Juan dela Cruz
National personification of the Philippines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the placeholder name. For the Spanish saint, see John of the Cross. For other uses, see Juan dela Cruz (disambiguation).
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).