Kannawidan Ylocos Festival

The Kannawidan Ylocos Festival occurs annually in the province of Ilocos Sur. Activities include mass at the St. Paul Cathedral, procession around the city, “Talent Night ti Saniata” where local songs will be aired, beauty contest, “Partuat ken Patanor Trade Fair,” concerts, Delphic Games, horse race, Quiz bee, on-the-spot painting, Iloco poem writing, Kannawidan a pay-ayam-Sarsuela Ilocana, Bingo Game and Battle of the Bands.The festival marks the occasion to strengthen the Ilocano culture, recognize Ilocos Sur’ssons and daughters who brought honor to their province, celebrate abundant harvest or just to celebrate the Ilocano spirit that continues to drive locals to boost their home province.

Ilocos Sur, our very own province has rich and stunning cultures and traditions that we Ilocanos must be proud of. In order to showcase these, we have important festives just to exhibit and promote products of ours and precious cultures of Ilocanos to attract and invite tourists to come and visit Ilocos. One of these is the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival which is a week-long festive of happiness for local and foreign tourists as more entertaining events are included in the celebration.

The Kannawidan Ylocos Festival had already established its identity as the prime festival of the province. The festival was launched in 2008 under the leadership of then Governor Deogracias Victor B. Savellano to commemorate the 190th foundation day of Ilocos Sur as separate province through the approval of a Spanish Royal Decree on February 2, 1818. The province has a rich heritage and unique cultures that need to be preserved for the next generations. However, many of these traditions, songs, dances and other Ilocano cultures were not already familiar to the younger generations due to the influence of the television, computer and internet.

Highlights include the members of the Bayanihan Dance Company entertained the Ilocanos with their world class performance of the Beauty of the Philippines through dances, music and sounds. Their graceful movements and excellent rendition of songs and playing the indigenous musical instruments drew attractions from the crowd. Governor Luis Chait Singson and Vice Governor Savellano together with the officials of the Department of Education Division of Ilocos Sur signified the start of the different contests for elementary and high school students. These include traditional tribal rituals, choir and glee club competition, marching band contest, traditional music ensemble, dance drama, traditional and folk dances, contemporary dance competition and street dancing showdown. These events aimed to encourage young Ilocanos to learn these indigenous songs and dances for sustainability and preservation.

Another important event is the Partuat ken Patanor Trade and Agri Fair. Officials from the trade and agri fair displayed all products from the different towns of the Ilocos Sur and its nearby provinces. The annual “Pinaka Contest” was also held to give citations the local farmers’ extraordinary farm and fishery products and livestock. This Kannawidan Ylocos Festival aims to create awareness on the preservation of the province’ rich cultural heritage, practices and traditions, and a showcase of the different agriculture and industry products. We, Ilocanos should all be proud of with this because we are having this for tourists to appreciate our rich culture. Moreover, let us all preserve these cultures for next generations and this will serve as our trademark as an Ilocano.

   

             New  year new me!!

       J J J…..

     Time to really start thinking past the presents, food, drinks and parties. Time to get in the mindset of preparing yourself for a wonderful year ahead. I encourage everyone to find something they want to do in January to help them start and create the new year new you that will bring you happiness and health!I really liked it. Simple yet profound. Each year people set goals, resolutions & intentions. I don’t have a yearly routine, but I usually like to at least start the year off with a positive intention. Ok so maybe I won't be a completely new person, but a new year is a good time to start making changes that need to be made. I know everyone makes resolutions but how often do we stick to them? I am going to try REALLY hard to stick to them this year. So, in order to hold myself accountable. Stay organized. I suppose this is professional AND personal. At home we HAVE to keep our house in order. We have to list it for sale soon here and no one wants to look at a house full of clutter. Professionally- I have been pretty good with my organization lately so I just need to keep it up. I have folders upon folders that no one else would even know what to do with. But it works for me.

MY REFLECTION

THIRD GRADING IS ABOUT TO END AND WE ARE ENCOUNTERING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF EXPERIENCE AND SERIOUS DISCUSSION AND THAT IS SO CALLED “4rth GRADING PERIOD”  

IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING AND BRAIN STORMING SUBJECT BUT I TRIED MY SELF TO FINISH ALL THE TASK OF MINE AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO BE PASSED ON TIME. I’VE LEARNED A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND WHEN IT COMES IN COMPUTER LITERACY. I CAN SAY ENOUGH THAT I’M ALREADY AN COMPUTER LITERATE BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPIRIENCE IN ICT..

THANK YOU AND GOOD SPEED…… J J J

Essence of christmas...............



Everyone wants Christmas to be meaningful. Christmas is definitely the season for gifts and shopping. During Christmas, a lot of people go to malls to buy various gifts to be given to their friends and loved ones. People just need to spend more during Christmas season. The effect? – traffic jam, growing credit card debts, lots of to-do lists, etc.
I guess with the current recession, this Advent Consipracy Movement is apt for us. It goes by the line ”Love All, Spend Less, Give More.” The true essence of Christmas relies not on the gifts which commands you to spend more but on the love and unity that each one of us should build. Spend less on gifts and more on relationships! Merry Christmas everybody!and Christmas is how God gave His only Son to save us from our sin.His son is Jesus Christ whose mission is to came into this world to seek and to save the lost.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” Luke 19:10

Let us remember the love of Jesus for us this Christmas.

                                                       


Equal rights equal opportunities.... 

The theme for International Women's Day this year: "Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all" re-emphasizes that equal rights and opportunities lead to improved health outcomes for women and girls.

Discrimination towards women and girls, or what is known as gender-based discrimination, is one of the most pervasive human rights violations. It severely limits the ability of women, girls and the communities they live in to protect and promote their health.

Gender-based discrimination is irrevocably connected to negative health outcomes for women and girls. Its associated poor health outcomes are often compounded by other forms of inequality related to socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or geographical location. While these challenges are imposing, and often encoded in "normalized" ways of living, International Women's Day renews our commitment to denounce violations in human rights and to challenge unequal systems, structures and practices that perpetuate health inequalities across the world.

 

    

English Month Celebration

Frankly speaking, it is highly essential to know the language for communication. In general, the most popular language is English. In this computer age, English is the only language that any one can understand. So to say, it has become as an ideal language for expressing our feelings. First, we have to learn the language and then we have to gain fluency in the language. Unless we have the fluency in English language, it would not be possible to work with the computer. If you do not know English, then you would be in need of a translator to do the job.

inside our campus the student leaders conducting different contests when the English month celebration comes, the English club officers are the one who are conducting contests for the development of the students.

Castastrophe Change The World

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes

And expectations”. We all know that every one of us is afraid to die may be the reasons are the catastrophes that we are facing right now. But we need to accept the fact  that the reasons behind all this, we people living on earth. We have ye time time to avoid all of this and to stop all of this atrocious phenomens and we must  nurture the change so that we can overcome all of this. Even though we are abusive to mother earth at last we are forgiving opur sins. Until we have time to change all of thiswe must start now. To avoid scarcities  and calamities. And to change our bad behaviours.