'Ang Prinsesa ng Quiapo,' dokumentaryo ni John Consulta | I-Witness - video Dailymotion

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Aired (March 9, 2024): Sinong mag-aakala na sa Quiapo, ang isa sa pinakamataong lugar ng Maynila, ay may isang prinsesa na naninirahan at araw-araw na nakikipagsapalaran dito?  Kilalanin natin #AngPrinsesaNgQuiapo sa pinakabagong dokumentaryo ni John Consulta para sa #IWitness.  #iBenteSingko

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08:47 Perfect bite.

08:49 Cheers!

08:51 Cheers!

08:53 Mmm!

08:57 Delicious!

09:01 Delicious!

09:03 Your taste buds will be full.

09:05 You know, it's an explosion of flavors.

09:07 Yes.

09:09 The spice, the coconut, the turmeric, the ginger.

09:13 It's like there's a lot of flavors.

09:15 You know, you'd think, "Huh? Is this Filipino food?"

09:17 Yes, it's Filipino food at the same time.

09:19 It's like that.

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09:23 2019,

09:25 when Chuy started vlogging.

09:27 I'm being honest,

09:29 satay is my favorite Mindanao food of all time.

09:33 So, what are the things

09:35 that you like

09:37 about vlogging Mindanao food?

09:39 I've been asked this before.

09:41 If I choose to promote halal,

09:43 are you a food Muslim?

09:45 Actually, I'm a Christian. I'm a Catholic.

09:47 But, what I'm interested in

09:49 is more on

09:51 how you put them in the limelight.

09:53 I've said that

09:55 there are a lot of trending Korean food,

09:57 a lot of trending food,

09:59 but why not our own?

10:01 Which is, based on history,

10:03 Muslim food or halal food

10:05 is pre-colonial.

10:07 How has your perspective

10:09 on the Muslim community

10:11 changed

10:13 when you're featuring Mindanao food

10:15 as a vlogger?

10:17 That's the mission fulfilling.

10:19 My perspective has changed.

10:21 It's not just vlogging.

10:23 It's not just about

10:25 making yourself famous.

10:27 It's more on game changer.

10:29 You can change

10:31 the perspective of people.

10:33 You know?

10:35 Next, we're looking for

10:37 one of the viral food

10:39 here in Quiapo,

10:41 Pastil or Pater.

10:43 Chuwi, what is this place?

10:45 This, sir, geographically,

10:47 is really a street.

10:49 But, because of the number of pastils,

10:51 they call it Pastil Street.

10:53 Here, you can see,

10:55 almost everything is sold as pastil.

10:57 That's a rice meal.

10:59 There's a little dish that's like adobo flakes

11:01 wrapped in banana leaves.

11:03 A rice meal with adobo flakes on top?

11:05 Something like that.

11:07 Wrapped in banana leaves.

11:09 But the catch is, it's only 10 pesos.

11:11 10 pesos?

11:13 One order?

11:15 Here it is.

11:17 Cheers!

11:19 It's good.

11:25 It tastes like adobo.

11:27 It does.

11:29 10 pesos for one order?

11:31 Yes, one order.

11:33 But the 10 pesos,

11:35 for the amount of it,

11:37 I think,

11:39 you can have 5 to 6 pastils

11:41 for 10 pesos.

11:43 It's really worth it

11:45 for the price.

11:47 According to Professor Jolquip Liwadi,

11:57 Dean of the Institute of Islamic Studies

11:59 of the University of the Philippines,

12:01 most of the Muslims in Quiapo

12:03 are Maranao.

12:05 They are very skilled,

12:07 especially when it comes

12:09 to their food.

12:11 So, in Quiapo,

12:13 they are good

12:15 at going into business ventures.

12:17 Even though Indonesian food,

12:19 Malaysian food,

12:21 Tausug food,

12:23 Maguindana food,

12:25 they can transform

12:27 those to make it as Maranao food.

12:29 The color is an important element

12:31 in the Maranao culture,

12:33 which is why yellow and red

12:35 are the main colors

12:37 in their food.

12:39 These colors are generally

12:41 identified with the royals.

12:43 That's why,

12:45 until now,

12:47 their royalty tradition

12:49 is strong.

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12:55 According to Professor Wadi,

12:57 the Maranao people

12:59 were not fully

13:01 ruled by the Sultanate.

13:03 Their tradition is not there.

13:05 What they have is

13:07 a four-room extension

13:09 of the Maranao royalty,

13:11 of Maguindana royalty,

13:13 which is ruled by the Sultan Kudarat,

13:15 and so on and so forth.

13:17 But, it has become

13:19 a tradition in the Maranao

13:21 to have a royal heir.

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13:25 The leaders of

13:27 Muslim communities

13:29 choose and vote

13:31 who will be the

13:33 royal heir

13:35 based on popularity

13:37 and their ability

13:39 to help.

