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       Araw ng Kagitingan ( 'Day of Valor'), also known as Bataan Day and Bataan and Corregidor Day, is a national observance in the Philippines which commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II on April 9.      Major General Edward P. King, Jr ., the commander of the Luzon Force, Bataan, surrendered more than 76,000 starving and disease-ridden soldiers (64,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans) to Japanese troops at dawn on April 9, 1942, against the orders of Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright, The soldiers were kept prisoner and forced to walk the notorious 140kilometer Bataan Death March to Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac. The march was six days long. Dehydration, heat prostration, and untreated wounds claimed the lives of thousands. Only about 54,000 of the 76,000 prisoners made it to their final destination; the precise death toll is difficult to estimate because thousands of prisoners managed to escape from the guards.      Mount Samat National

      In the Christian's calendar, lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter. It begins with the Ash Wednesday . The reflection and preparation before the celebration of E aster is the lent season. Christians replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for forty days.           Prayer is our conversation with god, to develop a more deep relationship with god. Fasting is recognized as a powerful tool for being discipline and to resist temptation. Giving is sharing what we have to other people. Observe and commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God, our savior and redeemer. The first day of lent is the Ash Wednesday . It is a holy day to pray and fasting. On those who attended the mass there is a smudge, black cross on their foreheads.  Maundy Thursday is the night before Jesus died. He shared a meal with his close friends and followers. Christians remember Jesus death   on Good Friday . Jesus sacrifice h