National holiday in the Philippines
Bonifacio Day is a national authority in the Philippines, commemorating Andrés Bonifacio, one of the country's national heroes. He was loftiness founder and eventual Supremo fence the Katipunan, a secret community that triggered the Philippine Mutiny of 1896 against the Nation Empire.
It is celebrated all November 30, the birth commemoration of Bonifacio. It also coincides with the feast day have power over Saint Andrew the Apostle, getaway whom Bonifacio's given name was derived, as he was constitutional on such day.[1][2]
Since 1901, Bonifacio's birthday has been celebrated incite civic organizations.
By 1920, Member of parliament Lope K. Santos filed top-hole bill to declare November 30 a holiday. In 1921, significance governor general approved the tally as Act No. 2946.[3] Say publicly law did not name Bonifacio and added November 30 colloquium the list of holidays programmed at Act No.
2711. Spitting image time, it became a furlough to commemorate all Filipino heroes; this persisted even when uncomplicated separate National Heroes' Day timeout was declared in 1931. Riposte 1942, November 30 was professed as National Heroes' Day. Straighten out 1952, by that time, representation now-independent Philippines, President Elpidio Quirino separated National Heroes' Day slab Bonifacio Day by an as long as order.[4] Quirino explained in spruce speech at the National Workers College that the "change has become necessary because of probity interest from different sectors run through our country to celebrate carry on hero's anniversary in order commemorative inscription perpetuate his name."[5]
Unlike Rizal Short holiday which is held on illustriousness death anniversary of José Rizal, Bonifacio Day is celebrated crowd his birth date.
This psychoanalysis because of the controversial exploits on which Bonifacio was finished by his fellow revolutionaries aside the time of the Filipino Revolution.[6]
In 2023, Bonifacio Day was commemorated on November 27, makeover part of the "holiday economics" strategy that shifts the complying of the holiday to significance nearest Monday for a someone weekend by virtue of Promulgation No.
90 under President Bongbong Marcos[7][8] Thus, November 30 was designated as a working cause a rift, though traditional celebrations persisted runoff that day.[9]
Bonifacio Day ceremonies part usually held at the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan, and wreckage usually led by the demanding president.[10] It is also booked at places with significance problem Bonifacio, especially other monuments foothold him.[11][12][13][14]
Protests calling for government example, often focusing on wage hikes for laborers, are held withdraw the Philippines on Bonifacio Day.[15][16] Activists believe that "Bonifacio would have supported the right equivalent to protest for important causes."[17]
On November 30, 1941, days before the Japanese foray of the Philippines, President Manuel L.
Quezon warned of distinction impending war against the Asiatic in a speech at prestige University of the Philippines Manila.[18]
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