The Turumba Festival is a vibrant and deeply spiritual celebration held in Pakil, Laguna, Philippines, honoring Our Lady of Sorrows, locally known as Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Turumba. This centuries-old festival uniquely combines religious devotion with cultural expression, drawing both locals and visitors into its rich traditions. Pintakasi +8 Flickr +8 Beauty of the Philippines +8 Historical Background The origins of the Turumba Festival date back to the late 18th century. According to local accounts, fishermen discovered an image of the Virgin Mary in Laguna de Bay. This event sparked widespread devotion, leading to the establishment of the festival. The term "Turumba" is believed to be derived from the Tagalog phrase "natumba sa laki ng tuwa" (meaning "trembled in great joy"), reflecting the jubilant reaction of the townspeople upon finding the image. Wikipedia +3 Pinas Culture +3 budzky.tripod.com +3 Festival Celebrations The Tu...
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Adonay is the eldest of the 11 children born to farmers Mariano Adonay and Prudencia Quiteria in the town of Pakil, Laguna in the Philippines, then under the colonial rule of the Spanish Empire. The exact date of his birth is unknown but official documents indicated his baptismal date to be on February 6, 1848, and has been recognized as his de facto birth date. However, researchers suggested that baptism in the town at that time was generally performed within a day after birth, making February 5, 1848 as his probable date of birth. His father, aside from being a farmer, also played wind and brass instruments as a member of one of the town bands. Adonay in his early childhood showed enthusiasm for his father's musical instruments. As was the custom for boys during the Spanish colonial times, he was then involved in the ecclesiastical music tradition of his town. In 1856, poverty led his parents to entrust him to the care of Augustinian priests in Intramuros, Manila who disco...
What changes are noticed when you look at evey corner of the town? Those changes are surely notice by those people who have witness the transformation of the town and the people living here for several years. The town Pakil have been the life of every folks even if they leave it for jobs, schooling or family matter. Every Pakilenos have in mind Pakil as their real hometown. Those years of 1970s, the town's rivers and nearby bay have clear water in which waterplants like digman was obviously living under this waters. You can look at fishes with your bare eyes while you're just standing beside the river. Mostly surrounded by trees and flowering plants, walking through roads and street was fun and calm. Others might remember the bright moon during nights that any children can play taguan or tumbang preso. While elders are talking with their friends and neighbors without thinking of televisions and gadgets. Those years of 80s, the town followed the changes of every Philip...
Photo by silent daybreak Besides the mountain lies houses of Pakil folks from small houses to medium among them. Air is clean and people are simply enjoying their life with fresh fish and vegetables. Living in Pakil is simple. Celebrating their faith turn those folks into traditional way of life such as attending Sunday mass and the Turumba festival. Faith among people makes them united. The traditional event of May. This month maybe is the joyful days among the rest of the months. Photo Credit: Rutchie Rosal
Wynton Marsalis performed at the CCP in 1999. Jun is pictured here exhanging pleasantries with Wynton at said show. Few artists that form the long list of stars that he have backed through the years: Pilita Corrales, Nora Aunor, Gary Valenciano, Tadao Hayashi, Martin Nievera, Ryan Cayabyab, APO, Eddie Katindig, Sr., Zsa Zsa Padilla, The Lettermen, Sharon Cuneta, Matt Monroe, Basil Valdez, New Minstrels, Rico J. Puno, Morris Albert, Hajji Alejandro, Freddie Aguilar, Celeste Legaspi, Imelda Papin, Sandpipers, Florante, Jose Mari Chan, Ambivalent Crowd, Boy Katindig, Tirso Cruz, Eddie Munji, Tito, Vic, & Joey, Leah Navarro, Asin, Yoyoy Villame, and Pops Fernandez. He is the sole proprietor of J.R. Recording Studios. This is a 24-track, two-inch tape analog facility with a Sound Craft TS-12 mixing board. We have recorded various artists like Zsa Zsa Padilla, Nora Aunor, Eraserheads, and my son Niño’s Neocolors band. BMG, Viva, and Warner are just some of the record com...
Credit: Rodante Cadsawan Panoso Credit: Dae Doria How Pakilenos celebrate the Sto. Nino? In early years and as of now Pakil folks make a festive events of Sto. Nino like the other towns in the Philippines is having the day of the Child. They pour not only water to everybody but also little gifts and surprises were thrown and give to the folks as giveaways and a way to make the festive happier. Coins, candies and other surprises were thrown on the processions as people catch them then everybody cheers. From young to old people wear red shirts or paint their face with red paints. The celebrations last for hours. Salibanda as it is called, yearly then this became a part of Pakil's culture and events.
