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class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">"Victory and Humanity"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organized by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">National Quincentennial Committee</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230210092335/https://nqc.gov.ph/en/">nqc.gov.ph</a></span> (Archived)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines</b> (<b>2021 QCP</b>) was a series of observances organized to mark the 500th anniversary of various events in the Philippines, notably the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Philippines" title="Christianity in the Philippines">Christianity in the Philippines</a>, the role of the country in the <a href="/wiki/Magellan%E2%80%93Elcano_circumnavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation">Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation</a>, and the victory of <a href="/wiki/Lapulapu" title="Lapulapu">Lapulapu</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan" title="Battle of Mactan">Battle of Mactan</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Executive_Order_No._103,_s._2020_(20200128-EO-103-RRD).pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Executive_Order_No._103%2C_s._2020_%2820200128-EO-103-RRD%29.pdf/page1-220px-Executive_Order_No._103%2C_s._2020_%2820200128-EO-103-RRD%29.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Executive_Order_No._103%2C_s._2020_%2820200128-EO-103-RRD%29.pdf/page1-330px-Executive_Order_No._103%2C_s._2020_%2820200128-EO-103-RRD%29.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Executive_Order_No._103%2C_s._2020_%2820200128-EO-103-RRD%29.pdf/page1-440px-Executive_Order_No._103%2C_s._2020_%2820200128-EO-103-RRD%29.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="1752" /></a><figcaption>Executive Order No. 103 signed by President <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> on January 28, 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>The Philippine national government aims to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Filipinos' first contact with the Spanish in 1521 from a Filipino-centric point of view in 2021. The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) was formed for this purpose in May 2018, when President <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> issued Executive Order (EO) No. 55.<sup id="cite_ref-announceplan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announceplan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Duterte issued EO 103 on January 28, 2020, formalizing the intent for the commemorations to be "Filipino-centric" and expanded the membership and scope of the NQC.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2021 QCP was meant to commemorate three main events.<sup id="cite_ref-announceplan_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announceplan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NQC has also released official names for the quincentennial for the three events.<sup id="cite_ref-nqcFB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nqcFB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/500_Years_of_Christianity_in_the_Philippines" title="500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines">500th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity in the Philippines</a></b> – Due to the arrival of the Spanish marking the introduction of Christianity in the Philippines, which became the dominant religion in the country.</li> <li><b>500th anniversary of the Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world</b> – Commemorates the stopover of the <a href="/wiki/Magellan%E2%80%93Elcano_circumnavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation">Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation</a> in the Philippines. The NQC specifically advises against naming the event as the "arrival of Magellan" in the Philippines or the Western characterization of the event as the "discovery" of the Philippines.</li> <li><b>500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan</b> – Which commemorates the victory of <a href="/wiki/Lapulapu" title="Lapulapu">Lapulapu</a> in the Philippines in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan" title="Battle of Mactan">Battle of Mactan</a>. While the NQC recognizes that Lapulapu and his contemporaries were not technically Filipinos, its position is that they are still worthy of recognition since modern-day Filipinos are their descendants. The NQC commemorates their "ideals, their sacrifices, their struggles" and holds them as a sources of inspirations.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bishops%27_Conference_of_the_Philippines" title="Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines">Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines</a> (CBCP) has involvement in events related to the quincentennial related to the Christianity in the Philippines.<sup id="cite_ref-cbcp_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbcp-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, representing the CBCP, rejects the notion that celebrating the 500th anniversary of the introduction of the Philippines as also celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Colonization_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Colonization of the Philippines">Spanish colonization of the islands</a>, citing continued prevalence of the religion long after colonization, and asserts that Filipino ancestors were intelligent enough to accept what is good and reject what is evil among the introductions made by the Spanish in the Philippines.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Philippines" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the 2021 QCP was held albeit modified to comply with protocols imposed in response to the health crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 50 projects related to the quincentennial were either canceled or indefinitely postponed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marketing">Marketing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marketing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Branding">Branding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Branding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The logo for the 2021 QCP was adopted on August 14, 2019. The theme for the event was "Victory and Humanity". A brand manual has been released which tackles branding guidelines for the event which is intended to serve as a reference for participating local government units.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In official communications in relation to the event, the NQC refers to Lapulapu as "Lapulapu" without the hyphen, which is the preferred spelling for the native leader by the <a href="/wiki/National_Historical_Commission_of_the_Philippines" title="National Historical Commission of the Philippines">National Historical Commission of the Philippines</a>. The main basis for the spelling choice was <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pigafetta" title="Antonio Pigafetta">Antonio Pigafetta</a>'s chronicle of the <a href="/wiki/Magellan-Elcano_circumnavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation">Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation</a> which referred to the Mactan leader as "Cilapulapu" where "Ci" is believed to be the local honorific "Si" derived from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indic</a> honorific "<a href="/wiki/Sri" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri">Sri</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An official soundtrack was released for the event called the <i>Limandaan: The 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines</i> which contains nine <a href="/wiki/Original_Pilipino_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Original Pilipino Music">Original Pilipino Music</a> (OPM) songs including "Bagani" the main theme song of the occasion. The soundtrack was encouraged to be played in public spaces by the government as part of the observances for the commemorations.