tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77949194842412145982024-03-13T09:32:54.745+08:00The Philippine Landmarks TodayRediscovering the magnificent wonders of the PhilippinesPhilippine Landmarkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396795237907496201noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-44954476114949973662012-12-25T19:35:00.000+08:002019-10-07T13:20:10.833+08:00Quiapo Church - Manila<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />The Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene (St. John the Baptist Parish), a famous Baroque church, is located in Quezon Boulevard, Manila and the home of the miraculous Black Nazarene, a holy life-sized iconic statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross to Calvary Hill. The church is a prominent Roman Catholic Latin-rite basilica under the Archdiocese of Manila.<br /><br />The church celebrate its yearly feast every 9th day of January where millions of devotees of the Black Nazarene from all over Metro Manila & neighboring provinces crowded the streets of processional route. The church can be reach through LRT, jeep, bus, FX and various modes of public transport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2000-year old Banaue Rice Terraces (Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banawe) are terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao by ancestors of the indigenous people using primitive tools such as woods and stones without the aid of machinery. The Banaue Rice Terraces is considered as the eighth wonders of the world and has been declared a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site in 1995. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It stands 1, 500 meters or about 5, 000 feet above sea level and covers 10, 630 square kilometers (about 4000 square miles) of mountainside. It is been said that if the rice terraces will be connected end to end, it measures 10 times longer than the Great Wall of China or half-way around the world.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">They are fed by an irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces. They extend over five provinces, Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga, Ifugao and Mountain Province with borders Benguet to the west, Mountain Province to the north, Isabela to the east, and Nueva Vizcaya to the south. This serves until now as agricultural site for rice, vegetables and other root-crops.</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3Luzon, Philippines16.5662318 121.262636612.672894300000001 116.20892559999999 20.459569300000002 126.3163476tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-30094192617191098102012-10-06T13:24:00.000+08:002019-10-07T13:22:15.374+08:00Kamay ni Hesus - Lucban, Quezon<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 5-hectare Kamay ni Hesus Shrine & Healing Center in Brgy. Tinamnan, Lucban, Quezon was constructed in February 2002 through the initiative of Fr. Joseph Faller, a famous healing priest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The shrine features one of the country's tallest statue of Christ, Noah's Ark, the Garden of Eden, the Marian Park, Gallery of Saints. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a known attraction among local tourists and religious devotees, especially during Holy season. (Kamay ni Hesus photo by Ana Nechelle, 2011)</span></div>
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Philippine Landmarkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04396795237907496201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-52581023305275323982012-08-17T16:56:00.000+08:002019-10-07T13:29:57.299+08:00La Mesa Ecopark - Quezon City<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The La Mesa Watershed and Eco-Park, a dam and an ecological reservation site in East Fairview, Quezon City, Philippines, is part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system, which supplies most of the water supply of Metro Manila and is adjacent to the Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges bounded by Caloocan, Quezon City and Rizal Province. The La Mesa Dam is an earth dam whose reservoir can hold up to 50.5 million cubic meters occupying an area of 27 square kilometers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is owned by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), a government water supply government agency and is jointly operated along with the Local Government of Quezon City, Bantay Kalikasan (ABS-CBN) and other private companies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The La Mesa Ecopark, one of the oldest parks in Metro Manila, is a 33 hectare park located in the 2,700-hectare La Mesa Watershed. The park was inaugurated on April 28, 2004 and is a product of the joint effort of the QC government, MWSS, and ABS-CBN’s Bantay Kalikasan Foundation, among other donors, to generate income to help with the reforestation of the area surrounding the watershed and to create funds for the watershed’s maintenance. The Ecopark sits on 2700 hectares, divided between 700 hectares of the reservoir and 2000 hectares of forest.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Ecopark is a popular outdoor destination for school and corporate field trips and activities.. It has a public saltwater swimming pool complex, a 5 hectare Lopez Picnic Grounds, areas for camping, a Superferry Boating Lagoon, a Petron Fitness and Mountain Bike Trail with 17 exercise stations and 1.2 km mountain bike trail, 2 hectares of Shell Flower Terraces, amphitheater, orchidarium, adventure zone, and an eco museum. