President Benigno Aquino III offering a wreath at the Rizal Monument in Manila on Rizal Day 2015
Observed by
Philippines
Type
National
Significance
Commemoration of the life and works of José Rizal
Date
December 30
Next time
December 30, 2024 (2024-12-30)
Frequency
Annual
First time
December 30, 1898
Rizal Day (Spanish: Día de Rizal, Filipino: Araw ni Rizal; Tagalog:[riˈsal]) is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. It is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution at Bagumbayan (present-day Rizal Park) in Manila.
RizalDay (Spanish: Día de Rizal, Filipino: Araw ni Rizal; Tagalog: [riˈsal]) is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal...
The RizalDay bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on...
about José Rizal. The Rizal Law was emphatically opposed by the Catholic Church in the Philippines, mostly due to the anti-clericalism in Rizal's books Noli...
Rizal Park, Luneta (Filipino: Liwasang Rizal, Luneta), also known as Luneta Park or simply Luneta, is a historic urban park located in Ermita, Manila....
year a day of national mourning in honor of Rizal and other victims of the revolution. Henceforth, December 30 has been celebrated as RizalDay. By the...
Knights of Rizal is an Order of Chivalry from the Philippines, created to honor and uphold the ideals of Philippine national hero José Rizal. The civic...
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regularly participate in RizalDay celebrations in Rizal Park as an act of devotion to Rizal. Religious views of José Rizal "Rizalist cult (Filipino religion)...
Trinidad Rizal y Alonso (June 6, 1868 – May 9, 1951), commonly known as Trinidad Rizal, was a Filipina feminist leader and co-founder of the Philippines'...
cockfighting in the Philippines but since 1948, cockfighting is prohibited every RizalDay on December 30 where violators can be fined or imprisoned due to the Republic...
national heroes of the Philippines (like Bonifacio Day, RizalDay, Araw ng Kagitingan, and National Heroes Day), the date is not a "regular holiday" (double...
18, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2021. "December 30, 2012: Celebrating Rizal and the National Language". The Official Gazette. Government of the Philippines...
60 people in the most devastating of a series of attacks that day, now known as the RizalDay bombings. With Japan's ODA amounting to 75 billion yen in total...
Dalit sa Paggawa; English: "Hymn to Labor") is a poem written by Dr. José Rizal. The poem was requested by his friends from Lipa, Batangas, in January 1888...
order to perpetuate his name." Unlike RizalDay which is held on the death anniversary of José Rizal, Bonifacio Day is celebrated on his birth date. This...
municipalities (twelve from the province of Rizal and the municipality of Valenzuela from Bulacan) which covers the present-day territory of Metro Manila. It was...
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Rizal Avenue, also known as Avenida or Avenida Rizal, is one of Manila's main thoroughfares running from its Santa Cruz and Quiapo districts to the Bonifacio...