Despite the fact that Marikina City is literally just behind my college, I’ve never really explored the city. I can count the number of times I went there, and often it’s to work on some class projects at my classmate’s house or to go to the bazaar by the riverbanks (after graduation). Last Sunday, I joined a couple of friends for lunch in Marikina and saw the most WTF statue ever:
Is dat chu?
Can somebody enlighten me as to who the old man is, and what’s he doing with a boy squatting over the toilet?
This statue can be found behind the Marikina Public Market, along M. Cruz Sta. Elena street.
Uhh…that statue really begs a question (or two)? What? Why?
the old man is a doctor washing the boy’s poo… still, what was the sculptor thinking? and the mayor, too, for allowing this to be put up in a public area…
and i also wonder what “Naghihin” etched on the stand means.
I thought it was an enema.
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Hi Nina,
this statue also caught my attention when I was there.
Not sure about this, but it seems like it’s in front of a health LGU and it depicts a doctor/med professional/researcher getting samples for fecalysis.
OR maybe… it’s a clue or part of a Robert Langdon deciphering stint. hahaha
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Disturbing. haha. but nice shot. thanks for sharing.
lol, thanks for sharing
Before there were lots of pedestals with inscriptions – “Naghihintay ng Bayani” in Marikina. This is one of them. maybe other syllables were plastered. The man was a doctor considered as a local Bayani in Marikina. During his time, he devoted his knowledge in eradicating the epidemic of diarrhea or a disease related to it and treated those who suffered for free. He lived somewhere in the area where the monument is located that’s why that spot served as a plaza in his honor.
The sculpture lacks artistry and a sense of creativity though.