Casa Gorordo museum exhibiting local heroes
The exhibit entitled “Mga Bayani sa Sugbo: Cebu’s Contributions to nation-building” opened at the Casa Gorordo Museum last Aug. 30. It will run until Oct. 15.
Mga Bayani sa Sugbo features historical figures in Cebu from the 1898 Revolution against Spain to the 1930s as well their works in various fields from freedom fighting to politics to vernacular literature.
Leon Kilat, Juan Climaco, Arcadio Maxilom, Luis Flores and Mauricia Gahuma are among the revolutionaries given tribute in the exhibit. Other Cebuano historical figures featured are Sergio Osmeña, Vicente Rama, Vicente Sotto, Pedro Cui and Gardeopatra Quijano.
Dr. Jocelyn Gerra, executive director of the culture and heritage program of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), said this is a relaunch of last year’s exhibit of the same title.
“We felt that the month-long run last 2011 was not enough and the feedback we received was quite positive, so we decided to make it available to the public again,” she said.
“This is part of a larger advocacy of RAFI to make known local contributions to Filipino cultural identity,” she added.
According to Florencio Moreño II, museum curator, the contributions of other regions to Philippine history have gained more focus in recent years.
“Currently, there is a clamor to include local heroes in the history curriculum of our schools and recalling the contributions of these historical figures to our nation through this exhibit is therefore timely,” Moreño said.
“This year, we tried to make the exhibit more interesting for young people by including a reconstruction of the events of that fateful day of Tres-de-Abril 1898, which many remember as the start of the revolution here in Cebu,” he said.
Culture and Heritage aims to help communities understand, value and share their cultural identity with others.
For more information about the Mga Bayani sa Sugbo exhibit and other exhibits of Casa Gorordo Museum and other programs of RAFI Culture and Heritage, call 418-7234 local 703 and look for Florencio Moreño II.
