Johnoy Danao performs Tagalog version of ‘Bella Ciao’ protest song

Romar Fernando

June 19, 2020

• Singer-songwriter Johnoy Danao has performed online the Tagalog version of an Italian protest song entitled “Bella Ciao.”

  The lyric video was uploaded on the Youtube channel, June 17, Wednesday. It was first performed at the “Dingas” European tour by Susan Fernandez, Jess Santiago and Pol Galang from a script written by Reuel Aguila in the 1980s.

  The Tagalog version was translated to Tagalog by the late revolutionary poet Romulo Sandoval.

  “Bella Ciao” or “Goodbye, Beautiful” was recently made popular by a Spanish series on Netflix entitled “La Casa de Papel” or “Money Heist.”

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