13:41 And here in the Muslim town,

13:43 in Quiapo,

13:45 their first princess

13:47 is Haja Noron.

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13:55 In 1976,

13:57 she arrived in Quiapo.

13:59 It was just after the

14:01 war in Mindanao

14:03 during the martial law.

14:05 When I arrived here in Manila,

14:07 of course, I was surprised.

14:09 I said, "Manila is so beautiful."

14:11 There is a big difference

14:13 in the people.

14:15 Of course,

14:17 I went to Quiapo

14:19 and it was just after

14:21 the Golden Mosque.

14:23 The first woman here was

14:25 my brother's wife.

14:27 That's why we lived here in Quiapo.

14:29 Haja Noron showed

14:31 the clothes she wore

14:33 when she was crowned.

14:35 This is the so-called

14:37 "langket" of Maranao.

14:39 What does this design mean?

14:41 There is a design like this

14:43 in Maranao?

14:45 Yes,

14:47 I like flowers.

14:49 That's why I said,

14:51 "Let's put some flowers."

14:53 Haja Noron

14:59 is one of the most famous

15:01 and the first

15:03 food seller

15:05 in Maranao

15:07 during the 90s.

15:11 She helped

15:13 her daughter, Junaira.

15:15 There was no restaurant

15:17 here before.

15:19 We were small.

15:21 I was the first

15:23 to build a small restaurant.

15:25 I got the

15:27 big restaurant.

15:29 The food of Maranao

15:33 that she sells

15:35 increased.

15:37 But they said,

15:39 "You can't eat chicken and coriander."

15:41 And the

15:43 "ginataan"

15:45 of "ulong na dalag," "ginataan na ulong na bungkaong,"

15:47 the "itlog na isda"

15:49 that we call "budi."

15:51 The "itlog na isda" is small

15:53 but it sticks.

15:55 Why is that?

15:57 Because it was colored.

15:59 What is that?

16:01 Turmeric.

16:03 Because

16:05 our food is bland.

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16:09 The taste

16:13 is not too spicy

16:15 but it's delicious.

16:17 And it's different in taste.

16:19 It's my first time to taste this.

16:21 We really like

16:23 the taste of "palapa"

16:25 in our food.

16:27 It's indispensable.

16:29 The main ingredient

16:33 of "palapa" is

16:35 "sakurab,"

16:37 or native scallions,

16:39 that are cooked for

16:41 almost 4 hours.

16:43 So this grows

16:45 in the "Melao del Sur,"

16:47 in "Madang Marawi."

16:49 So we send it to Manila

16:51 because the food here,

16:53 like "kaparan"

16:55 and "rendang,"

16:57 has a "palapa" condiment.

16:59 "Palapa" is like their "sambal" or spice.

17:01 This is the main ingredient.

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17:05 Here in Quiapo,

17:07 you can find the biggest mosque

17:09 in Manila.

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17:13 The Golden Mosque.

17:17 It was built in 1976.

17:21 It can accommodate

17:23 22,000 people.

17:25 Mosques are an important part

17:31 of the life

17:33 of Muslims.

17:35 During the American occupation,

17:41 after the Second World War,

17:43 Manila became

17:45 more open to Muslims.

17:47 First, the Indian Muslims

17:51 came here

17:53 to do business.

17:55 They were followed by

17:57 what we call "pensionados."

17:59 They were the young Muslims

18:01 who were given scholarships

18:03 by the American colonial government.

18:05 They came here

18:07 to Manila

18:09 to study.

18:11 They formed groups

18:13 with the Indian Muslims.

18:15 In 1972,

18:17 when the "Melao del Sur" was in turmoil,

18:19 many Muslims

18:21 were forced to go to

18:23 Manila.

18:25 Quiapo was one of them

18:27 who served as a safe exit

18:29 for the Muslims.

18:31 In the early days,

18:33 it was multi-tribal.

18:35 There were Maranao, Maguindanao,

18:37 Tausug, Yakan,

18:39 and Sama, apart from the early

18:41 Muslim Indians.

18:43 But later on, Maranao

18:45 slowly dominated Quiapo.

18:47 For them to survive,

18:49 they really had to

18:51 be good in business,

18:53 selling their possessions.

18:55 And this became,

18:57 eventually, their tradition.

18:59 In the long period

19:03 of Muslim domination

19:05 in Quiapo,

19:07 discrimination

19:09 still persists.

19:11 It hurts.

19:13 Even if you're not guilty,

19:15 they still say, "What's that?

19:17 Abusayap?"

19:19 "He's a Muslim.

19:21 He's not from here."

19:23 It hurts.

19:25 How do you

19:27 overcome such

19:29 pollutations?

19:31 We don't notice it,

19:33 we let it pass.

19:35 We say, "The time will come

19:37 when we will understand."