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is accessible and can be reached in few minutes from Commonwealth Ave.via Winston St. (before Datamex College of St. Adeline, front of Metrobank and BPI Fairview), Pearl Drive or Camaro St. (near PLDT Fairview and Fairview General Hospital) where several tricycles are stationed. Photo by Ana Nechelle / Emman, Quezon City.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our Lady of Lourdes Church and Grotto is located in Graceville, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, just a few minutes from Quezon City. It is accessible by means of jeepney, bus and other public utility vehicles from major points in Bulacan and Metro Manila.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An exact replica of the Lourdes Grotto in France, it features a mock hill calvary where life-size statues depict the passion and death of Jesus Christ. This grotto attracts big crowds during the Lenten season. This was built by a Filipino who had cancer and was healed by his faith in Our Lady of Lourdes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This religious place offers peace of mind and calmness of nature away from the noisy and busy streets of Bulacan, Metro Manila and neighboring provinces. A perfect place for reflections, prayers and recollection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The replicas of Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in the Philippines are also found in Cotabato City, Mindanao and Baguio City, Benguet. (Photo April 2010, Bulacan)</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2City of San Jose del Monte, Philippines14.8138889 121.0452778000000114.764629900000001 120.97021880000001 14.8631479 121.1203368tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-38730728737213386642012-03-01T16:15:00.000+08:002019-10-07T13:26:55.623+08:00Bangui Windmills - Bangui, Ilocos Norte<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 70-meters Bangui Windmills are located in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines facing South China Sea and arranged in a single row spaced approximately 326 meters apart. The windmills (NorthWind Bangui Bay Project) were a project by the NorthWind Development Corporation as a practice renewable energy sources and to help reduce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and started with an aid grant of $48 million dollars from the by the Danish Government to Ilocos Norte Province in 1998.<br /><br />The project is the first power plant (“Wind Farm”) in the Philippines and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia.<br /><br />It is a 24.75 M power generation plant consisting of 15 units Vestas NM82 wind turbines rated at 1.65 MW each. Current electrical power production is around 25 megawatts and contributes nearly 40% of the provinces electrical power.</span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cariñosa is not the national dance of the Philippines, neither is it Tinikling. It has no basis in Philippine law such as the claims to the supposed Philippines' National Animal (Carabao), National Fish (Bangus), National House (Nipa Hut), National Leaf (Anahaw), National Fruit (Mango), National Sport (Sipa) that are circulating through various sources. Also, related to this, the official national symbols of the Philippines are its Philippine Flag (Republic Act 8491, known also as Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines), national anthem (Lupang Hinirang), coat-of-arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines. Apart from RA 8491, the Philippines has only four (4) other official national symbols (meaning, those which represent Philippine traditions and ideals and convey the principles of Philippine sovereignty and national solidarity) enacted through a proclamation by the executive department, namely sampaguita, nara, Philippine Eagle, and the Philippine Pearl. In 1934, during the Commonwealth era, Governor-General Frank Murphy declared sampaguita and nara as National flower and National tree, respectively, through Proclamation No. 652. Philippine President Fidel Ramos Former President Fidel V. Ramos proclaimed the Philippine eagle as the national bird in 1995 through Proclamation No. 615. Ramos likewise named the Philippines' National Gem: Philippine Pearl through Proclamation No. 905 s. 1996.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is also no Filipino historical figure officially declared as national hero through law or executive order. Although, there were laws and proclamations honoring Filipino heroes. On November 15, 1995, the Technical Committee of the National Heroes Committee, created through Executive Order No. 5 by former President Fidel Ramos, recommended nine Filipino historical figures to be National Heroes: Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat, Juan Luna, Melchora Aquino, and Gabriela Silang. There has not been any action taken for these recommended National Heroes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i><b>Reinerio A. Alba</b> is a Filipino writer who hails from Gumaca, Quezon. He was a fellow for poetry at the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City in 1993 and Iyas National Writers Workshop in 2002. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">New Year’s Day – January 1 (Sunday)</span></div>
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Rizal Day – December 30 (Sunday)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chinese New Year – January 23 (Monday)</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-63036063015919081052011-11-11T07:32:00.001+08:002019-10-07T13:38:47.559+08:00Tinuy-an Falls - Surigao del Sur<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This falls in the Booming city on the bay, Bislig City,
