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Aired (November 1, 2025): Higit pa sa isang estatwa, ang Oblation ay naging saksi, simbolo at paalala ng kabayanihan at kalayaan. Ano nga ba ang kahalagahan at kasaysayan ng pamosong simbolong ito?
Tuklasin ang kuwento sa likod ng pamosong simbolo ng UP sa dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino.
Tuklasin ang kuwento sa likod ng pamosong simbolo ng UP sa dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino.
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00:00.
00:07.
00:20May bagong panahon ng protesta.
00:23.
00:28At iba-iba ang istil.
00:30.
00:39Maring ang protesta ang pinakamahirap tularan.
00:42.
00:47Taon-taon nang nangyayari sa isang kampus sa bansa.
00:50.
00:56Ang pinaka-inspirasyon nito,
00:58isang simbolo ng kabataan
01:00na bago pa itinayo ay isinensor
01:03at hanggang ngayon ay censored pa rin.
01:06.
01:23Isang araw kamakailan,
01:25pinapaso kami sa isang gusali sa University of the Philippines, Diliman,
01:29na ilang taon ang sarado sa mga estudyante.
01:36.
01:41Under renovation pa rin ang UP Main Library.
01:44May sinadya kami rito matagal na rin nakatago.
01:48Ang laki pala nito.
01:50Ang hirap ma-imagine na punong-puno ito na yung estudyante.
01:55Medyo matagal na itong rehab ng UP Library.
01:59.
02:01Dapat daw 2023 pa raw natapos.
02:04Pero mukhang medyo malayo-layo pa.
02:07Pero dito naka-store yung hinahanap natin.
02:11.
02:24Hello. Magandang araw po.
02:25Magandang araw po. Welcome po.
02:27Thank you for allowing us to be here.
02:29Oh, of course.
02:30Salamat po. Thank you so much.
02:32Welcome to the Gonzales Hall.
02:35Siguradong napakaganda nito pag natapos na.
02:38Ay, opo. We're looking forward to it.
02:41Sana in the nearest future.
02:44Yeah, so ano ba yung major na ginagawa?
02:46This is retrofitting.
02:48The building is more than 60 years old.
02:52It's the first overhaul since it was built.
02:54Since it was built.
02:55Tinanggal pansamantala halos lahat ng laman ng library
02:59para sa renovation.
03:01Maliban lang sa isang obra.
03:04Ito, the mismong oblation, the original.
03:07We cannot take it out.
03:09In-advise po kami na huwag nang galawin.
03:11Iwanan na lang po siya dyan.
03:13Bakit?
03:14Risk assessment, mas safe siya dito
03:17kesa po yung tatanggalin siya dyan, ibababa.
03:20Tsaka po, I think it was already permanently installed there.
03:23Mas malaking damage ang mangyayari kung babakbakin, ibababa.
03:27Siya yan?
03:28Siya po yan.
03:33Makalipas ang mahigit tatlong taon,
03:36muling masisilayan ang pinakaunang oblation.
03:40Ito ang orihinal na nilikha ni Guillermo Tolentino noong taong 1935.
03:53Gawa ito sa kongkreto.
03:55Ang mas kilalang oblation o oblek na nakatayo sa harapan ng Quezon Hall sa UP Diliman
04:09ay gawa sa bronze o tanso ni Tolentino noong dekade 50.
04:14Yung original oblation nasa library.
04:19Para malaman ang mas malalim na kwento sa likod nito,
04:23kinuusap namin ang dean ng UP College of Fine Arts na si Toym Imau.
04:28It was originally nasa Manila ito no, before the war.
04:33Then the war happened, it was damaged, one of the arms was blown away.
04:39Tapos noon, nung nagkaroon na ng purchase ng land dito sa Diliman
04:44for the 490-hectar campus ng UP,
04:48trinansfer ito, yung transfer period niya was from 1947 to 49.
04:54Statwa man sa paningin ng karamihan.
04:58Pero gaya ng tao, marami rin itong pinagdaanan bago makaligtas.
05:03Alaman naman natin na heavily bombarded ang Manila during that time
05:07and it will take some time for UP in Manila that time to recover and to be restored.
05:13Then, nagkaroon ng parang isang parada na yung pagta-transfer from UP Manila
05:18which was heavily devastated during the war
05:21at dinala dito sa campus na ginagawa ngayon ng UP.
