San Fabian, the town has been in a celebration mode for the past several days! It is fiesta time! In honor of the patron saint of the town, St. Fabian, a fiesta is celebrated every year. This year, the celebration has been going on for thet past 10 days: parades sponosred by different groups and associations, as well as nightly dances and programs at the town plaza, also sponsored by different groups and associatons. Every night, "queens" and "princesses" are crowned as "beauties"! There was the "Palengke Queen", together with her "royal consort", "Palengke Princess"... Suddenly, we have royal blood all over the town!
Special guests are coming over. One comedian senator came over to crown the "Palengke Queen". Everybody thought that the Palengeke Senator would be coming. Instead, we settled for the comedian.
There are special numbers every night. A group has been practicing at the Parish Center for almost a month to perfect the "Rigodon". They do this only to bring joy and happiness to their townmates! It is fiesta! We all want everybody to be happy, even for a while!
The plaza is full of games and rides! The cacophony of loud sounds every night has made me lose precious sleeping hours! But, the plaza is always full of people! Bernard and Gary, my two boy-Fridays, went to the Plaza Carnival last night. They tried the Ferris Wheel, and saw the "Snake Woman", a girl holding a huge snake, probably a python. Then, off they went to the "Horror House". They debated whether to see the "Turtle Woman" or buy "balut", instead. "Balut" won over the "Turtle"!
Fiesta time! What a grand time!