is approximately 95 meters wide and 55 metres (180 ft) high from the top of the
three tiered cascading waterfalls, <span style="color: black;">noted by most people as "the Niagara
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that flows in three levels about 55 meters high. Its majestic and unique
natural formation makes it one of the best waterfalls in the entire Philippines and
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a day of festivity to commemorate the foundation anniversary of South Cotabato. This is celebrated middle of July in the
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The festival is named after the festival icon t'nalak, a
colorful abaca cloth created and woven by the women of the province's T'boli
tribe which is considered to symbolize the blending of culture, strength and
unity of the various ethnic groups living in the province. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">It is a showcase of T'boli culture through the display of
their tribal arts and crafts and ethnic costumes, a street dancing parade,
trade fair and sports events. Usually, the celebration kicks off with the
Dayana Civic Parade highlighted by a float and cheer dance competition. It
closes with the T'nalak Parade or Madal Bel'. Dancers from around the province,
dressed in native costumes of B'laan, T'boli and other tribal groups in Mindanao, perform on the streets of the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The T’nalak is an intricately woven tapestry of intense and
striking colors. The hues of intertwined abaca fabric depict the vivid spirit
of the people whom this unique and artistic weaving has invariably come to
represent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This symbol of woven dreams is a fundamental part of South Cotabato culture, a culture steeped in mystique.
The T’nalak Festival is an annual celebration that commemorates the Foundation
Anniversary of the dynamic South Cotabato
province amidst the dual presence of tradition and progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Much like the choreographed contrast of this unique
tapestry, the T’nalak Festival is a mix of varied events that likewise
characterize the South Cotabato people and their vibrant spirit, a people,
whose distinct culture and multi-ethnicity contribute to the image of this
emerging province – a province that is steadfast in weaving its wealth towards
advancement, and a province undoubtedly beyond compare. From colorful street
dancing, pulsating street parties and innovative trade expos the T’nalak
Festival has it all.</span></div>
<input name="IL_RELATED_TAGS" type="hidden" value="1" />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com6Koronadal City, Philippines6.5005556 124.85166676.3743431 124.6937382 6.6267681000000005 125.00959519999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-12411714666987716632011-10-18T11:51:00.000+08:002019-10-07T13:41:02.807+08:00Sandurot Festival - Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sandurot which means, "fellowship and reaching
out," and is derived from the Visayan word “pakig-sandurot” for the
offering and enjoyment of hospitality. It is a colorful, annual fiesta event to
commemorate Dumaguete’s rich history dating the pre-Hispanic period where
peoples of different and foreign cultures, including Chinese, Japanese and
Spanish, came together to create a diverse community that is Dumaguete
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sandurot Festival is a joyful celebration of the people of
Dumaguete, a “university-city” and a “City of Gentle People,” their innate hospitality,
friendliness, and their propensity to live harmoniously with people of
different race, religion, and cultural beliefs and is very significant in
understanding the religious cultures of the people of Dumaguete. History tells
how the Dumagueteños welcome strangers from different shores and countries, and
live with them in complete peace and understanding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This is also a celebration for the whole Roman Catholic for Dumaguete City's patroness, St. Catherine de
Alexandria, the Patroness Saint of the Philosophers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The event usually begins with a program at the Rizal Boulevard and
a ceremony welcoming the various cultural stains that enriched the city’s
character and followed by a merry street dance competitions and interesting
field presentations to celebrate the “pakig-sandurot.” This event is
participated by barangays in the city, schools and/or civic organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP), formerly known as St. Paul's Subterranean River National Park or St. Paul Underground River, is found in the St. Paul Mountain Range about 76 kilometres northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, approximately 365 nautical miles south of Manila, facing the West Philippine Sea with geographic coordinates 10′ 10 north, 118′ 55 south. It is bordered by St. Paul Bay to the north and the Babuyan River to the east. The topography varies from flat plains to rolling hinterlands and hills to mountain peaks. Over 90% of the park comprises sharp, karst limestone ridges around Mount St Paul, which is itself part of a series of rounded, limestone peaks aligned on a north-south axis, along the western coast of Palawan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The PPSRNP was established on March 26, 1971, by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 835 issued by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos and the City Government of Puerto Princesa has managed the National Park since 1992. The park initially comprised of 3,901 hectares of terrestrial reservation. To ensure long-term viability, former President Joseph E. Estrada signed Proclamation No. 212 on November 16, 1999 expanding the area of the Park to 22,202 hectares that now includes the entire catchment for the Underground River and significant forest important for biodiversity conservation. The PPSRNP was also declared as a National Geological Monument on December 11, 2003 by the National Committee on Geological Sciences (NCGS).