Musiko Bumbong

 

MUSIKO BUMBONG are Filipino marching bands using woodwind instruments made of bamboo.

Nasaan na ang MUSIKO BUMBONG ng ating ciudad na noon ay laging inaabangan lalo kapag sasapit ang kapaskuhan? Bakit sumabay ito sa paglaho ng mga comparza, cumbanchero at zarsuela? Bakit mas binigyan ng halaga ng makabagong panahon regada at puro zumba na hindi naman makalumang tradisyon ng ating kasaysayan at kultura. Kung ano ang mga sariling atin ay pilit ng tinapon at kinalimutan.

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Japanese Curry Rice

Ingredients:

Curry

1 small white onion, sliced

2 large potatoes, cubed

1 large carrot, cubed

1 tbsp oil

½ packet of 230g (8.11oz) House Vermont Curry Mild

800 ml water

4 cups of cooked rice (hot)

Pork Cutlets

Pork cutlets

Salt and pepper

¼ cup flour

1 beaten egg

1 cup Japanese breadcrumbs

Oil to deep fry

Procedure:

For Curry

Heat over medium high heat 1 tbsp oil. Sauté onion for a few minutes until onion becomes translucen.

Add potatoes and carrots into the pot and stir for a couple of minutes.

Add water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low to medium and simmer vegetables are cooked.

Break the curry roux into small blocks and add them into the pot. Stir gently to blend the curry roux over low heat.

Cooked covered over low heat for about 10 minutes until the curry roux is completely dissolved. Stir occasionally. Check the consistency of the sauce. If too thick, adjust with some water. If too thin, cook further without the lid. It will thicken when cooled down as well. Set aside.

For Pork Cutlets

Season the pork with salt and pepper.

Coat fillet with flour. Shake off excess flour, then dip in then to breadcrumbs.

Repeat for the rest of the fillets.

Deep fry for about 3-4 minutes or until the bottom side is browned.

Transfer the cutlet onto a tray lined with paper towel to drain excess oil, and rest for 5 minutes.

Pour curry next to the rice and cutlet. Serve immediately.

CAVITE CITY : Japanese Occupation Era

On December 10, 1941, two days after an attack that had destroyed American air defenses at Clark Field and three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Imperial Forces destroyed Cavite Naval Base and bombed Cavite City.

Later, after Japan seized the Philippines, Japanese leaders appointed at least two city mayors of Cavite City.

The island of Corregidor played an important role during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. The island was the site of two costly sieges and pitched battles—the first during the first months of 1942, and the second in January 1945—between the Imperial Japanese Army and the U.S. Army, along with its smaller subsidiary force, the Philippine Army.

In 1945 during the fight for the liberation of the country from Japanese hands, the US and Philippine Commonwealth military bombarded the Japanese forces stationed in the city, completely destroying the old historic port city of Cavite. The old walls and the Porta Vaga gate were damaged. Most of the structures were destroyed while some of the church towers remained. The city was littered with bomb craters.

Cavite looking east showing destruction caused by American aerial bombing, Philippines, 1945

After the war, the city's local administration resumed the way it was before the war. The walls, gate and ruins of the old city were later removed. Only the bell tower of the Santa Monica Church of the Recollects and the two bastions of Fort San Felipe remain of the old city.

The belfry ruins of the Santa Monica Church after the city was heavily bombarded in  WW2.

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