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This year's fiesta was the most memorable for me. Essu Nite is one of the activities done for the fiesta. This event showcases studens and faculties diverse talents and creativity, so being one of the performes of Essu Nite was such a bliss. We performed short and sweet stage play and a musical play. In our musical play, my character was a grandmother and on the stage play I was Sandra, a college student who loses sanity because of drugs. To see smiling faces, and to hear loud cheer and claps while performing was really my cloud 9 moment.

After the Essu Nite, my friends and I spend the night at Baybay Boulevard. We then decided to play at peryahan and experience for the first time riding a ferris wheel. It was quite a roller coaster feeling, from an exhausting yet fun stage play to riding a ferris wheel while fighting my fear of heights.

That's it for now! Hope you enjoy reading my blog! Share your first time experiences as well, I'll be happy to read those. Have a great day ahead besties! xoxo

The Borongan Fiesta, is an annual celebration held in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, Philippines. The fiesta has strong cultural and religious significance for the city's residents, it is being celebrated in honor of The Nativity of our Lady, patron saint of Borongan City.

The history of the Borongan Fiesta dates back to the Spanish Colonial period when Borongan was still a small coastal settlement.Its development into a town, and eventually into a city, is traced back to the early 1600 out of the scattered hamlets located on the banks of the adjacent Guiborongani (Borongan or Sabang) River and Lo-om River. Guiborongani was the larger settlement and was later on called Borongan because of the heavy fog that usually covered the place. The name Borongan was taken from the local word “borong”, which in the Waray-Waray language means “fog”. The people inhabiting the eastern coast of Samar were originally called “Ibabao” during the pre-Spanish period. According to Meranau, Borongan is a common name of green Banana,located in the surrounding of Lake Lanao. The development of Borongan was greatly influenced by the religious missions of the Jesuits during the period 1604–1768, and the Franciscans from 1768 to 1868. Borongan was established as a pueblo on September 8, 1619. On this date, the Commandancia and the Very Reverend Father Superior of the Jesuits from Palapag, a town of Northern Samar, went to Ibabao to install the first priest of Borongan, Fr. Manuel Martinez, who served up to 1627.

During the Borongan Fiesta, various activities are conducted by the Borongan City Government and the local community. These activities aim to showcase the city's rich cultural heritage and bring people together in joyful celebration. The commonly held activities during the fiesta includes: religious processions, street dancing, palarong bayan, beauty pageants, food and trade fairs, and cultural shows and performances but the very highlight of the fiesta celebration is the Padul'ong Festival.

The Padul-ong Festival is the province’s way to pay homage to its Patroness, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The festival commemorates the day they received the image. It depicts a mythical presentation on how the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary was inexplicably transported to Borongan City all the way from Portugal. The festival also illustrates the legend of a mysterious “Lady in White” who allegedly visits the Hamorawan Spring regularly. According to the locals, the Lady in White has been blessing the spring waters with miraculous healing powers. Every September 7 or 8, Borongan City celebrates an early morning mass in a quaint chapel at Barangay Punta Maria. The mass signifies that the Padul-ong Festival has officially started. From the chapel, the small image of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to Rawis Port. The first part of the festival is the fluvial procession where boat owners can join along with the official boat carrier of the small image across Rawis Bay. The image is then paraded through the town going to Borongan Cathedral. At the Borongan City plaza, there is a re-enactment of how the Blessed Virgin Mary was brought here in Borongan City.

These are just few of the activities being held every Borongan City Fiesta, to be mesmerized by these activities celebrate with us, come and have fun in Borongan!

(crdts: Go Borongan page)

First and foremost I am Rica, 19 years old, yes not a "kabataan" anymore hehe✌️. A college student, taking up Bachelor of Arts in Communication and already in my sophomore year. I'm fixated with films, theater, photography, music, and art stuffs, which speaks of me being a BACOMM student.

I was born and raised in a coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, the lovely Oras. Living in such a wonderful environment, with supportive and lovable family, friends, and mentors, I grow up into a fine woman with diverse view of life and an optimistic perspective on some things.

I am an environmental advocate in our Barangay, for the reasons that I grow up in such a wonderful place, and that I can't afford to lose and not being able to see such a scenery once again would truly break my heart, so as much as possible I wanted to help and be one of the people who wanted to share awareness, prevention, solutions, to preserve, to take care, of our environment. With my love of nature, I got to be fascinated with beaches. I love going to the beach especially at times when everything is just so stressful, the waves calms my system, the sand relaxes me, and that the sea breeze somehow keeps my sanity. The irony is that I love beaches and often go to beach but still doesn't know how to swim🤭.

Another thing about me is that I'm an Army, Engene, and a Moa (fandom names). I've been a big fan of BTS, Enhypen, and Tomorrow x Together. Their music inspires me and become my greatest comforter. They've been a big influence of my passion towards arts and music and the drive to be the best version of myself.

That's it for now! Follow to know more about me😉. Have a great day ahead besties! xoxo

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