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The park has a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 kilometer navigable underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that it winds through a cave before flowing directly into the West Philippine Sea. It includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and several large chambers. The lower portion of the river is subject to tidal influences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>To vote</i><i> for Puerto Princesa Underground River for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, visit <a href="http://www.new7wonders.com/"><b>www.new7wonders.com</b></a>, or text <b>PPUR</b> to <b>2861</b>. Please support Puerto Princesa Underground River!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The festival used to be held in March until it was changed to July a few years ago to coincide with the annual Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan, a gathering of Boholanos from all around the world. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The main highlight of the event is the street dancing competition held along the warm streets of Tagbilaran City.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">This celebration re-enact the 16<sup>th</sup> century peace treaty occurred on March 16, 1565 through a "sandugo" or blood compact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">“Sandugo” is Visayan word which means "one blood." The Sandugo began with the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi in Bohol in 1565 and the establishment of allegiance by Datu Sikatuna to the king of Spain. They made a cut on their left arm with a dagger and poured their blood into a cup filled with wine, which they both drank in honor of their friendship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">By performing a blood compact, it preserves the bond of friendship between two tribes. This ceremony was the first treaty of friendship between the natives, and the Spaniards. In honor of this ceremony, the former President of the Philippines Elpidio Quirino established the Order of Sikatuna, a presidential decoration conferred upon politicians. Juan Luna, a Filipino painter, depicted this event in his painting entitled The Blood Compact (El Pacto de Sangre) in 1883. El Pacto de Sangre obtained the first prize in Paris in 1885 and at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of St. Louis in 1904. At that period, it was an important part for tribes to perform the sandugo as part of the peace process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The Sandugo is depicted in both the provincial flag and the official seal of the government in Bohol. It also features the image of the blood compact. The top of the seal explains the history behind the Sandugo event that occurred in Bohol, the fleet and the location where the Spaniards anchored and the place where the treaty was conducted which was dated on March 16, 1565.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Canlaon Volcano (Mt. Canlaon/Kanlaon), is an active stratovolcano in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. Canlaon Volcano is 2,435 meters high, base diameter of about 30 kilometers and land area of 24, 577.6 hectares with three hot springs on its slopes, Mambucal Hot Springs, Bucalan Hot Spring and Bungol Hot Spring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Canlaon City, the summer capital of Negros Oriental and Central Visayas, is 165.7 kilometers away from Dumaguete City and approximately 36 kilometers from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Canlaon Volcano stands 8, 085 ft. above sea level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Flores de Mayo</b> ("Flowers of May") is a popular Catholic festival held in the month of May in honor of the Virgin Mary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Santacruzan</b>, the hightlight of the month-long celebration, is a religious-historical beauty pageant, re-enacting the search of Queen Elena (mother of Constantine the Great) for the cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified; 300 years after His death. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Flores de Mayo was introduced by the Spanish friars in 1854. Reina Elena (Queen Elena) is kept a secret until the day of the parade to surprise the people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Methuselah—he is bearded, bent with age, riding a cart looking preoccupied with toasting some grains of sand in a pan over a fire. This is a reminder that all that glitters will end up as dust like what he is toasting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. Reyna Abanderada—a young lady dressed in a long red gown carrying a yellow triangular flag. She represents the coming of Christianity to the Philippines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. Reyna Aetas—represent the state of the people of the country before the coming of Christianity. These are the unconverted Filipino pagans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. Reyna Mora—represents the dominant religion before Christianity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. Reyna Fe--symbolizes the virtue of faith,the first of the theological virtues. She carries a cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. Reyna Esperanza—symbolizes the virtue of hope, the second theological virtue. She carries an anchor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. Reyna Caridad—symbolizes the virtue of charity, the third theological virtue. She carries a red heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Reyna Abogada—the defender of the poor and the oppressed. She wears a black graduation cap (toga) and gown and she carries a big book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">9. Reyna Sentenciada—has her slim hands bound by a rope. She is the symbol of the innocents who have been convicted. She is accompanied by two Roman soldiers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10. Reyna Justicia—a personification of the "mirror of justice". She carries a weighing scale and a sword.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Reyna Judith—representing Judith who saved her city from the Assyrians after she beheaded the cruel Holofernes. She carries the head of the beheaded man on one hand and a sword on the other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">12. Reyna Sheba—who visited the famed King Solomon and was overwhelmed by his wisdom, power and riches. She carries a jewelry box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">13. Reyna Esther—the biblical Jewish who spared her countrymen from death and destruction through timely intervention with the King Xerxes. She carries a scepter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">14. Samaritana—the woman who Christ spoke to at the well. She carries a jug on her shoulder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">15. Veronica—the woman who wiped the face of Jesus. She carries a bandana imprinted with the three faces of Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">16. Tres Marias (The Three Marys)- each Mary holds an attribute associated with her:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">"A-V-E--M-A-R-I-A" - eight "angels": girls all wearing long white dresses and wings- each holding a letter from the word "AVE MARIA."</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reyna de las Estrellas (Queen of the Stars) - a wand with a star.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rosa Mystica (Mystical Rose)- a bouquet of roses.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reyna dela Paz (Queen of Peace) - a dove.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reyna del Cielo (Queen of Heaven)- a flower; accompanied by two little "angels".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reyna de las Virgines (Queen of the Virgins) - a rosary (or a lily); also escorted by two little "angels".</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">18. Reyna Elena (Queen Helena)—the founder of the true Cross, represented by the small cross she carries. She is escorted by her son, Prince Constantine (Emperor).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">19. Bishop Macario dressed as a Bishop. Bishop Macario was the Bishop of Jerusalem who consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on September 14, thereafter celebrated as the Triumph of the Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy declared Sampaguita as National Flower of the Philippines through Proclamation No. 652 s. 1934 as it symbolizes purity, simplicity, humility, devotion, dedication, fidelity and strength.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The sweet-scented <b>Sampaguita</b> (Jasminum sambac) is a species of jasmine native to southwestern, southern, and southeastern Asia. Sampaguita is a Spanish term, which comes from the Filipino words<i> sumpa kita</i> meaning <i>''I promise you''</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">It is an evergreen vine or shrub reaching up to 1-3 m tall. The leaves are ovate, 4-12.5 cm long and 2-7.5 cm broad. The flowers bloom all throughout the year and are produced in clusters of 3-12 together. They are strongly scented, with a white corolla 2-3 cm diameter with 5-9 lobes. The flowers open at night, and close in the morning. Sampaguitas do not bear seeds and the plant is cultivated solely by cuttings. It is widely grown as ornamental plant throughout the tropics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The Dinagyang Festival, a thanksgiving festival, is celebrated every fourth weekend of January, right after the Sinulog in Cebu, to commemorate the Christianization and the Holy Child Jesus, the Iloilo’s patron saint, and to celebrate the arrival on Malay settlers in Panay Island. It is a very colorful parade coupled with a dramatization in honor of the patron Señor Santo Niño as the object of dramatized offerings and prayers amidst the cracking of drums and shouts of "Viva Señor Santo Niño and “Hala Bira" by the tribe and contingent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Dagoy, the dark brown skin tone, six-feet-nine-inches-tall official festival mascot of Dinagyang, was born from the promotional sketches of Dinagyang in 2002. He was introduced to the public in December 14, 2004 in The Fort, Taguig and December 18, 2004 in Iloilo City, and later on adopted as the official logo of the festival. Depicted as a young Aeta warrior, Dagoy symbolizes the jollification and friendship of Ilonggo’s and other thousands of tourists flocked to witness the festival.