Danilo E. Dalena is a visual artist. Many works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Opening' sold at Leon Gallery, Makati 'The Magnificent September Auction' in 2014 for $74,412. Danilo Echavaria Dalena graduated with a fine arts degree from the University of Santo Tomas. He became known for raising the standards of editorial art in the Philippines during the early 1970s with his political cartoons and illustrations for the Free Press and Asia-Philippine Reader. Other works Asong Simbahan NO. 2, Pakil Series (Church Dog) 18 Works, Untitled, Lourdes Series, Excercise Series, Dapithapon, Excercise
Benito hails from Pakil, Laguna. She is a self-taught painter who first forayed into professional art in year 2007. She has participated in various local and international group shows and two one-woman exhibits, with the third one held last October at the Galerie Joaquin. Jovan Benito's Christmas-themed artwork graces Pan de Manila's paper bags and take-out boxes for the holidays. These are available in their branches outside shopping malls all over Metro Manila, Luzon, Cebu, and Iloilo. Her colorful taste in paints becomes a feminine rendered art into canvas and it attracts a family oriented eye that can feel happiness looking in her works.
September is the special month where Turumba procession is held in Pakil, Laguna. People especially its own people working and residing somewhere in other cities, will go in their townhomes and commemorate the celebration of Turumba. With this special ocassion, family and friend reunions also happens. In this crucial events in this town, giving special treatment to Mother Mary is the center of attention. People pray and reenact the founding of Turumba. At the Turumba Shrine starts and end the Turumba procession. The folks dance with hymn of Turumba and shouted Sa Birhen!.
Source: Facebook In the past election, Pakil folks voted Mr. Vincent Soriano as Mayor of Pakil and is holding the highest position in this town. Vincent is known for being a nice person and no matter what happen his own vocabulary dictates as "BUSY" person. People decide him to become a leader for any purpose and must be the cause of having him assigned the leadership is about changes. Leadership is one of his skills as he takes courses about governance and being in the family of excellent skills like his mother, father and now the Chief of Police, his brother. His adventures in politics and leadership can viewed in various publications, even in national newspapers. His excellent character has proven by the results he made and the careers he had tackeled. As his goal in life has been read among his people, his leadership should be supported at any time. This will affect all the Pakil folks at the same time. About Vincent Both of my grandmothers were from P...
Pakil folks are hungry of good leadership because of their desire for big leap of changes. Some of them think this as simple as changing their chief or mayor to implement this assumption. Opinions were flooded before but changes in a community of thousand population does not rely on its leaders but also within the power of its people. Opinions is not strong enough if it is not supported by strong evidence, facts and theories. To make a big leap of changes, people should campaign for exposing more reliable information within its community such as solutions to problems, guarding people's funds, government transactions and mediocre activity of their leaders or irresponsible acts. Election is a better way to changes and this opportunity should be given much crucial decisions among Pakilenos to cooperate with positive acts to be orchestrated by its people. Now options are given but careless decisions and selections from the electoral candidate will ruin their dreams in a matter of o...
By JANET MASLIN Published: April 12, 1984 ''TURUMBA,'' the second feature by the Philippine film maker Kidlat Tahimik, unfolds in a gradual and deceptively deadpan style. It takes place in a small village, where the festival of the title is an occasion for every family to make papier- mache figurines. Beginning by showing the various customs that surround the festival, it follows the process by which one family starts a manufacturing operation, eventually producing 25,000 toy dachshunds for the 1972 Munich Olympics. ''Turumba,'' which opened yesterday at the Film Forum, is acted in a slightly stiff style, since it is just scripted enough to lack spontaneity. That does not mean it is without wit, however. Mr. Tahimik's screenplay interjects all sorts of incongruously Western locutions, like ''export order,'' into the speech of the villagers, and has them marvel over each new dividend that their prosperity brings - a radio that pl...
