Fil-Canadians brave rains for Lapu-Lapu block party in Vancouver | TFC News British Columbia, Canada
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The rains did not dampen the excitement of festival goers who walked the six blocks from East 43rd to East 48th Avenue to experience the first Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver.
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Various booths lined the blocks, serving food, offering goods and services, and fun and games.
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There was plenty of dancing too, from Zumba enthusiasts to those manning the Baobans food truck and to the barber in front of their barber truck.
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Even Filipinas from Seattle in the U.S. came to Vancouver to be a part of the block party which honors the Chieftain of Mactan in the Natives' 1521 victory against the Spaniards.
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This is exciting, your first Lapu-Lapu Day.
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Congratulations again!
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There was a good mix of Filipinas and non-Filipinas at the gathering, with many young adults joining in to celebrate Lapu-Lapu Day with their kababayans.
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The spirit of Lapu-Lapu is like, it rooted in the identity of resistance.
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And struggle, and I think that it's so important as Filipinos we come together and try to understand the issues in our community and also celebrate our history and our heritage.
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Filipino BC, which led and organized the day-long Lapu-Lapu Day celebration, is happy with the success of their event.
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To have a new event spearheaded by a new generation of Filipinos and really embracing our culture now more than ever is just...
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such a fulfilling feeling to be a part of and to help spearhead that.
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The group's president, RJ Aquino, likened the huge project to their own coming-out party as well.
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Time to the celebration is the announcement that Filipino BC will partner with Hungerford Properties,
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an indigenous developer that has a huge portfolio of properties and investments, to conduct a study on the establishment of a Filipino cultural center.
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They're helping us do that community engagement.
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They're helping us do the town halls.
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They're helping us do the feasibility studies, which should have been done a long time ago.
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But here we are now with partnering with an expert in all those things and making it happen.
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Mabuhay House Society is already working with the BC government on the cultural center project.
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But Aquino insists Filipinos can have more than one cultural center if that is what the community needs.
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Let's not sell our community short.
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If we can build 20 community centers, why not?
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If we need 20 communities...
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If we need 20 community centers, why not?
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What we've done here is demonstrate that we can move ahead.
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We have a very real opportunity to make it happen.
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Riding high on the success of Lapu-Lapu Day, Aquino urges sectors that are thinking of funding the project to choose the group that has proven its capacity to deliver.
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I would encourage everybody who's looking to provide funding for this cultural center, this community center, to look at who has demonstrated the ability to deliver.
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With excitement generated by the first block party,
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Filipino BC plans to celebrate Lapu-Lapu Day.
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And Lapu-Lapu Day again next year.
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Rowena Papasin, ABS-CBN News, Vancouver.
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