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2nd PH festival in Burnaby draws thousands

The second Filipino festival in Burnaby, Canada is hailed a success.

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Rowena Papasin

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<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/itcjc4fC5-U?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>The second Filipino festival held in Burnaby, Canada recently drew thousands of Filipino and Canadian participants.Organized by the Pinoy Festival Alliance and the Mabuhay House Society, it featured a Zumba dance and a grand parade of different Filipino groups that represented various regions in the Philippines.The festivities were held at the bigger Swangard Stadium to accommodate more attendees, after the success of the first festival last year at the civic square in Burnaby.Organizers said, &quot;Panahon Na Para Magsaya 2,&quot; (It&#x27;s Time To Have Fun), was the largest Filipino event in British Columbia.&quot;It was a great day for the Filipino community,&quot; said Mabuhay House chairperson Sammie Jo Rumbaua. &quot;People are showing up in numbers. They&#x27;re proud of their culture [and] of their heritage.&quot;BC Premier David Eby led the province&#x27;s political leaders to the Pinoy festival to experience the celebration of Filipino culture.Filipinos and non-Filipinos came in droves, with some coming from as far as Vancouver Island, Kelowna, as well as Alberta and the U.S.Mabuhay House was happy at the turnout and the greater engagement of the Filipino community.Volunteers also went around to promote the online survey for the provincial Filipino cultural center.&quot;We were not just able to share the information with many, but also a lot of them also asked for the survey information,&quot; said Mabuhay House director Lester de Guzman.The Pinoy Festival Alliance and Mabuhay House Society are now busy planning for next year&#x27;s festivities.&quot;Hopefully we get it bigger, at the same time we&#x27;ll have a much bigger community for next year,&quot; said De Guzman. &quot;But for now,  with the different organizations as part of this association and also this festival, we&#x27;re very happy how it turned out.“

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2nd PH festival in Burnaby draws thousands of Filipinos, Canadians

Rowena Papasin,

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Published Jun 30, 2024 09:19 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 30, 2024 09:57 PM PHT

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