TweetVille: Preparing TANAGA for the Flores de Mayo 2011

Summer is here again.. and if you're from the province you'll know there'll be a lot of community activities that will happen especially in the month of May.
Our neighborhood is very dedicated in preserving what our elders did for the May Flower Festival. That's why generations after generations, we try to make TANAGA happen. I've already been a part of this youth organization, actually one of the presidents who lead the batch in 2007. Now that I've grown, I still try to be a part of the activities and try to teach younger members how to handle the works.


The TANAGA Cross

TANAGA people, like other Catholic families with Poon or Santos (images or statues of Kuya Jess, Mamay Mary or Saints), have it's own Cross. I think the Cross is already 70 years old already (I think..). Every year, we have a 9 day procession visiting houses of volunteered families who wants to have the cross insise their households for a day. On the 9th day, the president of that batch will have the privilege to keep the cross for a year. We believe that having the cross in our houses will make us feel really blessed (we had it in our house for almost 4 years? hihi). TANAGA also has different activities, depending on what the president would prefer (or how much the budget can handle). TANAGA peeps have the MOST celebrated Sagalahan in our town (yeah!). We try to look for beautiful girls willing to participate in the procession to offer flowers to Mama Mary after (some girls were volunteered, that's how good we are). Sometimes if there's axtra in the budget, we have celebrities as our Reyna Elenas.

Child Celebrity of GMA 7 Kristal Reyes

This year, TANAGA's president is a very close friend of mine. I'll be giving my support to him as he did when I was in his shoes. I hope there'll be lots of people willing to help him too. I can accept donations here chor! (kidding!!!).

HERE ARE THE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:

May 6 - Start of the 9 Day Procession
May 7 - TANAGA Circle Dance Contest 2011
May 14 - Morning Mass, Fiesta ng TANAGA 2011, TANAGA Ms. Gay 2011

Schedule for the Sagalahan 2011 still tentative.

For more Photos of TANAGA check out my Multiply site.