Dagupan Pangasinan Bangus Festival 2008
Posted on March 26, 2008 - Filed Under Events, Festivals | Leave a Comment
Dagupan, Pangasinan is known as home of the best tasting Bangus (Milkfish) in the Philippines. And to celebrate the annual bountiful harvest, the people of Dagupan will once again celebrate the Bangus Festival. Various events are lined up during the entire fiesta season. Check the schedule below:
Read More..>>Diving magazine ranked Philippines as top value destination
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
MANILA, March 24 (PNA) — The Philippines’ diving spots earned top rank in a popular diving magazine published on January this year.
The most widely read publication for scuba diving enthusiasts in the United States, Scuba Diving magazine has placed the country as the top Value Destination for the Pacific and Indian Ocean Region category [...]
Blood spilled all over Cutud during the Good Friday Lenten Rites
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Events, Traditions | 2 Comments
I have actually included the Cutud Lenten Rites in my 2008 travel calendar, but in all honesty, I am not ready to see real crucifixion with my own two eyes. My day started early at 7AM, leaving Manila for San Pedro Cutud in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga Philippines with Anton Sheker.
WARNING: THE [...]
Read More..>>Cutud Lenten Rites 2008 in Pampanga
Posted on March 24, 2008 - Filed Under Events, Traditions | Leave a Comment
Many foreigners call this rites bizarre. Some think its weird. While others think it’s just for a show. The Cutud Lenten Rites is an old Kapampangan Good Friday Tradition. It started way back 1950’s as a dramatization of the Lord’s Suffering where the script was written by an amateur writer in the Kapampangan dialect.
Read More..>>BYAHILO’s Visita Iglesia for the Holy Week Season: Malate Church
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | 2 Comments
The sixth church I visited for my Visita Iglesia Series is the Church of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios or more popularly known as the Malate Church.
Read More..>>BYAHILO’s Visita Iglesia for the Holy Week Season: Basilica Minore del Immaculada Concepcion
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | Leave a Comment
The fifth church that I paid visit is the Basilica Minore del Imaculada Concepcion (Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception) more popularly known as the Manila Metropolitan Cathedral.
Read More..>>BYAHILO’s Visita Iglesia for the Holy Week Season: San Agustin Church, Intramuros Manila
Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | Leave a Comment
Fourth in a series
The fourth church I visited is the Church of San Agustin in Intramuros Manila, Philippines. The San Agustin Church Manila is said to be the oldest stone church in the country built between 1587 and 1606. The church of San Agustin is the only structure that still stands intact after the entire [...]
BYAHILO’s Visita Iglesia for the Holy Week Season: Basilica Minore del San Sebastian
Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under Churches, Traditions | Leave a Comment
The Basilica Minore del San Sebastian or, more popularly known as the San Sebastian Church, is the seat of the Parish of San Sebastian and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. It is a fine example of the revival of Gothic architecture in the Philippines. It prides itself as the first and [...]
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