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“Karera ng mga Alimango”

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ALIMANGO FESTIVAL The Alimango Festival, also known as the "Katang Festival" or the "Crab Festival", is a seafood celebration held in the Philippine province of Quezon in the municipality of Calauag. It occurs on May 25 each year. The numerous barangay units of the municipality take part in this week-long festival. The Quezon province's center for crab and seaweed is Calauag. HISTORY The first Alimango Festival took place in 2005, and its name is derived from the Filipino word for crab, alimango. It is also referred to as the Katang Festival, which comes from the local word for the aforementioned sea creature, katang. The festival's mascot, the enormous mud crab known as Higanteng Alimango, serves as a symbol of the town's mud crab abundance. Farming of mud crabs is one of the primary livelihoods among the people in the town. The variety they produced have distinct flavor due to the water system where they are sourced from. “KARERA NG ALIMANGO” (...

Footprints of Hope

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HOPE . That’s what my life has been all about ever since the day I was born. I’ve been in this world for 29 years now and I still believe in hope. But before I show you a glimpse of my rollercoaster ride life that is fueled with hope, I’ll briefly introduce myself first. Bryan Cambronero Guasis is my name but people call me Brye . As I’ve mentioned, I am already 29 who is residing in Rizal Ibaba, Calauag in the wide province of Quezon. Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education major in Filipino is what I’m currently taking up in Calauag Central College. Now, you know me already; let’s start my footprints of hope growing up. At an early age, my parents separated and I grew up in a broken family. And that’s when I started to hope. A hope that would make my family and I’s life a little better. Even at a young age, I started to learn how to take good care of my siblings in all possible ways I could. My mother was and still is a simple housewife while my father didn’t support us. H...