino Dilem Jr, donated 10 copies of a Filipino classic book for children to Escuela Heroes del Escuadron 201 last June 13.

The copies of Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang (The Stories of Grandmother Basyang) have English translations and will all be part of the school’s library. The book is a collection of classic Filipino tales, set in the pre-colonial and the Spanish times in the Philippines, and told by a grandmother named Lola Basyang.

The ambassador’s visit to the school came a day after the Philippines’ Independence Day on June 12. On his visit, he received various drawings from students that portrayed the Philippine flag, World War II, and the presence of Squadron 201 in the Philippines.

The school was built in honor of the Squadron 201, the Expeditionary Air Force Unit of Mexico which, together with the Allied Forces, helped in the campaign to liberate the Philippines from Japan during World War II.

It was also built as a request of a former teacher, Angel Bocanegra del Castillo, who joined Squadron 201 in 1944.

Before leaving Mexico, Castillo asked for a school to be constructed in his hometown, Tepoztlan. Then Mexican President Avila Camacho, who asked members of the Squadron 201 for their requests, immediately obliged.

Today, Escuela Heroes del Escuadron 201 has 600 elementary pupils. – Rappler.com

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A Clip of TV Version of 'Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSW-B9eJDOc
I used to watched this tale of 'Lola Basyang' lol there's a lot of different version
of it. It's a childhood tale :) there is also 1980s version of it.

It would be good if the books were translated to Spanish instead.
The children would appreciate more reading the books in Spanish.