AirAsia and Liter of Light join the Filipino people in the Quincentennial Commemorations of the Battle of Mactan

AirAsia Philippines and Liter of Light Organization partook in the Quincentennial Commemoration of the Philippines through a lighting ceremony which took place on Thursday, 29 April 2021 at SM Seaside Cebu City, where solar light lamps were used to create an enlarged image of Lapu-lapu and Sto. Nino

Lapu-lapu was a Datu of Mactan in the Visayas and was regarded as the 1st Filipino hero because of his resistance to imperial Spanish colonization. 

The country’s quincentennial celebrations mark the 500th anniversary of Lapu-lapu’s victory against the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan during the Battle of Mactan, the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines, and the 500th anniversary of the Philippines’ part in the first circumnavigation of the world. 

In a special video message on Liter of Light’s official Facebook page, AirAsia Philippines CEO Ricky Isla said, “We at AirAsia stand together with our brothers and sisters in Cebu, in commemorating Lapu-lapu and his warriors’ ideals, sacrifices and struggles, and hold them as a source of inspiration for modern day Filipinos.