Juan dela Cruz

United States Information Service poster distributed in Asia depicting Juan dela Cruz ready to defend the Philippines from the threat of communism.

Juan de la Cruz or Maria de la Cruz (feminized form) is the national personification of the Philippines, often used to represent the "Filipino everyman".[1] He is usually depicted wearing the native salakot hat, barong tagalog, long pants, and tsinelas (local term for the popular flip-flops).

  1. ^ Dela Paz, Gino (April 14, 2012). "Juan direction". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

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