Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels

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Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels The Feast of the Santos Angeles Custodios (Holy Guardian Angels) ushers in the fiesta season in Angeles City. Liturgically celebrated every October 2, it is the first of Angeles City’s triple feasts of the month. HISTORYThe original image of the patron was commissioned in 1930 and custodianship was passed … Read more

Fiestang Kuliat

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Fiestang Kuliat  Here are some historical facts about the feast and the renowned image venerated, considered as one of a kind, and also the most celebrated image of the Holy Guardian Angel in the Philippines. Did you know that this is the longest fiesta celebration in the country, expanding through the whole month of October … Read more

Kuliat

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KULIAT • (koo-LYUHT) The old name of Angeles City, the largest Kapampángan city, was taken from the name of a local vine (Gnetum gnemon); also the name of the city’s month-long festival is considered one of the longest festivals in the Philippines Common Hispanicized spelling: Culiat You may want to read: Palapat Festival

Botong or Bitoon

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Philippine Native Tree: Botong/Bitoon (Barringtonia asiatica) Botong or Bitoon has a distinct tetragonal fruit or lantern-shaped. At first, it is green, and eventually, it will become brown. Apart from the unique shape of Botong’s fruit, it also has the characteristic of being buoyant or the ability to float on water because of its spongy middle … Read more

National Indigenous Peoples Month

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Under Presidential Proclamation 1906, signed in 2009, the month of October is declared ‘National Indigenous Peoples Month’ in celebration, recognition, and protection of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/IPs. For 2024, the theme of Dayaw is “Katutubong Filipino: Pagtibayin ang Tagumpay 2030 (Indigenous Filipinos: Strengthening the Success by 2030) which highlights how the celebration … Read more