Mother's Day

 Mother is a delicate word that sets my heart at ease.Mother,an exquisite eternal bliss.The love is as deep as the icean,it never ends.Thy touch is as sweet as the
roses that forever fends.

Mother's Day is an occasion which is celebrated in various parts of the world to express respect,honor,and love towards mothers.The day is an event to honor the contribution of mothers,acknowledge the efforts of maternal bonds and the role of mothers in our society. It is a day which makes people remember the importance and significance of mothers in their life and is observed as a day to give special emphasis to the motherly figures around the world.

Mother’s Day is celebrated on May 8 here on the Philippines.It is kind of a big day here.This is largely due to the large place of mothers in Filipino culture.Mom is called the “ilaw ng tahanan”, which means “the light of the home”.This idiom used for mothers in the country describes the comfort and warmth that they bring to the home with their cheerful demeanour. Mothers are the one who, at most occasions sacrifice their own interests just to serve their children. Everyone has various ways on how they celebrate it.Some brings their mother breakfast in bed,taking her out for lunch or dinner,giving her a card or a present, making a special phone call to tell her how much you miss her and love her.

Bliss is temporary,pain is perpetual.The curve of smile may fade,the scars will remain the same.But I'd willingly trade deep cuts over your shy smiles and tiny laughs.Bliss is temporary,pain is perpetual but thing you made me feel;it's eternal.Stand up and let us applaud all amazing mothers on this world.The kind of pain they endure.The struggle they're trying to conceal.Some mothers are both mom and dad.They work night and day just to make sure that their kids live a better way.The distance a mother goes for her children;words can't explain.To be a mom isn't an easy thing,but somehow they make it look like an easy task.Roses are red.Violets are blue.All mom on the world are the best and so we appreciate you.

 

References:

https://m.fnp.com/article/mothers-day

https://www.mothersdaycelebration.com/mothers-day-in-philippines.html

Binatbatan Festival:showcase the traditional weaving craft

 

City of Vigan celebrated the week-long Binatbatan Festival of Arts with various cultural events featuring the City’s historical significance as the World Heritage Site.The City is known for its unique architecture combining the Philippine and Oriental structural designs, with colonial European architecture. Binatbatan Festival traces its roots from the abel weaving industry of Vigan which has been in existence even before the Spaniards came to colonize the PhilippinesIt comes from the word batbat, a pair of bamboo stick used to separate cotton pods that come from a tall tree called kapas sanglay.It was celebrated on April 29 to May 6.

The streets were closed, and people congregated in specific areas.The drums are pounding loudly and clearly.The street dancers proudly proclaim "Viva Vigan!" in colorful costumes.Binatbatan Festival street dancers wave their "batbat," some imitating the way used by abel-weavers in separating cottons as they gracefully conduct the process artistically to the beat of drums and lyres rolling along the historic streets of Vigan's heritage city. Binatbatan Street Dancers also have a basket behind them in which they place the cotton pods harvested from the kapas sanglay tree.

I purposely did my blog late so that I could give my personal insights about the Binatbatan Festival.This year's Binatbatan is more likely a reunion to many.I've meet and seen a lot of friends and old aquitaince after the pandemic hit our country that made us lost our social life.After how many years,I felt relieve.Relieve and hope seeing the world slowly going back to how it was.Moreover,the celebration and culture was exactly the same from before like how I described it on paragraph 2.I also want to acknowledge the patient of the dancers and the generosity of the event organizers to make these festival memorable.It was undeniably a hot day however the street dancers still continued to wear smile of pride with our rich culture and heritage.Indeed,the Binatbatan festival has grown to be one of the largest cultural gatherings in the Philippine archipelago

 

REFERENCE:

https://www.edmaration.com/2012/05/viva-vigan-festival-binatbatan-street.html?m=1