The City of Bogo will once again
celebrate its Fiesta comes May 27, 2015 in honor of our miraculous patron San
Vicente Ferrer.
This year’s fiesta celebration is “Celebrating Resilience: Bogohanons Moving Forward” as we are all moving forward no
matter what after the devastation brought by super typhoon Yolanda.
The lined-up activities are as follows:
March to
May 15, 2015
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VOLLEYBALL
TOURNAMENT
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April 5,
2015
Sunday
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Launching
of Fiesta Activities:
“SEARCH
FOR GINOONG BOGO 2015”
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Bogo Skating Rink
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April 11
& 12, 2015
Saturday & Sunday
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SUGBOGO
PINTOS FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
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Bogo Sports Complex
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May 17,
2015
Sunday
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8:00am
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GARBOSA – Alagad Paanyag and Bingo Sosyal
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Bogo Public Plaza
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May 18,
2015
Monday
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8:00pm
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OPENING
SALVO :
Government Employees Night (National,
Provincial and City Employees)
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Bogo Skating Rink`
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May 19,
2015
Tuesday
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8:00pm
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Youth
Night / Disco
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 20,
2015
Wednesday
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8:00pm
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Inter-Clan
Dance Contest (ABC Night)
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Bogo Sports Complex
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May 21,
2015
Thursday
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8:00pm
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Religious
/ Cultural (Parish Night)
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 22,
2015
Friday
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4:00pm
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DepEd Night
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 23,
2015
Saturday
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8:00am
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BANKARERA
and DRAGON BOAT RACE
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Bogo Skating Rink
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6:00PM
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Mayor’s
Night: MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 24
2015
Sunday
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5:0am
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DUATHLON: Bogo Mountain
Bikers (BMB)
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New Bogo City Hall
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1:00pm
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AGRI TRADE
FAIR Opening (The Trade Fair will continue up to May 27, 2015)
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Bogo Public Plaza
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600pm
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GAISANO
VARIETY SHOW
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Bogo Sports Complex
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7:00pm
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SUGBO GLOW
FUN RUN and PAINT FESTIVAL INVASION
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 25, 2015
Monday
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8:00am
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AGRI TRADE
FAIR (Daily from 8am to 5pm until May 7, 2015)
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Bogo Public Plaza
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8:00pm
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BRS NIGHT
: Bogo Got Talent
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 26,
2015
Tuesday
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4:00pm
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PINTOS
FESTIVAL STREET DANCING CAROUSEL
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8:00pm
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SUGBOGO
FESTIVAL SHOWDOWN
BALIK BOGO
NIGHT
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Bogo
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May 27,
2015
Wednesday
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10:00am
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Photo
Exhibit
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Bogo Skating Rink
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8:00pm
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SBBA
NIGHT: Search for Little Prince and
Princess for 2015
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Bogo Skating Rink
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May 28,
2015
Thursday
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8:00pm
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LGBT
Night: Search for GARBOSA Mother and
Child
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Bogo Skating Rink
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Some of these activities will be held for the first time in Bogo during fiestas, like the participation of LGBT
community or the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders.
They will be having their night on May 28, 2015 featuring the Search for Garbosa Mother and Child. The said activity will be lead by GARBOSA or the GAys ARound BOgo
Solid Association which will also lead another activity earlier on May 17
called Alagad Paanyag and
Bingo Sosyal.
The showdown of talents among the Government Employees in Bogo both local (City and Province) and
National will also be held for the first time. This will feature a Musical
Presentations in groups, but I think this will exclude the teachers and
educators since they will have their usual Teachers Night, DepEd
night or Educators Night on May 2, 2015.
The students of CBSAA or the City of Bogo
Science and Arts Academy will also show their talents on the educators
night. CBSAA is a school founded by Honorable Mayor Celestino
“Junie” Martinez Jr. for those children who have great potentials in Science
and Arts.
Another first is the Inter-Clan Dance Contest which will be
featured by the ABC Night on May 20. This is a showdown among original native Bogohanon Clans. This activities
encourages Bogohanons who are now living in other
places especially outside the Philippines to come home during fiesta.
Though the Bankarera is held
annually, the addition of the DRAGON BOAT RACE on May 23 will be the first. As
I’ve heard, the teams who will compete in this Dragon Boat Race are same teams who competes in National and International
Competitions, if true, this will bring more tourist to Bogo.
Our generations are now healthy conscious that’s why Fun
Runs, marathons and the likes are being held almost everywhere from time to
time, but I think it’s the first time that Bogo
Fiesta will feature Duathlon Sugbo
Glow Fun Run and Paint Festival Invasion.
If things will push through as planned this will be the
first time also that Bogo will held a mini-Woodstock
style Band Showdown, this will be more entertaining to the young and
music-inclined people. In recent developments regarding this, 5 or 6 bands are
currently showing interest to join the showdown.
Well, in general, this coming fiesta is more fun with lots
of new entertaining activities added other than the usual display of
celebrities. The said activities, its scheduled time and date and venue is
still subject to change at the discretion of the Fiesta Committee, the event
organizers or the parties involved in response to certain circumstances that
may arise.
RELIGIOUS ATIVITIES
We have also lined-up some religious activities for the
fiesta Celebration:
Novena Mass will start also on May 18, 2015 until May 26,
2015 at 5:00pm.
May 17, 2015 Sunday – Free baptism for
older children 5years old and above.
May 21, 2015 Thursday – Mass wedding for
those living together for 5 years or more. (Civilly married couple are
considered living together without Holy Matrimony by the Holy Roman Catholic Church.)
May 23, 2015 Saturday – Confirmation for
children 12 years old and above to be officiated by Rev. Msgr. Rey Penagunda.
May 27, 2015 Wednesday – Fiesta!
5:00am – Holy Mass
6:30am – Holy Mass
8:00am –
Concelebrated Mass with Most Reverend Bishop Emilio Bataclan,
D.D., auxiliary bishop of Cebu – north.
10:00am –
Concelebrated Mass with His Eminence Archbishop Jose S. Palma, Archbishop of
Cebu.
2:00pm – Holy Mass
and Baptism
3:00pm – Blessing
of Devotees of Saint Vincent Ferrer
4:00pm –
Concelebrated Mass with Archbishop John Forrosuelo
Du, D.D., Archbishop of Palo, Leyte
For more info on the religious activities, please visit the
office of the Archdiocesan Shrine of San Vicente Ferrer.
