Nardong Putik
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Leonardo Manicio, Sr. aka Nardong Putik was a Filipino gangster turned folk hero. An amulet-wielding hoodlum from Cavite province, Putik credited his ability to survive and escape numerous ambushes and gunfights to his anting-anting (amulet). Nardong Putik's ability to elude the law and his enemies made him a legend and a hero to many people.
Putik's life was made famous in the Philippines in the 1972 movie Nardong Putik. This movie chronicled his anti-hero ways and was a very popular film in Filipino pop culture. Putik was played by Ramon Revilla, now a Senator in the Philippines.
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