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bangko_Sentral_ng_Pilipinas" title="Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas">Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas</a>, the Philippines' central bank, released a <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Philippine_peso#Higher_denominations" title="Banknotes of the Philippine peso">commemorative <span style="white-space: nowrap">₱5,000</span> banknote</a> and medal featuring <a href="/wiki/Lapu_Lapu" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapu Lapu">Lapu Lapu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introduction_of_Christianity">Introduction of Christianity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Introduction of Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/500_Years_of_Christianity_in_the_Philippines" title="500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines">500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_circumnavigation_and_Victory_at_Mactan">First circumnavigation and Victory at Mactan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: First circumnavigation and Victory at Mactan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 14, 2019 – Start of the 500-day countdown to the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 17, 2021 – Start of the 100-day countdown for the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan. <ul><li>The Philippine flag at the <a href="/wiki/Mactan_Shrine" title="Mactan Shrine">Mactan Shrine</a> was permanently hoisted starting from this date becoming one of the few sites in the country required to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Quincentennial logo unveiling at the <a href="/wiki/Rizal_Park" title="Rizal Park">Rizal Park</a> in Manila.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>March 16, 2021: <ul><li>Commemoration of the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the commencement of the quincentennial celebrations in <a href="/wiki/Guiuan" title="Guiuan">Guiuan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Samar" title="Eastern Samar">Eastern Samar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Spanish training ship <i><a href="/wiki/Spanish_training_ship_Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_de_Elcano" title="Spanish training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano">Juan Sebastián de Elcano</a></i> visited Guiuan in Eastern Samar, the <a href="/wiki/Suluan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Suluan Island">Suluan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Homonhon_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Homonhon Island">Homonhon</a> islands and <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a>, coinciding with the points visited by the historic <a href="/wiki/Magellan-Elcano_circumnavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation">Magellan-Elcano expedition</a> in the Philippines, until March 22.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg/220px-Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg/330px-Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg/440px-Unveiling_of_the_Suluan_quincentennial_marker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Unveiling of the Quincentennial Marker in <a href="/wiki/Suluan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Suluan Island">Suluan Island</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>March 18 – October 28, 2021: Thirty-four <a href="/wiki/List_of_Quincentennial_historical_markers_in_the_Philippines" title="List of Quincentennial historical markers in the Philippines">Quincentennial markers</a> were unveiled in different sites in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>.</li> <li>April 27, 2021: Commemoration of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mactan" title="Battle of Mactan">Battle of Mactan</a> and the groundbreaking of the <a href="/wiki/Lapulapu_Memorial_Shrine_and_Museum" title="Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum">Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 27, 2022: President <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> closes the quincentennial celebrations in <a href="/wiki/Mactan" title="Mactan">Mactan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art_competition">Art competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Art competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Quincentennial Art Competition was launched in July 2020. The competition was made open to Philippine-based Filipino citizens of at least 18-years of age. The competition had four categories with separate themes. A grand winner and two winners of minor awards were conferred for each of the four themes.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Themes</dt></dl> <ul><li>Sovereignty – Commemoration of the Victory of Mactan</li> <li>Magnanimity – Depiction of the compassion of Filipino ancestors to members of the <a href="/wiki/Magellan%E2%80%93Elcano_circumnavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation">Magellan–Elcano expedition</a></li> <li>Unity – Blood compact between the rajah of Mazaua and Ferdinand Magellan</li> <li>Legacy – First Baptism, Presentation of the Santo Niño in Cebu.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Grand winners<sup id="cite_ref-watchofmactan_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-watchofmactan-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ul><li>Sovereignty – <i>Hindi Pasisiil</i> by Matthius Garcia</li> <li>Magnanimity – <i>The Presence of Goodwill</i> by Teodie Boylie Perez</li> <li>Unity – <i>Blood Compact: Reimagined</i> by Herbert Pinpiño</li> <li>Legacy – <i>Presentation of the Icon</i> by Bernardo A. Maac</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monument_competition">Monument competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Quincentennial_Commemorations_in_the_Philippines&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Monument competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lapulapu Monument Design Competition was launched by the NHCP on September 14, 2020, to determine the design of a Lapulapu monument to be erected as the centerpiece of the Lapulapu Memorial Shrine and Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shrinemuseum_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shrinemuseum-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shrine and museum structure itself will be built along the shore of the <a href="/wiki/Mactan_Shrine" title="Mactan Shrine">Mactan Shrine</a> and the monument itself will be distinct from the existing bronze statue of Lapulapu.<sup id="cite_ref-pna1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pna1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The winner of the competition was <i>The Watch of Mactan</i> by <a href="/wiki/Tarlac" title="Tarlac">Tarlac</a>-based architecture firm Sicat Design Services with Rex B. 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