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| Vice Consul Manuel briefs community leaders on Independence Day preparations. |
Consulate and community leaders have called on Filipinos in Hong Kong to participate in the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Philippine independence, to be held on Chater Road in Central on June 11, a Sunday.
At least 900 people will be needed as dancers, marshalls and
volunteers in the Kapangyawan Friendship Festival, a pageantry that will
showcase the Filipino culture, Vice Consul Jose Angelo Manuel said in a meeting
today at the consulate.
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Manuel, who oversees the organization of the day-long
celebration, said individuals or groups that want to participate can obtain
registration forms at the Cultural Office of the Consulate.
The forms allow participants to choose which activity they
want to join.
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Deadline for submitting the forms is Feb. 26.
The plans, drawn up with select community leaders in
previous private meetings, are similar to the Independence Day programs of
previous years, including the use of Kapangyawan (the Filipinized Cantonese
word for “friend”) in the title.
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| Leaders of various organizations attend the meeting at the Consulate |
Consul General Raly Tejada said the celebration will be the Filipino community’s contribution to the normalization of life in Hong Kong after more than two years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I would like this to be a very inclusive activity, na lahat sana ng ating leaders sa organisasyon
(that, if possible, all organization leaders) will be able to participate,” he
added.
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The festivities will begin as before, with inter-denominational prayers and
a Catholic Mass.
A march of flags will then feature the various versions of
the Filipino flag as it evolved into the national flag that now symbolizes the
country. When the flags are installed on stage, the National Anthem will be
sung, accompanied by the Drum and Lyre group of the Mindanao Federation.
The Hong Kong Police Marching band will render martial music
as guest performer.
Philippine dances such as Ragragsakan, T’Boli, Waray-Waray
and Singkil will be staged by costumed groups in a one-hour show dubbed as
Balik ang Saya ng Indakan sa Festa (bring back the joy of dancing in the
fiesta).
Chater Road itself will become the stage when Street Dancing
begins, with more than 200 volunteers dancing to the tune of Pamulinawen, and
the music of Filipino festivities such as Pahiyas, Pintados, Manggahan, Lami-lami
and Tuna festivals.
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Another 500 volunteers will be needed for Kulay Pinoy segment, to dance to Original Pilipino Music hits while dressed in clothes worn by OFWs in various places where they work.
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“We are still open to suggestions,” Manuel said.
One of such
suggestions is for recognition be given to individuals and organizations who provided
help to their fellow Filipinos who got sick with Covid-19, some of whom were kicked
out of the homes of their employers and had to be given temporary
accommodations until they recovered.
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