1st Palaweno Baragatan sa Europa 2012

Vienna, AustriaEurope

The five (5) days “1st Palawano baragatan” sa Europa was successfully done few days ago. Almost 50 participants from the different countries in Europe came. It was hosted by Palawenos living in Vienna and friends.

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The word “baragatan” is a Cuyuno word “bagat”, means “coming together or gathering” is a month long activity in the province commemorating the Founding Anniversary of the Civil Government of Palawan, where the Palawenos are celebrating its culture and history every month of June. During the “baragatan” the local government from the 27 municipalities and its people are bringing their crops to sell in the City.

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…updatesIt is also the time that where they could showcase their different ethnic culture, song, music, traditional or ritual dances through a cultural presentation. Other activities includes; search for Miss Palawan and coronation night, song writing contest, street dancing competition, trade and food fair , exhibition and float parade. Now in modern time, there are nightly shows and sounds of the era; pop, rock and disco, live band tunes for the young ones.

…updatesBut the recent event concluded in Vienna, Austria is just merely the usual and very simple “gathering” and knowing to each other. It was followed by a city tour and visited the neighboring countries. The participants took a vacation from their jobs only to partake in the said event.

…updatesThe other purpose of holding “baragatan sa Europa” is to promote Palawan sustainable tourism industry in Europe. A year ago, Princesa City was declared as the ecotourism capital of the Philippines. Recently the famous Underground River is reputed to be the world’s longest is one of the new 7 Wonders of the World, now a source of pride of all Palawenos and Filipinos.

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In his message, Palawan Governor Abraham Khalil Mitra send his sincere and warm congratulations to the Organizers, participants and to all Palawenos in Europe. He also said, this is a very good sign of unity and strengthening the relationship of Palawenos even they are away from home due to the spirit of Baragatan.

… the next BARAGATAN

The next baragatan will be in Barcelona, Spain on the first week of August 2013. The organizers are expecting more attendees to join the said event.

…the Governors message

…. the last Frontier PALAWAN

Dinner preparation…. is fun

…getting to know more about you

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