Filipino cult of personality (New Age of Fascism)

The Filipino cult of personality surrounding the Aquino family and the State Directors Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes has existed since the death of Ninoy Aquino and the following years. It can be found through many example of Filipino culture through art, film, architecture, literature, etc. Although government and political followers denies its existence, outsiders notably acknowledge its obviousness while visiting the country. There are laws that is currently place to those who show absolute loyalty and the unwillingness to admire the art associated with the cult that can lead to severe punishment.
It is said that the cult of personality is comparable to the North Korean cult of personality due to the extreme nature of the way it is incorporated into the country's culture. However, it is distinctive among other cult of personality due to the fact it uses a legitimate platform to spread its propaganda through the Philippine Catholic Church. 
== Background ==
== St. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. ==
The cult of Ninoy Aquino is one of the most influential and widespread among Filipinos along with his wife's cult of personality. This is because the Philippine's national Church, the Philippine Catholic Church and government under the National Democratic Party built a legend surrounding his life as well as his birth known as the EDSA mythology, It has been known that Ninoy Aquino's image has been used as a way to manipulate Filipinos into pledging loyalty to the government and the church. 
Ninoy's birth is often described as a "birth of biblical proportions" due to the event being exaggerated. According to his official biography, on the day Ninoy was born the "sounds of trumpets was heard from the sky as a beam of light shined down on the town of Concepcion, Tarlac while a flock of birds encircle the building he was born in, A set of miracles then occurred across the Philippine as the sky miraculously rained down yellow ribbons" 
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