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Prelate rues over slanted coverage of Penafrancia fiesta

9/23/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

When Tong Pilar, my friend and classamate in New Jersey told me that a brawl erupted during the Traslacion in the Penafrancia celebration in Naga City, I felt sad. I thought this year’s fiesta was marred by a few irresponsible people of Maogmang Lugar.

My friend’s story of seeing in TV a priest assaulted during the Friday procession was very disconcerting. As far as I could recall, such disdainful behavior did not happen when I was growing up in that peaceful city. The bad news came to New York in tandem with the local government promoting a secular program of public drinking, gay beauty contests, and other “demeaning” activities that wasn’t in synch with the fiesta’s religious purpose. With civic activities that tend to denigrate Ina, I thought, Penafrancia had gone to the dogs.

Daet Bishop Gilbert Gacera however had a different take on the issue. He said the Penafrancia celebration this year was supposed to be as peaceful as before. It was the media who sensationalized the melee which painted an ugly picture of the whole event. The isolated incident was aired in the internet and in major national TVs as though it dominated the celebration. This he said wasn’t true.

As a result of the bad publicity, Bicolanos were unduly portrayed in a bad light. The peaceful procession was made to appear that it ended in trouble. Bishop Garcera was saddened by the lopsided coverage of the fiesta which came at a time when the Catholic Church made effort to make Ina’s tribute more spiritually meaningful at the eve of her tercenary. (Photo Credit: Roy Fernando; Msgr. Vergara; Marive Roc-de Guzman) =0=

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Labels: Bishop Gilbert Garcera, Ina, Maogmang Lugar, media, Penafrancia, Penafrancia 2009, religion, secularism, Tercenary celebration, Totie Mesia, traslacion

Penafrancia Fiesta: "Harubay ki Hesus asin ki Ina " plano sa Naga para sa mga peregrinos

8/31/2009 | Posted by Anonymous | Edit Post

Sa pag-uswag nin tradicion kan Penafrancia sa Bicol, an mga tawo sa Naga pupu’nan an "Harubay ki Hesus asin Ina," sarong religiosang actividad dapit sa pag-dangadang kan ika-300 anyos na debosyon sa mahal na imahen ni Nuestra Sra. de Penafrancia sagkod ang retrato kan Divino Rostro ni Hesus.

Kan hinapot si Fr. Louie Occiano na pamayo nin Caceres Communications Commission, an "harubay" suanoy na tataramon na an muyang sabihon pagbareta o pagbandillo. Segun ki Nellie Llaguno, presidente kan Apostolado nin Pamibi (Apostleship of Prayer) sa Naga, an harubay sarong paguiromdom asin pagbandillo kan Septiembre na bulan nin pag-omaw sa Ina ni Kristo sagkod sa Divino Rostro. Sabi man ni Fr. Andrew Recepcion, an harubay sarong pag-andam sagkod imbitasyon sa maogmang fiesta.

Pinag-aapudan ang mga taga–Naga na magin bukas sa mga peregrinos (pilgrims) na masungko sa ciudad para sa bulan nin kapistahan. An nobena kan Divino Rostro mapu’on sa Septiembre 2 hanggan sa kapistahan sa aldaw kan Traslacion sa Septiembre 11. An fiesta kan Panafrancia naka-takdang i-celebrar sa Domingo, Septiembre 20, 2009.

Sa taon na ini, an plano iyo an pagka-igua nin parada nin mga tawo sagkod awto (motorcade) na mapo’on a las 7 nin aga sa Simbahan ni San Judas sa may tinampo kan Almeda. Dangan, an parada mapadagos hanggan maka-abot sa Basilica kan Penafrancia.

Abot sa 299 na lobo ang ipapalayug para ipag-bandillo an halos tres siglos (Tri-centennial) na pag-rukyaw asin debosyon ki Ina kan kabikolan. An pag-observar nin sagradong horas (holy hour,) sa simbahan susundan nin pag-pakumpisal, dangan iguang mahal na misa.

Maw’ot kan mga pamayo kan harubay na an celebrasyon maging imbistasyon---parte kan tradicion nin pamibi na iyo ang centrong mensaje nin fiesta. (Photo Credit: jerrylimlee) =0=

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Labels: Bikol Culture, culture, Divino Rostro, fiesta, Harubay, Ina, Naga City, Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia, Penafrancia 2009, religion, Tercenary celebration, Totie Mesia, tradition, traslacion

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Prelate rues over slanted coverage of Penafrancia fiesta

Penafrancia Fiesta: "Harubay ki Hesus asin ki Ina " plano sa Naga para sa mga peregrinos

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