Dagupan City Fiesta celebration starts December 7, activities set
THE celebration of the Dagupan City Fiesta with the theme “Leket Tan Liwawa ed Pasko” officially starts on December 7 with the simultaneous lighting of all Christmas lights in the city in a ceremony at the Quintos Bridge to be led by Senator Imee Marcos, along with Mayor Belen Fernandez, Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Liga ng Barangay president Marcelino Fernandez, this year’s fiesta Hermano Mayor.
The city fiesta celebrates the feast of Saint John the Evangelist, patron saint of Dagupan and of fishermen.
Mayor Belen Fernandez said the start of the year’s fiesta will be simple with a ceremony at the Quintos Bridge because the bridge span that connects the eastern and western Dagupan, symbolizes the city’s transition to a year of peace, purity and prosperity even as some city officials refuse to support the initiative.
The Paseo de Belen, a permanent feature of the Dagupan Fiesta then was phased out for three years by her predecessor, was restored by Mayor Fernandez, and will be open for public viewing on December 8 at the Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension. All 31 barangays will create their own concepts of the nativity scene.
The other activities initially scheduled are:
December 9- Senior Citizens’ Day at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome.
December 16- Araw ng Kabataan where Mayor Fernandez will jam all night with the youth of Dagupan at the CSI Helipad with Juan Karlos Labajo as the lead singer-artist.
December 17- A Push Bike will also be held at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome.
December 18- Educators Night at the City Plaza
December 19- Dagupan City All People’s Council Night at the City Plaza.
December 21- Reunion of alumni of University of Pangasinan alumni
December 22 – the Dagupan City Employees’ Night
December 26- Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Night at the City Plaza/
Balikbayan Night at the River Groove on Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension.
December 27 – Holy Mass, mass baptism for children and procession in downtown area to celebrate the feast of St. John the Evangelist.
December 28 – Grand Alumni of the Dagupan City National High School at the City Plaza
December 29- Rotary Night
December 30– Observance of Rizal Day / Dalton Army Night at the City Plaza.
Meanwhile, Mayor Fernandez said the city will continue to create a festive atmosphere despite constraints due to ongoing construction for a better city environment for Dagupeños. (Leonardo Micua)
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