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They insist that if they were stronger they’d still be protesting in front of the Japanese embassy. The Malaya Lolas haven’t given up. Over the years, they repeatedly call on the Philippine government to officially recognize their story, at least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffd8c25a864a7721c3a8454/7ef13d46-b281-4a6e-8c8b-2d08e4591c6a/Malaya+Lolas-hannahreyesmorales-11.jpeg The Malaya Lolas - Make it stand out Isabelita and her sister Emilia walk down the path leading to the Red House. Emilia in a floral house dress, a daster. It must have rained; the path is muddy. The wooden walls of the upper floor are gone. Only the columns, the pointed red roof, and the red walls of the ground floor remain. The property is overgrown with trees. The sister-lolas peer through a hole that was once a large window. Emilia steps up on a broken column to see better, balancing lightly on one foot, her other slipper dangling. They come here often, they tell Hannah. They steal some fruit to bring back home. Bayabas (guava), mangga (mango), papaya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffd8c25a864a7721c3a8454/13ceb022-7eb9-43fe-9bba-08d8e9bf6238/Malaya+Lolas-hannahreyesmorales-9.jpeg The Malaya Lolas - Make it stand out A grandmother by the name of Juvita holds a dragonfly by the tail, like all Filipino children know how to do. This way, its wings won’t be damaged by the moisture of her fingers, and it can fly away when she lets go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffd8c25a864a7721c3a8454/d777fabf-9618-47c1-a092-3040f5e776fe/Malaya+Lolas-hannahreyesmorales-13.jpeg The Malaya Lolas - Make it stand out “Magkabarkada sila”—they’re best friends, Hannah says. For decades they’ve enjoyed daily rituals together—sharing meals, getting manicures, gardening. 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They draw the house where it happened: “Garrison.” Another lola draws the inside of the house: two beds on one side, girl-like figures lined up on the other. The girls hide under a house. A plane flies overhead. A gray carabao is scribbled over in red. A mess of black: Their village burned to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffd8c25a864a7721c3a8454/3471115d-1421-4552-8fae-45a0a13423c1/Malaya+Lolas-hannahreyesmorales-5.jpeg The Malaya Lolas - (b) Hannah points out the things they carry—in their arms, on their heads. To me it looks like a tropical pastoral scene: Village women off to the market, bearing baskets of fruit. 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