05:25Much of the buildings were still unfinished.
05:28So may parada pa nung hinatid naman.
05:30Big deal.
05:31Big deal.
05:32It was a big deal.
05:34I think it was also the time na parang sinasabi nga natin na parang rebirth.
05:40It was the second life of the oblation.
05:41It was the second life of the university.
05:43And I think the symbolic transfer of that oblation from Manila to Diliman
05:52was yung pinaka sinasabi nating parang christening ng lugar.
05:56It was the sort of blessing.
05:58Kung bagay parang ugali ng mga Pilipino na nagdadala ng something into a new house.
06:03This, the oblation, has somehow functioned like that.
06:06Sa haba ng pinagdaanan ng oblation,
06:10Ninanatili rin itong matatag na simbolo ng pagiging malaya,
06:16tulad nung lugar kung saan ito nakatayo.
06:25Hindi tulad sa maraming kolehyo,
06:27kahit sino malayang makapamasyal dito,
06:30tagayupi ma nung hindi.
06:32So, para sa inyo, ano yung oblation?
06:37Para saan yan?
06:39Kung baga parang pagkilala.
06:46Kung baga siya yung simbolo po ng UP Diliman.
06:50Bakit yan ang ginawang simbolo?
06:52Bakit siya nakaganyan?
06:53Parang nakahubad.
06:54Parang free freedom na walang magta-judge.
06:57Ano yung gusto niyang sabihin sa mayroong Pilipino?
07:03Ano yung pinag-ibling sa oblation?
07:05Yung oblation ko is nagsisimbolize po sa knowledge ko.
07:09Guillermo Tellentino had this idea na parang
07:14to come up with a naked figure of a male
07:18to represent one's offering to the nation.
07:22Alam naman natin that during that particular period,
07:26slowly, we were finding our place as a democracy
07:31within the Asia-Pacific region.
07:33And for someone who was educated in the United States
07:37than in Europe,
07:38he experienced this idea of
07:41parang mas universal, global sense
07:47of what it is to be a democracy.
07:49And he wanted to somehow encapsulate that
07:52within a figure.
07:54And the naked figure somehow embodies
07:57yung parang an acceptance of this challenge and role.
08:03But at the same time, it also acknowledges fragility
08:06kasi naked nga siya.
08:08So the original figure was actually completely nude.
08:12Naging usap-usapan noon na si Fernando Pau Senior,
08:17tanyag na artista noon at ama ni FPJ,
08:21ang modelo ni Tolentino para sa oblation.
08:24Myth pala yun.
08:25Myth talaga yun.
08:26Myth lang talaga yun.
08:27Pero ang totoong ano niya was his assistant.
08:29Assistant ni Guillermo Tolentino.
08:31Ni Tolentino, which was Anastasio Caido.
08:34Anastasio Caido was a swimmer.
08:37He had the physique.
08:38He also became an artist.
08:39Yes, he is.
08:40He's a very good artist.
08:41And ginawa rin basis ni Guillermo Tolentino
08:44ay isang pinsan rin ni Anastasio Caido.
08:48So dalawa silang basic.
08:50But why do you need two models?
08:51Wouldn't it have been easier to have just one?
08:53Well, sometimes, you know.
08:54I mean, you get the best of both worlds, kumbaga.
08:57But ito is completely Filipino.
09:00Kung titignan mo yung ulo, yung scale niya,
09:04at this particular vantage point has the Filipino physique.
09:11May isang katanungan pa rin ang hanggang ngayon
09:14dinanatiling palaisipan.
09:17Kung ang pakay ni Tolentino na gawing hubot-hubad
09:20ang magiging simbolo ng pagiging malaya,
09:23bakit may takip na dahon itong bahagi ng kanyang katawan?
09:26So when he was commissioned by Palma, Rafael Palma,
09:31at the time to do the oblation, the symbol of UP,
09:35ay ginawa niya totally nude yung figure na yun.
09:38But nung nagkaroon na ng bagong presidente, si Bocobo,
09:43and he saw that the study, the full-figure study,
09:48had exposed genitalia,
09:50ni-request niya na takpan daw yun.
09:52So tinakpan naman ni sumunod siya.
09:58Was this an act of censorship, putting the fig leaf on the genitalia?
10:01Yes, it was. It was definitely an act of censorship.
10:04In another university that technically prides itself, no?
