BACOLOD City-The coronavirus disease-2019(COVID-19) pandemic is not a hindrance to celebrating the 17th Bacolaodiat Festival in this city.
In a public statement of Odette Ong-Gomez, Chairperson of the Bacolaodiat Inc. said, “Two years into the pandemic, and as the world aspires for the better normal, we at the Bacolaodiat Inc. cannot let our spirit be dampened by these challenges. “
She added, even as we remain sensitive to the times, and very much aware of the threat of the COVID-19 with its mutating variants affecting not just our beloved Bacolod City but the entire world, we bring you our meaningful display at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds.
“No matter how simple, yet we hope to draw meaning and inspiration that the celebration of the Chinese New Year and the 17th Bacoloadiat Festival is still alive, even without the usual flares,” the chairperson of Bacolaodiat Inc. stressed.
Ong said, “This year, as we celebrate the Lunar Year of the Water Tiger, we fervently wish that like the Tiger, our 2022 will give us the strength in the calmness of our hearts to expel all the evils of the world including this pandemic. “
“As global citizens, letās do our share in the healing process of mankind so much like the traits of the Tiger, courageous and assertive in times of adversities,” she added.
Tigers are also natural leaders and so letās be like the tiger in our communities and bring our flock towards health and economic survival, Ong explained.
She cited that, true to the Filipino-Chinese cultures, the new yearās celebration is meant to be spent with family and loved ones who are present in our here and now, despite these trying times./PN
