Night of the Fireflies: A Housewarming Party

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Time	24 November at 00:00 - 15 December at 06:00
Location	Musings of the Midnight Writer Fan Page http://facebook.com/funstained Legazpi City, Philippines
Created by:	Musings of the Midnight Writer
More info	Calling all Firefly Lovers: You are cordially invited to join us for a house warming party at the new Musings of the Midnight Writer Website!^_^ Submit your original writings and artworks to minagayon [at] gmail [dot] com and have your work featured on the site's new page devoted solely for the love of fireflies! ... FREE TO JOIN! Two Divisions: (1) Competing - 18 years old and above as of entry to contest - resides within Albay, Sorsogon, Naga (2) non-competing - open to all E-mail Format: Subject: I'm attending *Division *Title *Poem *Category - bikol or eng tags *real name - *50-word author's bio *business address *email address contact # pen name All fields required for competing party-goers. Submit as many as you like. * required for non-competing participants. "JUST FOR FUN" prizes await winners in the competing division. More details on criteria, selection and judgment process, to be posted soon. (Will announce the new website URL soon too ^_^)   Check out the Facebook Fan Page here to view the guest list. ^_^ BASIC GUIDELINES NO PURCHASE, FEE, OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN, AND PURCHASES, FEES, AND PAYMENTS WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING DEPEND ON THE RATINGS THAT THE ONLINE COMMUNITY OF MOTMW USERS (the"firefly musers”) GIVES TO YOUR ELIGIBLE POEMS AND ON THE JUDGING OF THE QUALITY OF YOUR POEMS BY A PANEL OF JUDGES FROM MOTMW’S SELECTION COMMITTEE (THE "Midnight JUDGES”) ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA SET FORTH BELOW. CONTEST OPEN TO PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED POETS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BELOW. CONTEST ENDS DECEMBER 14, 2011 AT 11:59 PM PACIFIC TIME (THE "CONTEST PERIOD”). TO ENTER: To be eligible to win prizes, your poem(s) must meet all of the following criteria: Your poem(s) must be in Bikol or English, your poems must be your original work, and you must not assign or license to any other party any copyrights or other rights in your poems. Poems should not contain material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, pornographic, harassing, threatening, harmful, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable. Proper spelling and grammar also help. ELIGIBILITY: Contest open to individual persons who are 18 or older as of the time of their initial entry. OWNERSHIP AND USE OF WINNING POEMS: All entrants retain the copyright rights that they have in the poems they submit, but all entrants, by participating in this Contest and submitting poems, grant MOTMW and any of MOTMW’s successors and assigns the perpetual and irrevocable right, license, and ability to use and publish all submitted poems (in the format submitted or in an altered format and in complete form or in excerpted form) on MOTMW’s websites, on other websites, and in other media, for any purpose. Entrants’ opportunity to submit their poems and participate in this Contest constitutes full consideration for the foregoing grant. The foregoing grant requires no further consideration and is not dependent on entrants’ winning any prizes. MOTMW can publish or decline to publish, or use or decline to use, any submitted poems in MOTMW’s sole discretion. -- [su muya mag donate ki prize, mag pm sana po sa admins kan page! hehe] CHEERS!!

Mutya ng Ibalong 2010

As promised! I stumbled upon some shoots of the pageant night  on Facebook.

Here's an album of the Mutya ng Ibalong 2010 candidates in their swimwear by Patrick Marius

Here is an update on the pageant. The crown was awarded to Angelica Romero of Naga city as the Mutya ng Ibalong 2010. Winners list on the link.

For the Ibalong Cultural Street Presentation, please go to our Facebook fan page. Thank you.

IBALONG FESTIVAL 2010: SHOWCASING BICOL ARTS AND FUN

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Bicol Culture and Arts is blessed with numerous cultural aspects sprinkled with the various artistic products of the Bicolano minds. Culture and arts are interwoven together resulting with a splendid display of prowess. These brilliant minds stem from countless years of molded knowledge and experience overflowing with wisdom and intelligence. That’s why they came up with  an idea to revive and celebrate the Bicolano heritage in the form of the Ibalong Festival.

The Ibalong Festival 2010 is a month-long celebration which will be held this month of October at Legazpi City. It is renowned among the non religious festivals in Bicol Region with more colorful events such as  Cultural Street Presentation, Art Exhibit, and Mutya ng Ibalong. The dates include the city patron, St. Raphael Archangel’s Feast Day, making the celebration even more colorful and eventful.

Jump to the schedule of Mutya ng Ibalong 2010 and other festival activities 

The city’s main thoroughfare is turned into a grandiose strip of stage filled with a variety of cultural street dancing performances along with the presence of a thick border of spectators who eagerly watch the much awaited Cultural Street Presentation. Ibalong Festival 2010 contingents coming from the different parts of the Bicol Region portray their choreographed tribal dances and acts imitating the ancient heroes, villains and beasts that once again come to life in this year’s event, with their colorful costumes made out of indigenous materials like abaca fibers, bamboo shingles, etc.

Artes Bicol Express, a group of Bicolano Artists display some of their works at the 3rd Floor of Pacific Mall Legazpi in their annual Ibalong art exhibit of original pieces like: “Musikero”, an acrylic on canvas by Miguel Zuñiga; “Violet”, oil on canvas by Paul Durrant; “The Anti Faker”, mixed media on canvas by Troy Carretas; “Diwata”, a hand-built stoneware medium by Maricel Magdamit and other original pieces painted by local artists.

Spoiler photos of ABX artworks here.

Young and beautiful ladies from all over the region will also be competing for this year’s much-coveted title Mutya ng Ibalong 2010. It is not only the artworks on display, but also the alluring beauty of the Bicolanas.

The other noteworthy events are the 21-kilometer Mayon Trail Run that aims to enhance our concern on environmental issues, the Bicol Food Festival that showcases the native delicacies in Albay, the Golf Tournament for the sports fanatics, and many more!

Ibalong Festival 2010 welcomes guests and participants, as the people of Albay look forward to the opportunity to impart warmth and goodwill and to promote cultural awareness to all people who want to witness and be part of this special cultural event.

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Looking for info about the legend and the author of the Ibalong Epic? Please check Dr. Merito Espinas on Facebook.


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