Siargao Taktak Falls Mural at St Paul College, Surigao

Siargao Taktak Falls Mural 

at St Paul College, Surigao 

Dr Abe V Rotor

Siargao Taktak Falls Mural at St Paul College, Surigao painted by the author and his daughter,  Anna Christina Rotor, (in white and red).  Others in the photo are members of the school staff.  Mural was enshrined in memory of the late Pope John Paul II on the day of his funeral on April 8, 2005.

   

Close-up of the main falls of the 10ft x 20ft wall mural.

Siargao Taktak Falls is a roughly 14-meter waterfall located north of Siargao Island.  Folk knowledge has it that the name was derived from a large bell (taktak) which was thrown (hinulog) into the falls during the 15th century or the 16th century because the local villagers considered it too loud. Since then, it has become known as Hinulugang Taktak or the place where the bell fell. Wikipedia

* Dedicated to the late Pope John Paul II who died at the age of 84, on 2 April 2005,  The mural was enshrined in his memory on the date of his funeral in the Vatican on 8 April 2005.   Pope John Paul II visited the Philippines on February 17 to 22, 1981. During his pilgrimage he beatified Filipino Lorenzo Ruiz along with 15 other martyrs of Japan, the first beatification to be celebrated outside Rome. He returned to the Philippines in 1995 for World Youth Day. ~