10:07A university that technically prides itself from being the more forward-thinking university during that time.
10:18Bakit kaya siya ginawang lakahubad?
10:24Yan po rin yung laging tanong namin sa sarili namin.
10:28Pero may dahon, napansin niyo.
10:30Mas maganda ba kung wala na ng dahon?
10:33Siguro po mas okay na po yung may dahon.
10:37Pero kayo, sang-ayon ba kayo? Tanggalin na lang yung dahon.
10:40Okay.
10:41Okay lang nga kaganya.
10:42Original niya nga, yun na lang din po.
10:45Ang classical Greek sculpture na inaaral ng mga estudyante rito ang naging inspirasyon din ni Tolentino.
11:02At halos lahat ito nakahubad.
11:05Okay, nahiram namin dito sa office ni Dean Toimimau.
11:15Itong libro tungkol kay Guillermo Tolentino.
11:19At nandito sa ilang pahina, yung mga early drawings ni Tolentino nung nag-aaral pa lang siya ng art, saka sculpture.
11:34Inaral niya talaga kung paano gumawa ng mga nude.
11:39Ayon dito sa libro ay tinawag si Tolentino na Filipino Rodan dahil sa kanyang mastery ng nudes.
11:49So makita natin dito yung ibang klaseng pose ng mga nude ni Tolentino.
12:01Hindi tabu para kay Tolentino yung gumawa ng mga nude drawing at sculpture.
12:16Nasa ilalim pa rin tayo ng mga Amerikano noong ipinalagay ang dahon.
12:20Pati ang simbolo ng pangarap ng mga Pilipino na maging malaya noong 1935 ay naging biktima rin ng censorship.
12:35Siyang napot taon ang nakalipas, mas malaya na ba talaga tayo ngayon?
12:40Ang Alpha Phi Omega o APO ay isang malaking fraternity sa bansa.
12:55Dito sa UP Diliman, sila ang nagsimula at nagpapatuloy ng oblation run bilang pagpapahayag ng kanilang paninindigan sa mga isyong panlipunan.
13:11Hubot-hubat ang tradisyon ng pagtakbo bagaman nakamaskara.
13:15Ang tanyag na violinistang John Lesaca pala, ang isa sa mga senior brad ng APO.
13:29I'm doing this fundraising for children with cancer.
13:35Siya raw ang makakapagpaliwanag kung paano nagsimula ang tradisyon.
13:40That was the 70s. And remember yung 70s background dyan, there was martial law.
13:48Since it was martial law, ang daming censorship.
13:52But UP, being UP, we really went against that censorship.
13:57And so, we decided to sponsor and promote this play called Hubad na Bayani.
14:06Now, ano yung Hubad na Bayani? It was about, again, freedom lang.
14:12But how to promote it properly?
14:15So, ano nangyari? At that time, Alpha Phi Omega din,
14:20was, they wanted to promote itong Hubad na Bayani.
14:26And how to promote that?
14:28Naisip nung isang kasama namin, si Nicky Morales,
14:32Bakit hindi kaya natin i-gawin yung may tatakbo?
14:40Kaya sabihin, agree lahat.
14:42Are you proud that your fraternity is behind this tradition?
14:51And do you want it to continue?
14:53Yes, definitely I want it to continue.
14:55Firstly, I'm very proud of what APO stands for.
14:58Because we stand on three basic principles, leadership, friendship, and service.
15:05Sa lahat ng grupong nagpaplano ng protesta, maaring ang APO ang pinaka-inaabangan.
15:17Tiyak, may mga nanunood para lang maaliw o tumili.
15:29Nagiging pagkakataon din para sa APO na mapansin ang kanilang mga pahayag.
15:35What does it symbolize today, yung ablation run?
15:38It symbolize po yung tapang, tapang ng mga members namin.
15:44Naharapin yung mga issues ng bansa na kinakaarap.
15:48Ano yung last time?
15:50Last time po, since 2025 po ay local elections.
15:55So we focused on voting wisely, not yung vote buying.
16:02We need to be more aware sa mga social issues
16:04Dahil kinabukasan natin yung namin yung nakasalalay.
16:10Kung hayaan namin na tuloy-tuloy lang yung status quo.
16:16Kailangan i-call out natin yun na bilang kabataan,
16:20bilang part ng the next generation.
16:23Hindi lang para sa future natin,
16:26para sa future generations na mabubuhay dito sa society natin.
