Blog Posts on filipino new year

#365 Super Lolo by 365 Great Pinoy Stuff on Dec 30, 2010New Year’s Eve in the Philippines is a noisy and, more often than not, dangerous, accident-prone affairs. Paputok (firecrackers) rule the day (if not weeks in advance) and many Filipinos surprisingly do not hesitate to spend hard-earned monies on f...

#364 Media Noche by 365 Great Pinoy Stuff on Dec 29, 2010In the Philippines the countdown to New Year varies depending on family or even region. At the strike of midnight, the noise becomes deafening with firecrackers shooting and blooming in the sky while everyone gape in awe. The banging and … Cont...

#363 New Year’s Fruit Basket by 365 Great Pinoy Stuff on Dec 28, 2010Part of the fun in getting ready for New Year’s Eve is to come up with 12 round fruits, each to signify a month of the year. Ideally, there should be 12 different fruits — grapes, oranges, clementines, cantaloupe, pomelo, … Continue rea...

#362 Bocaue, Bulacan by 365 Great Pinoy Stuff on Dec 27, 2010  Bocaue (BOO-Ka-weh) is a municipality in Bulacan province, located some 25 kilometers north of Manila. The town’s major industry is fireworks, earning Bocaue the moniker “Fireworks Capital of the Philippines.” Unfortunately in the run-up to...