We are right in the middle of Fiesta season which runs from December until May.
Each barangay (village) and each sitio (a more remote corner of a barangay) has their
own day of celebration. One of Alan's sitios had their fiesta this past Saturday.
We started out the morning by visiting the home of a Nalyn, who just had her baby baptized. We are now Pare (Par-ee) and Mare (Mar-ee) or two of the many God-parents.
Then the eating began. We sampled numerous delicious Filipino dishes and visited with the family and friend who were visiting for the fiesta. It's custom to walk around to multiple families houses to eat and we had the pleasure of visiting a second family for a second delicious meal and another visit at the home. The families make food like we make food for Thanksgiving, so everything is delicious and in heaping portions.
Once we consumed all that we could we moved onto the afternoon activity, games with the kids. The teams were full of energy and had a great time for a couple of hours running around and eating a variety of foods as fast as they could.
It was a great way to spend Valentine's Day, among a loving community with our friends.
