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Maupay nga patron hit mga taga-Borongan!

This morning, I went along with my family to attend the fiesta celebration here in Metro Manila at the Jade Valley Restaurant at the Timog Avenue area in Quezon City. Since it’s a Saturday, the place was packed with mamaratrons.

The celebration began with a mass led by Fr. Mario Operario along with three other priests, Frs. Dong de Guzman, Ben Noroña and Boyboy Alconaba. It was then followed by lunch hosted by the hermanos and hermanas.

With a lunch consisting of no less than five dishes, I suppose everybody went home with their stomachs full.

Also during lunch, new officers of the Natives of Borongan in Manila and Suburbs (Nobitcoms) were elected. However, I forgot to note down who won then. I was probably too busy eating then. Hehe.

Right after lunch was the usual sarayaw with disco (yes, disco, not house or techno music) and kuratsa playing on the background. But most of the people have gone home by then. Those who were left were those who were bent on having a great time and spending the afternoon hitting the dance floor.

All in all it was a great experience to celebrate Borongan’s town fiesta even if I was actually far away from it. It was also a great opportunity to meet old friends who are currently based in Metro Manila and chat with them and get updated with how they are right now. I could say that the spirit of the fiesta was in everyone who joined the celebration here today.

I know that words would not suffice without the pictures so I will be posting them later, plus short video clips once I edit them. Thanks!

Note: I know that celebrations will also be held throughout the world wherever there are Boronganons around. So please, share your pictures with us or even videos on Youtube if you have one. I’ll be more than happy to post them here on this blog. Thanks in advance!