Fiesta

Muelitz: Yesterday, we celebrated the whole day as if we were back in our country of origin.It was a Philippine Fiesta in Canada. The organizers of the festival rented a picnic area at Meadowvale Conservation Park in Mississauga, Ontario. There were a lot of people from different corner of Canada and even from the USA. There were so much food and drinks that there were still left over 10 hours later. Aside from eating and mingling there were plenty of parlor games for the kids which they really enjoyed. I surely wished my kids were here as they would have enjoyed every minute of it. Do you enjoy attending fiestas or such an event?Just Sharing,

Manunulat: Yes and No. Yes for religious gatherings, family gatherings (especially reunions but we really keep things short to avoid disagreement circumstances since my family is BIG and complicated.) and no for merely socializing and show off. You can't deny it man, PINOYs are often extravagant in some fiestas. It is like missing the real meaning of celebrating the whole thing. In most traditional provinces, there's a so-called "house-hopping" wherein you get to go to a strangers' house to eat up, drink a lot and stuff. It is really bad since other families are in difficult situation financially but they have to resort to "debts" just to keep up with the tradition. I am lucky I am Ilocano. Most of our fiesta's don't promote such extravagance, except for the "babaknang" where it's their chance to share their blessings to others that's why most of them usually are the hermana mayors. Most festivals in the Philippines now are enhanced, fading the real spirit of celebrating it in order to commercialize it for Tourism. Good or bad? It has both effects in our values as a people.