{"id":1791,"date":"2011-03-09T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T01:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weddingsatwork.com\/wawnewsblog\/2011\/03\/09\/katipunan-inspired-wedding-for-activist-couple\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T01:02:23","slug":"katipunan-inspired-wedding-for-activist-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/katipunan-inspired-wedding-for-activist-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"Katipunan-inspired wedding for activist couple"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(story via bulatlat.com<\/a>) On January 15, 2011, human-rights worker Deejay Acierto married Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) organizer Neil Legaspi had a Katipunan-inspired wedding at the Chapel of St. Andrew\u2019s Seminary.\u00a0 For this couple, the revolution and the Katipunan were the most meaningful inspirations.<\/p>\n

Deejay and Neil were faithful to their Katipunan theme. Costumes rented out from the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) served as their wedding attire \u2014 kimona<\/em> and saya<\/em> (skirt) for Deejay and camisa de chino<\/em> for Neil.<\/p>\n

Instead of the traditional lineup in the entourage, Deejay and Neil marched together with their parents to the music of Bonifacio\u2019s \u201cAling Pag-ibig Pa\u201d <\/em>sung by Walkie Mirana with Bayan\u2019s Renato Reyes Jr. on the guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeil said he didn\u2019t like the image of \u2018giving away the bride\u2019 so to speak so we decided to march together with our parents who have been supportive of our relationship and of our cause,\u201d<\/em> Deejay said.<\/p>\n

The couple was barefoot when they marched to the altar. \u201cThat is a symbol of our solidarity with the peasants and the toiling masses,\u201d<\/em> said Deejay.<\/p>\n

Two priests of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, also a couple, wed them: Fr. Diony Cabillas, secretary general of Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Para sa Amnestiya (Selda) was joined by his wife Rev. Ehravilla.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was replete with symbolisms. The wedding rings and coins were covered by a cloth used by mujahidin<\/em> Moro fighters. The veil used is made of t\u2019nalak<\/em>, a special type of cloth woven by T\u2019boli women and the cord that tied the couple was made of the abaca hemp.<\/p>\n

Most of the ninongs<\/em> and ninangs<\/em> are progressive individuals that the two admire. They include National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera, Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Javier Colmenares, Bibeth Orteza, Hustisya\u2019s Evangeline Hernandez, Karen Empeno\u2019s parents Concepcion and Oscar, Arkibongbayan\u2019s Ramon Ramirez, among others.<\/p>\n

Neil\u2019s friends at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music provided most of the music at the Church. Roselle Pineda sang \u201cAwit ni Canuplin\u201d<\/em> during the Eucharist and Deejay said those who knew the song were teary-eyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur wedding is a consolidation of our families, relatives, friends and comrades,\u201d<\/em> said Deejay. \u201cWe wanted everything to be easy,\u201d<\/em> she added, saying that the dress code for guests was casual.<\/p>\n

The souvenirs were key chains and pendants made by political prisoners.<\/p>\n

JL Burgos, brother of missing activist Jonas, volunteered for the video coverage. Roneo Clamor, acting secretary general of Karapatan, and several others took photographs.<\/p>\n

People\u2019s Chorale offered songs for the couple. The couple danced to the tune of \u201cMoon River.\u201d
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Deejay and Neil said they were deeply touched by the support of fellow activists. The food served at the reception were contributed by different people. \u201cIt was like a feast,\u201d<\/em> said Deejay.<\/p>\n

As Deejay puts it: \u201cWe wanted our wedding to be simple but it became extraordinary because of the overwhelming support of comrades.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(story via bulatlat.com) On January 15, 2011, human-rights worker Deejay Acierto married Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) organizer Neil Legaspi had a Katipunan-inspired wedding at the Chapel of St. Andrew\u2019s Seminary.\u00a0 For this couple, the revolution and the Katipunan were the most meaningful inspirations. Deejay and Neil were faithful to their Katipunan theme. Costumes rented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kasalan-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}