Rizal Day
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Rizal Day is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. It is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution
President Benigno Aquino III offering a wreath at the Rizal Monument in Manila on Rizal Day 2015
Rizal Day 2025 ceremony at Plaza Rizal, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu
President Elpidio Quirino leads the 1949 Rizal Day ceremony.
President Rodrigo Duterte (center) leads the flag-raising ceremony during the 125th martyrdom anniversary of Rizal at the Rizal Park in Manila on December 30, 2021.
Cockfighting
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Cockfighting is a blood sport involving domesticated roosters as the combatants. The first documented use of the word gamecock, denoting use of the cock as to a "game", a sport, pastime or entertainme
Rizal Day
…holiday. To underscore the solemnity of the event, President Elpidio Quirino signed Republic Act No. 229 into law on June 9, 1948, which prohibits cockfighting, horse racing and jai-alai every December 30. The law also requires that flags across the country remain at half staff throughout the day and that every…
Cockfight in London, c. 1808
Colonel Mordaunt's cockfight in Lucknow, 1784–1786, by Johann Zoffany
The wantilan, a Balinese pavilion that can be used for cockfighting
In this ancient Roman mosaic, two cocks face off in front of a table displaying the purse for the winner between a caduceus and a palm of victory (National Archaeological Museum of Naples)