The Peñafrancia festivities celebration continues with the voyadores Festival in Naga City. Credit- grab from video of Neil Manaog.
The Peñafrancia 2016 festivities celebration continues with the voyadores festival competition.
The street dance parade is still part of the continuing tradition during the celebration of the Peñafrancia feastivities and festivities which ends on Saturday, after the street and fluvial procession.
Alternative coverage, if available streamed live by local TV stations, below:
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Moving on with “Ang Mga Magbabade ng Isda” with this Part 3 and final exclusive Choice Cut. Watch this third and last instalment of the discussion report and find out more interesting facts and details on fish processing and drying commerce in the area. Learn more of the ‘lowly’ fish […]
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Ciriaco Hernandez was the eldest son of eight siblings (but there could be more) in his branch of the clan on the 5th generation of the forked branch of the Fernandezes. This is based from available data, with the ‘1st’ generation pegged on the year of 1784. #FernandezHernandezCalabanga, #FamilyTreeCalabanga, #GenealogyCalabanga […]
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Watch here the 2024 Fluvial Procession of the venerated images of the Virgin of Peñafrancia and the El Divino Rostro. The nine-day novenas at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist which began right after the Traslacion Procession of Friday of last week, culminates after two o’clock mass […]
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The Peñafrancia festivities celebration continues with the civic parade and float competition. The Peñafrancia festivities celebration continues with the military parade and competition. The street parade is still part of the continuing tradition during the celebration of the Peñafrancia feastivities and festivities which ends on Saturday, after the street and […]
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The recent typhoon (Bebeng) hit the streets of Calabanga and poured enormous flood water on our living rooms. The storm also drained out about one thousand tilapia fingerlings me and my kumpadre seeded on the portion of the creek at the back of our house.
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