Tromba Festival 2009
Posted on 04 May '09 under Culture and Tradition | 10 CommentsHere’s a collection of some video clips I took during May 1′s Tromba Festival.
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Wet and wild pagoda sa ilog
Posted on 03 May '09 under Culture and Tradition | 88 CommentsThe pagoda sa ilog last May 1 is different on the previous years in only one aspect.
Activities for May 1 feast
Posted on 21 April '09 under Culture and Tradition | 32 CommentsThe following are the activities for the May 1 festivities:
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Enriching the Barasenian language
Posted on 30 March '09 under Culture and Tradition | 15 CommentsWhile I was browsing some old books in college, I came across an article on language and culture. The words a community uses show what is important to them. For Filipinos, for example, we have a lot of terms for rice: palay, bigas, sinaing, bahaw, sinangag, champorado, biko, puto, etc.
What about us Barasenians? What is it that we consider important? I found the following words from Baras Balita and modified it. You might want to add words that you know. Of course, some of these might be use in other parts of the country.
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How to rock Baras
Posted on 29 January '09 under Culture and Tradition | 17 CommentsI’m one of those who dropped by the old municipal hall last Sunday to watch the so-called Battle of the Bands. None of the participants, though, got my attention and I decided to leave after an hour.
First Ginoo at Binibining Baras crowned
Posted on 27 January '09 under Culture and Tradition | 97 CommentsAfter more than six hours of waiting, Marbien “Bien” Astillas and Rossini “Cheenee” Villanueva were adjudged as the first Ginoo at Binibining Baras.
When should we celebrate the fiesta?
Posted on 20 January '09 under Culture and Tradition | 5 CommentsAs expected, discussion arose on what the real date of the town feast is. For the nth time, we always ask ourselves on when we should celebrate and what we should celebrate. On one hand, you have the local government who professes that we hold our “town fiesta” on the last day of January. On the other side of the equation is the Catholic church who wants to celebrate the “patron saint” of the town, who is Saint Joseph Husband of Mary.
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List of activities for the town fiesta
Posted on 12 January '09 under Culture and Tradition | 17 CommentsThe Office of the Mayor has bared its program for the town fiesta on January 25, the last Sunday of the month.
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Merry Christmas to All!
Posted on 25 December '08 under Culture and Tradition | 7 CommentsTo all Barasenians all over the world, Merry Christmas!
This is by far, one of the most beautiful yet simple, Christmas celebration I’ve seen. We have seen how the church carefully prepared the simbang gabi masses. Most of the masses started on time. Homilies are meaningful. On Christmas eve, right before the mass, drizzles were experienced again in the church patio but when the mass started, it stopped. God may have really blessed us.
Simbang Gabi 2008
Posted on 24 December '08 under Culture and Tradition, Religious Affairs | 4 CommentsWhen I came out of the house yesterday morning, it was drizzling. But when I arrived at the church, the place was dry. Just before the mass ended or during the blessing, it started to drizzle again. 
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