Isang bakal na kuna para sa mga sanggol na inabandona ng kanilang mga magulang ang ’Turning Cradle.’ Ito ay matatagpuan sa ‘Hospicio de San Jose’— ang pinakamatandang bahay ampunan sa Pilipinas. Mula 1853 hanggang 1976, maraming batang Pilipino na raw ang inilagay rito.
Paano at ano nga ba ang dahilan sa paggawa nito?
Panoorin ang ‘Ang Mga Anak ni San Jose,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
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Paano at ano nga ba ang dahilan sa paggawa nito?
Panoorin ang ‘Ang Mga Anak ni San Jose,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
#iBenteSingko
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00:00The San Jose Hospice is the oldest house of worship in the Philippines.
00:10It was built during the time of the Spaniards.
00:16It was named after St. Joseph who traveled with Mary to baptize the baby Jesus.
00:25Like the journey of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph,
00:30there were also many people who lost their homes because of the hospice.
00:49Kuya Beda San Jose will be the first to greet you upon entering the hospice.
00:56Welcome to the hospice.
01:01In 1964, Kuya Beda was the first to visit the San Jose Hospice.
01:17He was left by his mother outside this gate where a small hole in the wall can be found.
01:30There were no parents, no name.
01:35His mother gave him the name Beda and his last name.
01:43Did your mother give you your name?
01:46Not your mother?
01:47No.
01:48Then what is your last name?
01:50San Jose.
01:51So, San Jose is not the last name of your parents?
01:55No.
01:56No?
01:57No.
01:58No?
01:59No.
02:00She just gave it to you?
02:01Yes.
02:03We are all San Jose.
02:08If your last name is San Jose, that means you were born here?
02:12Yes.
02:14Here.
02:17Because we are all San Jose.
02:21From 1853 to the 1970s, this steel apparatus served as the first home for many children who were abandoned by their parents.
02:35The mothers here call it a turning cradle.
02:39This is where the babies are placed.
02:41There is light inside.
02:43It is called a turning cradle because when the babies are placed inside,
02:49you turn it like this.
02:51When you turn it, a bell will sound.
02:55That will be the signal for the mothers to come closer to the turning cradle
03:00and take the babies that were abandoned by their parents.
03:05According to Sister Leonor Palomar,
03:08this is where the mothers used to leave their babies.
03:15Some of the babies were just thrown into a bin.
03:19Like that?
03:20Yes.
03:21They were placed in a box of shoes.
03:23Yes.
03:24And some of them were thrown into the gate.
03:27Actually, we had a baby and we took care of it.
03:30It was left there.
03:31It was placed in a box and we put a scale on it.
03:35The parents were scared to see it.
03:38It was just left there.
03:40It was left there.
03:41It was left there.
03:42It was left there.
03:43It was left there.
03:45To avoid this incident,
03:47the mothers placed a steel cradle
03:50where the babies could be buried.
03:55For more than 120 years,
03:58this was the system of the Hospicio de San Jose
04:01to take the abandoned babies.
04:05This is one of the logbooks of this turning cradle.
04:09You can see here in this logbook
04:13the date and time when the babies were left.
04:19Even the identifying marks.
04:22Here it says sickly,
04:25very frail,
04:26Chinese features,
04:27healthy,
04:28hydrocephalus.
04:30Even the temporary name of the baby is written here.
04:35You can see that in the 1970s,
04:40in one month,
04:41three or four babies were left here.
04:46Here in this part,
04:48it is written if they were born
04:53and if they were buried.
04:56I am looking at this logbook
04:59from 1970 to 1976.
05:05Most of the babies left here in the turning cradle
05:10were buried by new parents.
05:17Hey!
05:21Hey!