BEN CABRERA / Los Indios Bravos / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
When Columbus set foot in America in 1492 he mistook the place for India, hence the people he found there were called indios. The term later became generic for native peoples in Spanish colonies. Indio in the Philippines took on a negative shade since " Filipino" referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines. Rizal and his expatriate barkada in Europe took the term as a badge of courage and called themselves Los Indios Bravos (The Brave Indians).
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