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Aleah, this posting again brings back many warm and even more tender memories, which make my eyes teary with reflection. Some day I will tell you about my first fiesta in Tandag; something that I could never forget. As I was chaperoned from one barangay to the next, from the center of town to those in bundoks, the remoter that I got the more touching the celebration the more special the welcome the more profound the impact of what I experienced and the more profound lessons about life that I learned.
Your writings and your photos are so expressive and so evocative of shared moments.. and of the customs, the heart, hopes and realities of everyday life in the barangays. Your posts are a treasure trove of cultural practice, custom and celebrations — as well as a time capsule of history. I truly look forward to each of your wonderful blogs.
@ I am Max: Yeah they’re killing the pig all over again haha
@ Sining Factory: I guess so, but I’ll stick with seafood, esp grilled fish and sushi 🙂
@ Yuuki: True true! Umm…same way in celebrating NYE for 2011 and 2012 haha
so we will be waiting for another new year’s post soon…for 2012…
Filipinos are really closely knit family kaya we want to as much as possible spend Christmas and New Year with our families…
Iba rin talaga ang bagong taon sa Pinas. Hehe. Maingay, magulo pero masaya. I guess lechon symbolizes propsperity kaya naghahanda ng lechon twuing pasko at bagong taon. 🙂
i find it funny that the knife was stuck that way on the pig. btw, we do not eat lechon on christmas. i dont know why though 😐
@ Gael: Happy new year! (Very late response haha)
@ Justin Jones: Yup!
@ Sexy Pinay: Yeah, it’s nice to be with family on NYE.
I miss celebrating New Year’s Eve back in the Philippines with my love ones.
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mas masaya mag celebrate ng new year sa provice dahil na din sa mga tradisyong Pinoy.
Maligayang Bagong Taon Aleah! 🙂
@ Claire–it's nice to hear these are still being done in parts of the country today! 🙂
@ RedNomad–I predict you'll be traveling much in 2011! If such things came true, I'd be taller now. sigh.
@ Carla–you can have the lechon. I haven't eaten pork since 2005:)
@ Liz–it's good to be home. Hope you can go home one someday.
Al, i didn't know we have to eat some of the fruits prepared for the new year? I didn't touch any!!! 🙁 I just hope my brother has eaten some of my prepared fruits by now.
Anyways, i miss home! It's been 2 years…
LECHON!!! makes me hungrgy…filipino traditions simply the best 🙂
Your traditional celebrations sound like so much fun! Australian traditions also include eating and noise – but also with a lot of drinking!! Sadly, I was asleep at midnight (it had been a very long day) – does that mean I'll be sleeping (or maybe lazy) for the rest of the year? I hope not!
Happy 2011!!
Your post reminds me of all the rituals we do at home before the new year strikes. The thought of me jumping up and down for decades now made me smile as well as the banging of pots and pans while the tv and radio are on full blasting mode trying to get rid of the bad spirits of the previous year 🙂