"His poem [Ultimo Adios], undated and believed to be written on the day before his execution, was hidden in an alcohol stove and later handed to his family with his few remaining possessions, including the final letters and his last bequests. Within hearing of the Spanish guards he reminded his sisters in English, "There is something inside it," referring to the alcohol stove given by the Pardo de Taveras which was to be returned after his execution, thereby emphasizing the importance of the poem. This instruction was followed by another, "Look in my shoes," in which another item was secreted.
Exhumation of his remains in August, 1898, under American rule, revealed he had been uncoffined, his burial not on sanctified ground granted the 'confessed' faithful, and whatever was in his shoes had disintegrated." - Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig
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"Isang tsinelas ang nawala sa akin at walang silbi sa makakakita. Ang isang tsinelas na nasa akin ay wala ring silbi sa akin. Kung sino man ang makakuha ng pares ng tsinelas ay magagamit niya ito sa kaniyang paglakad.
Napatingin ulit sa akin ang mama. Marahil naunawaan niya ang isang batang katulad ko." - From an Anecdote about the boy Jose Rizal
Was it just coincidence that of all places, Jose Rizal chose to have his shoes made at a secret Katipunan headquarters?
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And of course, here we see yet another of Rizal's
not-so-subliminal reference to shoes.
what kind of shoes are those? Why the hairy legs?
whose legs are those?
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Iniisip ni Rizal na ipaanod ang kapares ng kanyang tsinelas upang kung sino man ang makapulot nito ay kanyang mapakinabangan. Nakakatuwang isipin na kapalit ng kalungkutan niya ay kasiyahan ng sino man ang makapulot ng kanyang tsinelas. Sa isang nilalang madalang na ang makaisip ng ganito lalo na sa ating panahon ngayon.
Carol Banting
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