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 Jose Rizal once said, “He who does not know how to look back at where hecame rom will never get to his destination! "s #ili$inos, our s$irits mustbe u$lited by the ins$iration rom our national hero How he $ortrayed

$atriotism is a true e%am$le o how we should embrace and fght or ourcountry

&n the short documentary “iWitness!, by Howie 'everino, he ventured(uro$e together with a new ound riend) Jean *aul +erstaten to digdee$er into Rizals lie and become enlightened with several unansweredthoughts about our national hero &n the beginning o the documentary,the di-erent $laces where Rizal visited were shown 'everino andverstaten were riding in a ta%i, looking around *aris and end u$ in Hotel

de *aris where Rizal has once stayed .hey were revisiting the $laceswhere Rizal has visited and stayed during his time in *aris &t can benoticed that there are $la/ues in $laces where Rizal has visited0stayed tocommemorate his $resence .his goes to show that Rizal has let anim$act on $eo$le other than #ili$inos His in1uence o (uro$eans was/uite the sur$rise or me 2oreover, Rizal had many residences and thesewere remembered as well &n act, some $eo$le who inhabit the $lacecurrently 3at the time the video was shot4 already knew who Rizal waswhile some didnt even know the building was historic & discovered thatRizal ke$t moving about 3$ali$at)li$at ng tirahan4 5ot only was the $lacehe stayed and visited remembered but they also looked into his love lie &nthe 6ity o 7ove .here was a scene when a woman was givinginter$retations on why Rizal was in a costume and in the $icture was also5elly 8oustead, the woman whom he courted in *aris &t is here we realizethat a $icture can s$eak a thousand words and the signifcance o artiactsin history9that these tangible ob:ects can tell so much about the cultureo an era "s they visited a home ull o artworks, they shouwed thebathroom o Rizal and 7una beore &t was not technically a bathroom asthey had to go outside or the comort room .here was a s$ace and a

bowl or them to wash Rizal lived a very sim$le lie &n such sim$lemeans, he was able to e%$ress his thoughts, be brave and fght or what isright #or instance, he sacrifced much9moving into a less comortablea$artment in order or his works to be $ublished and attain the necessaryunds Who was +erstaten; +erstaten was introduced to 'everino while hewas in a concert in 8elgium +erstaten a$$eared to be a Rizal enthusiast

 Jean *aul +erstaten is 8elgium by blood but #ili$ino by heart He invests

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much o his time to learn more about Rizal, his idol n another note, the cult in 2t "rayat9.he Rizalistas were seen singing

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and dancing $assionately about Dr Jose Rizal .his goes to show that thein1uence o Rizal in everyday lives o the #ili$inos still e%ist though not inthe bust streets o 2etro 2anila &t is interesting to know that they regardRizal as a .agalog 6hrist, giving me, as a student a di-erent $ers$ective

and a visual re$resentation o what & have read or Rizal course 3in thete%tbook4 .heir, together with the e%am$le o +erstatens desire to kee$Rizal and his ideals ins$ire me to kee$ going and learn about his lie andworks $assionately