A Day in Gethsemane Garden Resort
A day spent with family is always a day well spent. A day in Gethsemane Garden Resort is simply glorious. This post is long overdue. I should have posted this review three months ago but life caught up and that’s a story for another day. So back to Gethsemane. My side of the family has […]
Is Chinese New Year a Holiday in the Philippines?
Chinese people all over the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year. Since the Diaspora, the Chinese have become prominent members of almost every country’s population. In the Philippines, the Chinese have greatly influenced every aspect of Filipino culture. So is Chinese New Year a holiday in the Philippines? […]
Christmas in the Philippines
It’s just a few days before Christmas! Christmas in the Philippines is the happiest in the world and I am beyond excited to spend this year’s festivities with friends and family. Christmas in the Philippines is something very special. For the Filipinos, this season is the time to forget all our woes and just focus […]
Holy Week in Cebu
Holy Week is one of the most awaited legal holidays not only in Cebu but also in other parts of the Philippines. Government agencies and private offices close on Maundy Thursday until Black Saturday, This is the time when Catholic devotees in different parts of the country reenact the events of the crucifixion and the […]
Popular Philippine Christmas Festivals
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More and more westerners choose to spend their Christmas holidays somewhere warm. While their part of the world is freezing or blanketed with immaculate snow, our tropical climate can give them the warmth they so long for. There is nothing wrong with having a white Christmas; in fact, it’s in a lot of people’s bucket […]
Philippines Holidays – Special Days of Celebration & Commemoration
© Evelyn Avila on flickr There probably isn’t anyone who does not look forward to holidays when there’s no work and the day is free to spend as one chooses. There’s no day quite like a holiday. There are at least 50 public holidays and countless festivals celebrated all over the Philippines and if […]
Philippines Holidays – Special Days of Celebration & Commemoration
© Evelyn Avila on flickr There probably isn’t anyone who does not look forward to holidays when there’s no work and the day is free to spend as one chooses. There’s no day quite like a holiday. There are at least 50 public holidays and countless festivals celebrated all over the Philippines and if […]
Holy Week in the Philippines
© Vojtech Vlk on Dreamstime Semana Santa (Holy Week) is one of the two most important religious events in the Philippines, the other one being Christmas. As Holy Week nears, the 75 million or so Catholics in the country prepare themselves for sacrifice, prayer and celebration of the life, passion and resurrection of Jesus […]
