Carmelite Monastery, Angeles City

You had the chance to visit Carmelite Monastery for a little time of prayer and reflection. You offered three white roses and lit candles after. It is believed here that wishes will be granted when you offer white roses and saying your wishes and intentions just before lighting the candles.

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Poracay in Porac Pampanga

Experience native hots and cabanas with great features and add-ins. With a clear and always clean water in a huge pool, experience fresh water and fun.

Who ever said that you have to spend so much in order to have fun? With Poracay Resort's competitive rates, your vacations, holidays and outings just became affordable.

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GIANT LANTERN

The San Fernando lantern industry evolved from the Giant Lantern Festival of San Fernando. The festival, which is held every December, finds its roots in Bacolor where a much simpler activity was held. Following the transfer of the provincial capital from Bacolor to San Fernando in August 1904, this lantern event followed as well. "Ligligan Parol" was said to have started in San Fernando in the year 1904. But some say that the "Ligligan Parol" did not happen immediately after the transfer and in fact began in 1908.
This predecessor of the modern day Giant Lantern Festival was actually a religious activity which we know today as “lubenas.” The lanterns measured just two feet in diameter, a far cry from the fifteen feet that we see today. These were created in each barrio from bamboo and other locally available materials. During the nine-day novena before Christmas, which coincided with the simbang gabi from December 16 to 24, these paruls were brought around each barrio in procession to their visita. Before the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, the lanterns were brought to the town church together with the barrio patrons.
This tradition gradually evolved as the lanterns became bigger and the designs more intricate. Later, one big lantern was made for each barrio, which was created through a cooperative effort. Each resident contributed to its construction, from the concept and design, to the materials and labor. In the end, these lanterns became a symbol of unity for the barrios.
It was in the year 1931 that electricity was introduced to the San Fernando lantern, thus sparking the birth of the first Giant Lantern Festival. The added illusion of dancing lights highlighted the bright colors and intricate designs of these Giant Lanterns. At this time, the lights were controlled by individual switches that were turned on and off following the beat of the music. The barangays of Del Pilar, Sta. Lucia and San Jose were among the first barangays to participate in the festival

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IBON-EBON FESTIVAL

The Festival
One of the biggest events in the Philippines, Candaba, Pampanga celebrates Ibon-Ebon Festival during February 1-2. Foreign and local guests are encouraged to take part in witnessing the grand celebration. Known government officials both local and national also joins the annual festivity. Held in honor of the local patron saint, San Nicolas de Tolentino, the local government and the people of Candaba aim to boost food production, and promote eco-tourism. The feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino has been believed to be in connection with the migration of tarat (bird specie known as the Brown Shrike) to Candaba. With a bird on a platter on his hand, the image of San Nicolas parades in the streets in a procession, along with the tradition of giving out San Nicolas cookies. Story has it that San Nicolas prefer vegetables over meat, once asked to have a fowl for a dinner, he made a sign of a cross and let the fowl flew away. More than three hundred miracles are attributed to him.
Also known as the Birds and Eggs Festival, as “Ibon” means birds while “ebon” means eggs, nevertheless, bird watchers and nature-lovers are expecting to see no more than things about birds and eggs, although Ibon-Ebon Festival is more than just Candaba’s showcase of different species of birds and thousands of eggs laid. Lined up in this two-day activity are presentation of high school talents, exhibits, and trade fair featuring products of Candaba. Booths are put up in the trade fair that feature agricultural products of varieties of freshly harvested vegetables from rich lands of the region, and fishery and other aquatic produce such as tilapia, hito, and dalagang bukid, among many others. Along with these activities are the parade of participants clad in different duck costumes competing for the best duck costume at the town plaza, street dancing, duck race, bird program and an art contest, a bird kite exhibition, and a variety show.
The logo of the festival pictures a wild Philippine dumara (variant of wildduck), which is common to the country and breeds in Candaba swamp, sitting on her egg on the green grass, symbolizing helathy relationship between nature and conservation of food production.
It is said that during the months of October to February, birds take a winter break and search for breeding grounds. Flocks of migratory birds can be seen at the Candaba swamp during the festival, which the Ibon-Ebon showcases along with the growing duck-egg industry of the town.
Candaba swamp is of freshwater ponds, swamps, and marshes, sorrounded with grassland flooded from time to time, grounds of rich soil, and wide area of muddy plain. It is adviseable for visitors to gear up on proper clothing and rubber boots, and telescope comes in handy.
To offer comfort to local and foreign tourists, the good Mayor of Candaba provides a 60-seat bus for transport service, with bird images on its sides and back.