16:30Noong nilikha ang oblation, dinidibati pa ang kinabukasan ng bayan.
16:38May mga moderno tulad ng Tolentino.
16:41Kaya sinubukan niyang gumawa ng ribulto ng Pilipino
16:45na walang mali siyang nakalantad ang pagkalalaki.
16:49Hindi nga lang nakalampas sa mga konserbatibo.
16:52Pumunta ako sa National Museum sa Maynila
17:02para mas kilalanin si Guillermo Tulentino.
17:06So, here in the National Museum, we take pride of our national artists here in the Philippines,
17:15especially here in the National Museum of Fine Arts.
17:18We take pride in preserving and also making sure na nakikita ng mga tao.
17:23So, we have rooms specifically made for Amor Solo.
17:30And also, hindi mawawala in terms of sculpture, si Tolentino.
17:34As a national artist for sculpture.
17:36And dito natin makikita yung sari-saring talents niya.
17:41Obviously, alam natin na mahusay siyang sculptor.
17:44Pero ang pagkakilala sa kanya ng maraming siguro ay dahil sa oblation.
17:49Pero ito, ang karamihan dito ay mga busts.
17:52So, bakit siya gumawa ng maraming busts?
17:56So, he does a lot of busts.
17:57Kasi, most of these images, ano siya eh, of major political figures, of major figures throughout history.
18:07So, we have images of Rizal and also Bonifacio.
18:12Lumaki sa malolos Bulacan si Guillermo Tulentino
18:16bago pa man siya mag-aral ng sining sa Maynila, Amerika at Europa.
18:21He started at a very young age.
18:22He would go to, ano, sa mga rivers.
18:25And he would play with the clay, mga lupa na nakukuha niya sa tabi ng ilog.
18:31And he would sculpt doon.
18:34Tapos, when he moved here in Manila, nag-aral siya sa Manila High School.
18:39And even during his time at the Manila High School,
18:44he would also attend art classes.
18:49Sumikat si Tolentino sa paglililong.
18:52Pero, siya rin pala ang lumikha ng kilalang ilustrasyon na ito.
18:57So, actually, itong specific image na ito,
19:01kinuha niya yung different images ng mga heroes
19:06and mga important figures na ito.
19:08And he made this drawing.
19:10So, initially, it's a drawing, but later on translated into a lithograph
19:15para mapublish sa Liwayway under Severino Reyes.
19:19Yung magazine?
19:20Mm-mm.
19:22If you think about Philippine art history and sculpture,
19:26una mong maiisip talaga is Guillermo Tolentino
19:30since siya yung isa sa mga naging pillars
19:33when it comes to art history here in the Philippines.
19:37For an actual art.
19:40Madalas, sa sining inilalabas ang hinaihing ng mga tao.
19:49Kaya naman, hindi nakapagtataka
19:51na inspirasyon pa rin ang oblation mula noon
19:57Hanggang ngayon.
20:03Pagkos, hindi nilang!
20:04Pagkos, hindi nilang!
20:05Pur香, hindi nilang!
20:06Puntin ang pagkakot!
20:08B抵, hindi nilang!
20:09Ay, ito ang pagkakakabahan!
20:15Pagkakabahan!
20:16Sepe, how long did that happen?
20:19He's dead.
20:21We're going to die.
20:23We're going to die.
20:24We're going to die.
20:25We're going to die.
20:33Don't forget what's going to happen to the enemy.
20:39Tulean!
20:42There's one.
20:43One.
20:44It's Uncle Giam.
20:58When Pocho is showing,
21:01he will die.
21:04The name of Lord Jesus Christ
21:06is dead.
21:07The name of God is dead.
21:09He's dead.
21:10He's dead.
21:11He's dead.
21:12He's dead.
21:13He's dead.
21:14He's dead.
21:15He's dead.
21:16He's dead.
21:18Let us break!
21:20The name of God is dead.
21:33The name of God is dead.
21:35Mula sa mga tradisyonal na paraan ng pagpaprotesta,
21:38nagbabago na rin ang muka ng pagkikibaka.
21:51September 21, 2025,
21:54nakiisa sa kilos protesta laban sa korupsyon
21:57ang grupo ni na Wovie at Seah,
22:00mga estudyante ng UP Diliman.