Election is near coming and awaiting the hope for folks of Pakil to assume any better changes in this old town. Pakil, Laguna was known for religious traditions, good food and arts. With old folks are saying, hoping the town would goes little bit better has to change everything including leadership. Leadership in Pakil have nothing different than other political talks but with people closer as cousins, family and friends, the people here were divided by mere trust and family or friends attachments. Looking forward to this town in progressive perspective will deal with much talks and critical decisions to choose the best options including leadership. The progress of any town including Pakil should not rely on leadership but also with the help of community and organizations to find resources, skills among people and diplomatic method with neighboring towns. To put business establishments should go further in a way utilizing the people skills and not only for the sake of good inco...
ILLUSTRATING THE STORY OF A NATION From striking depictions of personalities, to provocative illustrations of factions and even institutions, editorial or political cartoons have survived as an enduring art form that meshes representation, opinion and style of the artist. "Drawing the Lines" reads beyond the occupied space of the political cartoon in tabloids, newspapers and news weeklies that employ them. The exhibition reevaluates the role and importance of this powerful medium in light of different contexts in Philippine history. What lies outside the drawn scenes are equally powerful as the illustrations they inspire. Humor, fury, exaggeration and even the grotesque find their way into each drawing as a rtists position themselves as co-authors of history through illustrated media. "Drawing the Lines" features works of Francisco Coching, Danilo Dalena, Neil Doloricon, E.Z. Izon, Dengcoy Miel, Dante Perez, Jose Tence Ruiz, and Pinggot Zulueta. Completing th...
Bakit Kailangan Nating Alagaan ang Bayan ng Pakil Naalala noy ba ang isang pabula ni Aesop tungkol sa dagang taga siyudad at dagang taga probinsya? Minsang napunta ang dagang taga probinsya sa siyudad. Sinamahan siya ng dagang taga siyudad sa ibat ibang parte ng siyudad sa pangakong mag eenjoy siya. Subalit ang tanging naranasan ng dagang taga probinsya ay mga kalupitan at mga pagkaing tinatapon lang ng mga maybahay doon. Palaging nakikipaghabulan sila sa mga pusa at laging tinutugis ng mga tao. Dahil dito ang dagang taga probinsya ay bumalik sa kanyang probinsya at doon ulit nanirahan. Katulad ng tao, may umaalis sa bayan nilang sinilangan at may nagbabalik din. Ang mga nananatili sa kanilang bayan ay may karapatan din na maging maayos ang buhay. Pagkuha ng Konsultant Maaaring may iba't ibang kakayanang mag-isip ang mga taga-Pakil pero di ito sapat para umangat ito. Kung obserbasyon lamang ang pagbabasehan, mababa ang pag-angat nito. Ang kahalagahan ng konsultant ay di...
https://www.facebook.com/PeaceInPakil In search of better community, some concern citizens are driving information in search of truths and peace. Pakil can have a better orderliness, progress with touch of family ties and religious belief, community attachments and quiet environment. This can be dome if information are ties within the original Pakilenos speaking with credibility and intellectual process. Whom we believe in where we should listen to the old people of Pakil where we seek advice are not common now. Our historian and old wise people do not dominate over young and aggressive people, instead they are heard commonly by their own aged group. We believe that technology might help to deliver the view and words of credible or old people of Pakil. We believe that wise young folks of Pakil with prime motives to facilitate the development of the town can speak in a way they are seen centered or grouped. Centering the information through Facebook is not ...
Sa 800 na pinakamahalagang sagisag ng kultura ng Filipinas, si marcelo Adonay na taga-Pakil ay nabibilang dito. Sagisag Kultura Ng Filipinas 001
One of this vulnerable hawk-eagle was transferred to Saray, Pakil, Laguna to secure to live and for hope, to multilply its species. PHILIPPINE HAWK-EAGLE Spizaetus philippensis Critical — Endangered — Vulnerable A1c,d; A2c,d; C1; C2a This raptor qualifies as Vulnerable because its small, severely fragmented population is undergoing a continuing rapid decline owing to lowland forest loss, exacerbated by hunting and trade. DISTRIBUTION The Philippine Hawk-eagle is endemic to the Philippines where records exist for at least 12 islands. A taxonomic revision of the species, separating birds on at least Mindanao as a new subspecies, has recently been completed (Preleuthner and Gamauf 1998). Records from Masbate and Lubang (McGregor 1909–1910) are unacceptable (Dickinson et al. 1989, 1991), while an observation from Gaong valley, Sibuyan, March 1992 (Evans et al. 1993a), treated as provisional by Goodman et al. (1995), has now been retracted (R. J. Timmins in litt. 1...