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title: 'Together Always: ''Kapilanman miabe'' (poster NARA lists as Bikol, distributed in the Philippines)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/together-always-bikol-1953/
description: 'A colour poster of two smiling, bare-chested young men with an arm around each other''s shoulder: one in a bowl-shaped helmet carries a plough (1 of 5)'
section: Collection
---

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[![Together Always: 'Kapilanman miabe', 1953 US poster: A colour poster of two smiling, bare-chested young men with an arm](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/together-always-bikol-1953.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/together-always-bikol-1953.jpg)

# Together Always: 'Kapilanman miabe' (poster NARA lists as Bikol, distributed in the Philippines)

A colour poster of two smiling, bare-chested young men with an arm around each other's shoulder: one in a bowl-shaped helmet carries a plough and yoke, the other in a steel helmet carries a rifle. The caption 'Kapilanman miabe' (Forever together) frames farmer and soldier as partners. The tell is glittering generalities and plain-folks: unity is shown through idealised ordinary working men and soldier, with no concrete programme named.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (Bikol (as listed by NARA)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Kapilanman miabe
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Forever together (literal gloss; NARA's English title is 'Together Always')
```

No imprint or credit line is printed on the sheet.

[← Defend Your Rights (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/defend-your-rights-burmese-family-1953/) [Mag-uban kanunay (Together Always) (Cebuano poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/together-always-cebuano-1953/)

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