22:02Yung content po namin yun,
22:04alluding to the failed flood control projects,
22:08lalo na kasi alam natin,
22:10ang dami talagang namatay dun sa mga baha na nagdaan
22:14the whole year round.
22:16So kami dumating dito na,
22:18ewan ko nakita ng mga tao,
22:20taong putik,
22:22ka-dressed na taong putik nung araw na yun.
22:24O bakit taong putik?
22:26Siguro yung we want to show yung absurdity talaga
22:29ng living conditions na,
22:31hindi kasi siya nakikita ng mga politiko e,
22:33lalo na yung mga nepo babies, di ba?
22:37Pero it's very real to a sense na gusto talaga namin
22:41na kahit makita lang yung picture
22:43na covered sa putik yung mga tao,
22:47yun yung absurdity nung palpak na flood control projects
22:50ng gobyerno.
22:52Sa kabila ng mga isudyanteng taong putik,
22:56may katulad naman ni Wovie Villanueva,
22:59na paralegal at safety marshal,
23:02na umaalalay sa mga rallyista.
23:04Isa siya sa mga inaresto at binugbog ng polis.
23:08Kailangan ko!
23:10Kailangan ko!
23:12Ano yung duties mo?
23:14So ensuring na lahat ay safe,
23:16pero sadly, ako yung nahuli.
23:18So the tables have turned.
23:20Bakit ikaw nang ano yun?
23:22Because as a security marshal
23:24and the paralegal, last man out.
23:26Dapat, I wanted to ensure that everyone was safe.
23:30Pero nung, when I noticed,
23:34may pinaglalaroan na isang lalaki
23:38ng mga apat na polis na naka-full on riot gear.
23:45Even the riot shield,
23:47binabash na siya ng riot shield.
23:49We weren't even trying to restrain him anymore for arrest.
23:52That's when I approached them,
23:54hands up, nakataas yung kamay ko noon.
23:56Nagsasabi ako,
23:57Sir, baka pwede na yan dalhin sa likod.
23:59Okay na yan.
24:00Baka pwede na siyang i-process.
24:01Tama na yan.
24:02Tapos,
24:03doon nila ako hinawakan dito,
24:05sa damit ko.
24:07Tinanong nila,
24:08bakit? Sino ka ba?
24:09Doon ako nagpakilala.
24:10Para legal ho ako,
24:11gusto ko lang humainsure yung safety niya.
24:13Tapos, doon na rin ho ako kinaladkan.
24:15May sumisipa sa akin sa likod.
24:17Pinagahampas ako sa ulo.
24:19Nang yantok.
24:22Tapos minsan,
24:23closed fist na sinasapak sa muka,
24:25dito sa abdomen.
24:27And hindi lang siya experience ko.
24:31Halos lahat ng na-arresto,
24:32yun yung na-experience nila.
24:34Pagkatapos ma-detain ang apat na araw,
24:37nakalabas din si Wovie matapos makapagpiansa.
24:40Sa kabila man ang naranasan ni Wovie at Seah,
24:45mas nanindigan pa silang ipaglaban ang tama.
24:49x
25:04Madalas kong marinig sa mga nakatatanda na wala namang mangyayari sa mga protesta.
25:08I often hear that they don't have to happen in protest.
25:14They are corrupt.
25:17They are corrupt.
25:19They are corrupt.
25:23But I often hear that they are corrupt.
25:27They are corrupt.
25:29We know that the systemic issues of the country are facing.
25:34We need to be corrupt.
25:37We need to be corrupt.
25:39We need to be corrupt.
25:41We need to be corrupt.
25:43We need to be corrupt.
25:45I remember the words of Rizal
25:47written in Oblation.
25:49Where are the people who have been sacrificed for the country?
25:55For me, Oblation is also hope.
25:59It represents hope.
26:01For me, I hope that you will be able to do it for the better.
26:13I think it's not an inspiration for Rizal.
26:19It's the one who's been able to do it.
26:22He's got a piece of paper.
26:26He's got a piece of paper.
26:29It's not a piece of inspiration for many people.
26:33From the Diliman at Mendiola, Manila.
26:38I'm Javi Severino.
26:41At ito ang eyewitness.
27:07Maraming salamat sa pagtutok sa eyewitness mga kapuso.
27:10Ano masasabi nyo sa dokumentaryong ito?
27:13I-comment na yan at mag-subscribe sa GMA Public Affairs YouTube channel.
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