Remember that “One Philippines Festival” that was postponed last May at Seoul Plaza because of the death of the former President Roh? It has been rescheduled on July 5 at the newly opened Banpo Park.
The festival will mark the 14th Filipino Migrant Workers Day, 111th Philippine Independence Day and the 60th Year of the Philippines-Korea Bilateral Relations. Three celebrations in one.
The activities will begin with a concelebrated Mass at 930 in the morning, followed by the Philippine Independence Day program. There will be booth services after the program which includes medical, legal and banks. There will be no consular services for the day though.
The parade of festivals will start at 130 in the afternoon. This will be followed by music and dance performances. The Filipino Migrant Workers Day program at 3PM and the 60th Anniversary Concert at 4PM will end the day-long festival.
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Labor (Korea) and the Human Resources Development of Korea, Landbank, Metrobank, KEB, Woori Bank, Philippine Airlines and Western Union.
Visit the Philippine Embassy website for the Banpo Park location and some really important reminders on how we should behave 🙂
Invite your family and friends, Filipino or non-Filipino. Hope to see you there!
Useful links about the event:
Article on Korea Herald – http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/06/29/200906290055.asp
Important Reminders and How to Get There – http://philembassy-seoul.com/ann_details.asp?id=230
Sneak Preview of Street Dance – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1SGBEVPvCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7oOdkkz3M
hi ate bechay(can i call you ate?)im an avid reader of your blog, i find it very interesting…..
i just want to share this link( youtube video)…the prisoners of cebu penitentiary in the Philippines dancing to LIES(bigbang)..soon they’ll release their new video dancing to super junior’s sorry sorry….
i guess even kpop is popular in prison…
enjoy watching^___^
hi valerie! yup you could call me ate
thanks for the link 😉
hallu ate! welcome back…. pasensya na nong tumawag ka, nataranta and at the same time excited din sa pinabili ko, haha… we’ll be at the fiesta ate….
see you na lang kung makakapunta kami 😉
aww… sounds exciting. i miss everything filipino related..
and will there be a flores de mayo? the papers said it might…
OMG… and i am sooo desperate for Filipino music.. as in yung mga indie bands natin! compared sa kpop culture dito which is absolutely trash, our indie singers can outperform any popular band in Korea.
Betchay please sms me within the night if you are going to this event so I can pack your books..If not, please message me your address again so I can mail them..Hope to see you this Sunday! I’ll be helping in documentation
hi ms betchay..
meron din dance vid yung Cebu Inmates, they’re dancing Nobody by Wondergirls 🙂
Wow. I never realized Filipino events in other countries got much support.
By the way, I’ve visited your blog a couple of times already and I salute you for the the quality content you have. Your posts are genuinely insightful peeks into Filipino life in Korea. Talagang well-informed ka.
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