KAHAPON NGAYON AT BUKAS

0:00 Yesterday, today and tomorrow by Aurelio Tolentino. One of the most popular zarzuela plays was Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, which was used to express opposition and condemnation of American rule in the Philippines. This play was performed at the Libertad Theater in Manila on May 14, 1933. Its story focuses on the motherland or the Philippines overcoming the oppression of foreigners. Aside from the motherland, the characters in this play symbolize people who have been victims, fought and are fought against foreigners and fellow

0:46 Filipinos. Characters and what they symbolize. Motherland represents the Philippines. Wide-eyed blind represents Spain. New sprout represents America. Obedient, representing the Filipina woman. Tagalog represents Angkatagalugan. Enlightened, representing the Spanish government. We know that the American government is represented by the animal, representing the traitor or deceiver, the Tagalog word "dahumpalay"

1:32 represents the traitor or deceiver, the little king represents the inchik king, the beast represents the Spanish priest or priest, the neutral one represents the Filipino man. The celebration for their freedom can be seen taking place in the yard full of plants and bananas. The women lined up on the right and the men on the left, their hands raised and holding the golden cup. Among those in line are animals or the treacherous or deceptive Tagalog. Masunurin is the Filipina woman. The

2:19 Filipino man and other townspeople had no objection. Everyone was shouting, drinking and dancing. It seemed like everyone was about to drink the contents of their cup at the same time when suddenly the motherland, the Philippines, and the Tagalogs, the Tagalogs, arrived. Everyone was surprised and stopped in their celebration. The motherland is overflowing with anger because of the joy it has witnessed, which shows their indifference to their true situation. Despite his urging, they remained deaf and returned to their joy. They completely forgot about their complicated yesterday. The motherland was further hurt when

3:06 none of them were willing to side with her. Because of this, the motherland and Asal had an answer . Motherland showed everyone the graves of their ancestors and parents as a reminder of their sacrifices. Here the river people realized their mistake and planned to have a war against King Bata or King Inchik. Asal Bayou, who remained treacherous and blind to wealth, went to the king boy to reveal that his companions were seeking to regain their freedom. Asal Hayop agreed to be the eyes and ears in the

3:52 war in exchange for the money and high position promised to him by the King of the Boy. Before they parted ways, Asal Hayop accepted the copper chaspa that he would show to the guard to enter King Bata's home. Asal Hayop immediately looked for the rivermen and found them meeting . Unresisting, obedient, women and armed men. After obtaining the details of the rebellion plan, he said goodbye and went home for a while, only to return shortly. But the truth is that he will already inform King Bata of the plan. He was about to leave when his

4:39 mother arrived and stopped him from leaving. Everyone was shocked by the revelation of the motherland regarding the treachery committed by Asal Hayo. The river lord could not accept the blasphemy of what Asal Hayo had done, so he ordered him to be killed. The rebellion and quest for freedom continued. So in the end, the river god killed King Bata. The results of their struggle were successful. [Music] But this joy was quickly extinguished when Spain arrived, blinded by the light, the Spanish government, and Halimao, the

5:27 Spanish priest. They introduced themselves as friends and not enemies. Rather, he is their savior. On this occasion, an agreement was reached between the rivermen and the blind to defend the people from all troubles and enslavement. Dilat, the blind man who was born in the city, and the river became friends and they bled together. In the second part of the play, they are seen kneeling and offering all their wealth in front of the blind, the blind, and the beast. While the motherland was speaking to three foreigners who, as

6:15 their subjects, requested to protect her territory. The riverman, on the other hand, is visibly unhappy with what he sees his companions doing to worship the three foreigners. So when the offering of dah or the traitor or deceptive Tagalog came to him, Tagalog said the words "I am." There you go. At the same time, he threw what he was holding. The three foreigners did not like what the riverman said and they blurted out the word palamara or traitor. Dah Palay said that Tagailog should be punished and not forgiven for

