WATCH: UP Diliman Plays Ominous Tune of "Bayan Ko" From Bell Tower
It kicks off the day of protest.
(SPOT.ph) The UP Carillon is one of the unique things you can find
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During the Diliman Commune—a week-long protest sparked by an oil price hike in 1971, it would play the famous labor anthem "L’Internationale" and was even used as an outpost for student activists to monitor suspicious activity from the military and the police. So it is only fitting that the bells played the popular patriotic song "Bayan Ko" to kick off the UP community's remembrance of one of the darkest periods in Philippine history—the signing of the declaration of Martial Law by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos on September 21. Gunita at Kampana, which started at 7:30 a.m., also condemns the rampant violation of human rights amid the Duterte administration's bloody war against drugs.
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Bayan Ko played live at the UP Carillon.#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NoToMartialLaw pic.twitter.com/YbVNeQbczy
— UP Diliman USC (@USCUPDiliman) September 21, 2017
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Found along Osmeña Avenue, the UP Carillon is said to be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The 130-foot tower inaugurated in 1952 originally consisted of 46 tuned bells that played the national anthem, the school hymn, and half an hour of inspiring music every 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. during Carlos P. Romulo's term as
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This isn't the first time that the Carillon played "Bayan Ko." After news broke that Marcos was to be buried at the Libingan ng
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