19:39 It's not just

19:41 the princess or

19:43 Bay Alabi.

19:45 They are the protectors

19:47 of the women

19:49 in the community.

19:51 They are the

19:53 female version

19:55 of a sultan.

19:57 Essentially, Maranao is a patriarchal society.

19:59 It's always male-dominated.

20:01 If you're declared

20:03 as a woman,

20:05 you're a respected

20:07 Maranao leader.

20:09 How are you?

20:11 Bay Alabi

20:13 was terminated six years ago.

20:15 The most important

20:17 to me is that we,

20:19 the women,

20:21 are being helped.

20:23 It's really important

20:25 that women like me

20:27 are being helped.

20:29 I can say that

20:31 I will give them a good education.

20:33 And this is where I saw

20:39 how the community

20:41 became a hub

20:43 for the

20:45 princess of

20:47 Quiapo.

20:49 Hadja Nourron

21:01 gives her

21:03 full strength and time

21:05 to her duty

21:07 as Bay Alabi.

21:09 She was also chosen

21:13 for this position

21:15 because of her long experience

21:17 in life as an elder

21:19 of the community.

21:21 Hadja Nourron

21:23 is also determined to help.

21:25 The work of

21:27 Bay Alabi is hard

21:29 because all the problems

21:31 are in Salomoy.

21:33 There's always

21:35 a province that lacks

21:37 in Pamasay.

21:39 There are many problems

21:41 in being Bay Alabi.

21:43 But thank God,

21:45 our barangay, our community,

21:47 is being helped.

21:49 Fatima, eat.

21:59 Eat, my child.

22:01 She has a foot injury

22:07 because of diabetes.

22:11 I give her

22:13 breakfast and dinner.

22:15 I give her two meals

22:17 a day.

22:19 Eat well so that...

22:21 I'm not the only one

22:23 who helps her.

22:25 Everyone here

22:27 in Quiapo

22:29 helps her.

22:31 Her duty

22:35 is to maintain

22:37 order in their place.

22:39 There are so many

22:41 problems.

22:43 It's hard

22:45 if a woman

22:47 can't solve one problem

22:49 in one day.

22:51 It's a big problem.

22:53 So you're the only one

22:55 in the two families.

22:57 More than any help

23:01 she can give,

23:03 perhaps the most important

23:05 is the feeling

23:07 of Hajan Ron

23:09 that they're not alone.

23:11 They're not alone.

23:13 Because I'm here

23:19 in Quiapo,

23:21 I continue

23:23 tasting their

23:25 delicious food.

23:27 It's delicious.

23:33 It's sweet and salty.

23:35 It's a mix.

23:37 I just need rice.

23:39 The paroquians

23:43 brought the Hopia

23:45 to this store.

23:47 Yes, this one.

23:49 King Chuntin started

23:51 in 1927.

23:53 Until now,

23:55 the same area, the same owner.

23:57 It's the fourth generation

23:59 of this owner.

24:03 It's hot.

24:05 It's hot.

24:07 It's good.

24:11 It has a smoky flavor.

24:13 I've tasted

24:17 a lot of monggo

24:19 Hopia.

24:21 But there's a different

24:23 factor that makes it delicious.

24:25 From different parts

24:31 of Quiapo,

24:33 Hajan Ron and Annabel

24:35 are being served

24:37 a dish.

24:39 For me, my dream is

24:43 that Quiapo

24:45 will be more beautiful

24:47 and the people here

24:49 will be successful

24:51 in their business

24:53 so that Quiapo will be beautiful.

24:55 From the beginning

24:57 until now,

24:59 I've always loved Quiapo

25:01 and I love the people

25:03 of Quiapo.

25:05 I also want to take care of it.

25:07 I'm passing it to the kids.

25:09 I'm training

25:11 my legacy

25:13 that I have

25:15 a role

25:17 in making

25:19 the image of Quiapo beautiful.

25:21 On my visit to Quiapo,

25:27 I saw

25:29 its two faces.

25:31 Both were born

25:37 of different religions,

25:39 their culture and tradition.

25:41 If in other parts of the world,

25:47 the result of

25:49 misunderstanding

25:51 and difference in

25:53 beliefs is different,

25:55 this is the situation

25:57 I witnessed here.

25:59 Here in Quiapo,

26:01 the tolerance

26:03 and the

26:05 readiness

26:07 of

26:09 Christians and Muslims

26:11 to live

26:13 in the same space is very much alive.

26:15 We can say that

26:17 we have Quiapo

26:19 that we can expand

26:21 and change

26:23 the stereotypes.

26:25 Here,

26:27 they proved that

26:29 there is a difference.

26:31 It's not impossible

26:33 to be one.

26:35 From here in Quiapo, Manila,

26:39 I am John Consulta

26:41 and this is

26:43 "Eyewitness."

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