7:01 his behavior. So the hawk stood up in anger and dragged the river runner to prison. Then everyone present was dismissed. When everyone left, the traitor Dahumpal was left behind. He informed Dilat that the blind man often did not kneel before him and had bad intentions. He said he often found the two whispering to each other, so the motherland should also be imprisoned. Dilat even wanted to talk to Dahong Palay blindly to find out the river's secrets against him. On the other hand, we can see the

7:47 motherland's plea to Matanglawin to release Tagailog. The motherland gave up all her money in exchange for the freedom of the river runner. He was dismissed and promised to release the hostage immediately. As the motherland departed, Dah Palay arrived to inform Tanglawin of Dilat's orders . to be shot in the river. But Matang Lawin did not follow this . Instead, he ordered the river thief to be released for one day and imprisoned again the next day to be ransomed with money. He was no longer Dahong Palay, so

8:32 he went to Halimaw and informed him of the plan to release Matang Lawin from the river in exchange for money. When Halimao learned of Matang Lawin's actions, he sent Dahong Palay away so that his planned order could be carried out. When he saw his motherland, she informed him that the promise made to him by Tanglawin would not be fulfilled without his permission. There was no money left to give to the motherland, so Halimaw asked for their necklaces, gold rings, bracelets, earrings, brooches, watches, buttons, shawls, aprons , trousers, and shoes. After receiving all this,

9:19 the motherland was ordered to return home and wait for the river. Meanwhile, Dah Palay visited Tagailog to inform him that he had walked his path to freedom, blind and blindfolded. The river runner knew that the rice leaf was rebellious, so he did not reveal that he knew its true purpose. That's why, when it was time to release her from her bonds, Tagailog went ahead and killed and burned Daw Palay's face, and he exchanged their clothes. so that he would be mistaken for the corpse. When the hawk-eyed, blind, and wild beasts went to the prison, they thought the body was the remains of a river hunter,

10:05 so they immediately buried it. Tagailog was completely taken aback and the people's rebellion continued because the three foreigners had deceived them about Tagailog's freedom. Word spread that the soul of the river was leading the revolution. Because of this, Halimaw captured the motherland and brought her to Matang Lawin to order her to be buried alive because he thought she was the one who incited the people to rebel. When Bagong Sibol or America arrived and our knowledge or the American government arrived, Tagailog made a pact with them to help fight the

10:52 blind, hawk-eyed, and beastly. They did not fail, they defeated the enemy. The monster surrendered willingly and pointed to the burial place of the motherland. The motherland was saved and the graves dug by the three foreigners also became their graves of life. After this victory, the motherland and the people of Tagalog begged for their freedom. But our new sprouts and consciousness are against it. Due to the refusal, the motherland and the people of Tagailog threatened that there would be a massacre if their freedom was not granted .

11:39 [Music] Our consciousness had a dream as a warning. In the dream, Bagong Sibol released an eagle bird . But it is wounded. Motherland said that the bird was struck by a small, electric grasshopper. In anger, Bagong Sibol will attack the motherland. But before he could get close, the tomb appeared and the souls rose. The motherland ordered him to swear that freedom would be granted unless their God acted. Suddenly, a river runner appeared with a boy and a girl who knelt down and begged to be granted their freedom.

12:25 When Bagong Sibol did not agree, King Death appeared and threatened that if he was still denied freedom, he would hunt him down and kill him. When our Malay woke up, he told Bagong Sibol about the dream. But he just laughed at her. The day has come for the motherland and the river to plead again. They showed Bagong Sibol and our Malay the Tagalog armies such as infantry, artillery, engineering and the Red Cross. Who are ready to fight for their freedom. But instead of being shocked, the two stood firm.

13:11 Suddenly the girl and boy came out . Fool of a large book containing the writings of their poor people. They took out and dedicated the book to Bagong Sibol. When it fell, the flag appeared like the one held by the motherland. The children said that if freedom could not be granted, it would be better for them to be killed than to grow up as slaves. In the end, due to the sincere pleas of the children, Bagong Sibol granted the longed-for freedom of the motherland and the people of Tagalog.