Here’s the schedule of activities for this year’s parada ng lechon. June 14 4:30PM – DAPIT ng Santo San Juan Bautista, Balayan Town Proper June 15-23 6:30PM – Novena – Hermano Mayor, Concordia St. June 16 7:00PM – Ballet Recital: Remembering Ballet Classics 8:30PM -BULIBOL Battle of the Bands, Kutawtaw …
Read More »Flores de Mayo ala Batangueño
May 1, bandang hapon, nagawi kami sa may Talisay. Doon kasi kami dumaan sa zigzag at vertigo-inducing short-cut road ng Talisay mula Tagaytay. Napakadali nga naman ng daan na ito, 30 minutes lang makakalapag ka na sa Batangas. Anyway, this post is about Flores de Mayo, Batangueño style. Sinasabi kasi …
Read More »El Pasubat Festival 2012 Schedule of Activities
Here’s the schedule of activities of Taal’s upcoming El Pasubat Festival. This celebration is part of the town’s 440th foundation anniversary. April 26 Holy Mass TA-ALmusal Opening Motorcade Opening of Mamaraka sa Taal Trade Fair Culinary Exhibition & Crafts Competition Court Dacing April 27 Street Painting Contest Palaro ng Lahi …
Read More »Best “Pasalubong” from Batangas Part I
Whenever we go to places, we always look for something to take home. We love bringing home pasalubongs like local delicacies, useful souvenir items like pens, ref magnets, cellphone holders, mugs, wallets and of course the walang kamatayang key chains. Pero aside from these usual pasalubongs, ano nga ga ang …
Read More »Ano ang sakripisyo mo ngayong panahon ng Kwaresma?
“Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” Today is Ash Wednesday. And this marks the beginning of the lenten season. Ito ang panahon kung saan karamihan sa ating mga Katoliko ang nagsisimba at nagpapalagay ng krus (mula sa abo) sa ating mga noo. This event …
Read More »How do Batangueños celebrate Chinese New Year?
Kung Hei Fat Choi Batangueños! Today is a new moon day and the start of another year for Chinese folks. In the Philippines, it is our first time to have this day declared as special non-working holiday. According to PNoy, we also need to celebrate the Spring Festival because it …
Read More »Ang magpaputok ay di biro!
Ngayong Bagong Taon, anong ingay ay gagawin mo? It has been our tradition to welcome new year with fire crackers and fireworks. Pang-taboy di umano ng mga bad spirits and bad lucks na maaring hindi magpaganda ng ating buong taon. Yup, we need to make noise dahil bukod sa nabanggit …
Read More »Can You Guess the Meaning of These Batangueño Words?
We’ve been trying to dig in on what else we could share about Batangas that most of us still don’t know yet. With the 31 towns and 3 cities which comprise the whole province, it’s quite a big challenge to unravel all those things which are truly our own. We …
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