</span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-6694489480388564992011-01-22T06:41:00.006+08:002019-10-07T13:34:06.780+08:00Metro Manila Film Festival<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The almost-symmetrically-conical-shape 2462 meters (8,077 ft.) Mayon Volcano (Mount Mayon) is an active stratovolcano and the main landmark of Albay Province (300 km. southeast of Manila), in the Bicol Region. Local folklore refers to the volcano as Bulkang Magayon after the legendary heroine Daragang Magayon (Lady Beautiful). It is 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the Gulf of Albay, in the cities and municipalities of Legazpi City, Daraga, Camalig, Guinobatan, Ligao City, Tabaco City, Malilipot, and Santo Domingo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mayon Volcano rises 2462 m (8,077 ft) above the gulf with summit crater diameter of 200 meters and a base circumference of 62.8 km and covers an area of about 250 square km. It erupted about 43 times since 1616 with major eruptions in 1993 , 2000 and 2006. The most violent and devastating eruption occurred on February 1, 1814 that severely damaged the nearby towns, ruined half of Guinobatan with at least 1, 200 casualities. It is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire spans all coasts of the Pacific Ocean, including South America, North America, Alaska, China, Japan, Java and New Zealand.</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zfhPa9HEtgQ/TTR-a5TShwI/AAAAAAAAAB8/baIEZM8aAPs/s1600/hundredislands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zfhPa9HEtgQ/TTR-a5TShwI/AAAAAAAAAB8/baIEZM8aAPs/s320/hundredislands.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The Hundred Islands National Park is located in Brgy. Lucap, Alaminos City, Pangasinan, about 250 kms from Metro Manila. The islands (124 rocky islets at low tide and 123 at high tide) are scattered along Lingayen Gulf and cover an area of 18.44 square kilometres (1, 884hectares or 4,557 acres). To present, only 3 islands have been developed for tourists: Governor Island, Quezon’s Island and Children’s Islands.. Anda, northwest of Alaminos City, is known to be the "mother island" of the Hundred Islands. It was established as National Park on January 18, 1940 under Proclamation No. 667 issued by the late President Manuel L. Quezon making it the first national park, and in whose honor the biggest of the islands was named.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">They are believed to be about two million years old. </span><span style="font-size: small;">The islands are actually composed ancient corals </span>that extend well inland, in an area previously comprising the seabed of an ancient sea. Lowering sea levels have exposed them to the surface and the peculiar mushroom-like shapes of some of the islands have been caused by the eroding action of the ocean waves.</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zfhPa9HEtgQ/TTR4yPKurmI/AAAAAAAAAB4/hL7nl796TRk/s1600/beach_palm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zfhPa9HEtgQ/TTR4yPKurmI/AAAAAAAAAB4/hL7nl796TRk/s200/beach_palm1.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Boracay is one of the hottest Philippine travel destinations of the Philippines, attracting thousands of tourists every season. The island comprises the barangays of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak in municipality of Malay, and located approximately 315 km (200 miles) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is under the administrative control of the Philippine Tourism Authority in coordination with the Provincial Government of Aklan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1990, it was voted by the BMW Tropical Beach Handbook as one of the best beaches in the world and again in 1996 by British publication TV Quick as the world's number one tropical beach. Boracay can be reached from Manila by plane, bus or boat.</span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794919484241214598.post-91137558789046374172011-01-17T21:50:00.002+08:002019-10-07T13:44:15.532+08:00Chocolate Hills - Bohol<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zfhPa9HEtgQ/TTRIC0BjZtI/AAAAAAAAABU/cAuLGuUxVPU/s1600/Choco_Hills.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zfhPa9HEtgQ/TTRIC0BjZtI/AAAAAAAAABU/cAuLGuUxVPU/s200/Choco_Hills.JPG" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The unusual geological formation of Bohol known as Chocolate Hills are most famous tourist attractions in the Philippines and among the most visited tourist spots in the country. These unusual geological formation are about 1,268 - 1,776 cone-shaped hills spread throughout the towns of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan with an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 square miles).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The domes vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 160 ft) high with the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. During summer or dry season, green grass-covered hills turns brown that makes it looks like a </span>rows of chocolate cones. These hills are featured in the provincial seal and flag and have been declared the country's third National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.</span></div>
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