                                                                                               -Micka

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SALAKOT

History
(SALAKOT)

Itinayo noong Enero 1979 ang arkong ito ay hango sa disenyo ng isang katutubong sumbrerong Filipino upang gunitain ang Kasunduan sa Base Militar ng Pilipinas at EU noong 1979
Micka Ruales Guevarra
about an hour ago
Micka Ruales Guevarra

(Barangay. Sto Cristo)

ang lokasyong heograpiya ng Barangay Sto.Cristo ay di kalayuan pahilaga sa Munisipyo ng Lungsod ng Angeles. ang hanggan nito sa hilaga ay ang Barangay Lourdes Sur East at Salapungan. sa timog ay Barangay Mining at PulumBulu. dating kilala sa tawag na "PATIRIK-TIRIK" ngayon ang Sto.Cristo ay mapapanglaw ng lungsod
Ang Sto.Cristo ay may 2,746 populasyon at kalatagang 155.36 ektarya.

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History of Barrio Manuali

History of Barrio Manuali
The word PASBUL came from the term which meant PUERTA in Spanish.The place serve as the only routes towards the mountains north of the town.The barrio manuali is established in 1890.The first families were those with surnames SEVILLA and ZAMORA.
In later years pasbul came to the known as manuali due to unperceived reasons.The place is overgrown with bulu plants such that sawali became the principal trade of inhabitants.And thus the term MANUALI.
Manuali is situated on the north eastern of the town.It is bounded on the north by cuayan of angeles on the east by sta.cruz on the west by pulungmaba and on the south by manibaugparalaya.It has a 1418 hectares.Manuali is considered the smallest barrio of porac,the barrio had a total of 54 households.The town proper distance is 12 kilometers.
In 1942,manuali had a primary school.But due to the difficulty of teachers commuting from the barrio.The school children were forced to attend classes in sta.cruz that located along provincial road.
Many residents in barrio are predominantly catholic.They used a chapel with san isidro Labrador as the patron saint.The feast is being celebrated every may 15.
Manuali is typically an agricultural barrio.They planted to sugarcane and an assortment of barrios and towns have carried out minimal amount of quarrying.

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History of Manibaug

This narrative was transcribed from an actual interview made with Mr. Galicano Enriquez, a known educator and native of the barrio since his birth in 1904.
Early on, the barrio of Manibaug comprised the whole territories of what is now the barrios of Manibaug Pasig, Libutad and Paralaya. Going towards the direction of Poblacion Porac, its boundaries starts from Sta. Cruz and ends on brrio Mmaliwaalo (Bacolor), on the north with Angeles (then Culiat).
The barrio is said to be a peaceful place, thickly forested, fertile nd with enough supply of water for irrigation. Due to its fertility, pasture has been conducive to grazing of horses, cows, carabaos, goats and other fowls; planting of sugarcane, root-crops and in the lowlands rice and vegetables.
The name “Manibaug”, has been attributed to this place due to the numerous “sibaung” (a kind of insect similar to the black beetle that pested on the palm trees) that can be found anywhere within its bounds. Beause of this , people from Bacolor frequented the place by saying “Tara Manibaung Tamu” in the native tongue (in English, “Let’s gather Sibaung”). Thus, the origin of the name Manibaug. Sibaung insects are said to be good when cooked with adobo. Even up to the present time people in the barrio still practice this habit of gathering of sibaung especially during the rainy season.
Between the period 1700-1800, more and more people began to trickle and permanently settled on the locality. They include the families of Limiac, Enriquez nd the Ibe. Their livelihood was purely agriculture. Later,the likes of venzon Castro, Mendoza and Quiambao who where then pioneer tinsmiths began their trade due to demand on farm implements.
The ancestor of the Ayson is said to be a certain Juan Ayson from Bacolor who was then cow propagator and explored the rich and abundant grass yet untouched by farm animals. He took his herds of cows wherever there was a great quantity of grass, and from hereon he built his hut from his resting-place. This ancestral house of the Aysons is still extant up to the present day. The structure represented the period when Apung Teo Ayson was a cabeza during the Spanish times. Similar structure can still be seen in some other places like in Bacolor and Betis both in Pampanga.
Soon the cows were afflicted with a disease such that other people buried their dead animals. But the mother of Apung Teo Ayson buthehered theirs and made “Tapa” out of them and sold them to residents. This started the fortune of the Ayson Family.
Aguas Family came from Mexico, Pampanga. Aas a journalist from the government, Sotero Aguas after receiving news about the rich and fertile lands in Manibaug also established his homestead.

History of Manibaug Libutad
In 1945 after the American liberation, the influx of more migrants occurred due to the establishment
Of Clark Air Base. Another cause of migration is the development of quarrying in Mancation whose type of sand can be consideral first class. Nd it has been transported into different parts of the country especially in Manila.This significant boom is local economy brought about the growth of population in the area.
The barrio was once a part of Manibaug pasig as it indicated by the location of its former visita.

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