Sunday, June 8, 2008

Back in Montana - meanwhile, back in NYC..

Still coming down from understanding what it means to be a "Cruz".

What a weekend! I look forward to the next reunion.

Weather here in MT is cool, rainy (still have chance of SNOW!).

Anyway, last weekend's "Filipino-ness" brought back memories of the New York City "Filipino Independence Day Celebration" (which took place while we were all returning home last Sunday): 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Independence_Day_Parade

http://www.aratilis.org/pidci/

Be careful what you wish for...?

;-) Pz all

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2 comments:

reesa said...

Thanks for the links, cuz! Found this too, that was interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_American

One out of every four Filipino Americans, numbering over 1 million, make their home in Southern California[5]. Greater Los Angeles is the metropolitan area home to the most Filipino Americans, with the population numbering around 370,000. Los Angeles County alone accounts for over 262,000 Filipinos, the most of any single county in the U.S. The City of Los Angeles designated a section of Westlake as Historic Filipinotown. San Diego County is second place in the nation, with nearly 200,000 Filipinos[6]. In addition, San Diego is the only metropolitan area in the U.S. where Filipinos constitute the largest Asian American nationality. A portion of California State Route 54 in San Diego is officially named the "Filipino-American Highway", in honor of the Filipino-American Community.

San Francisco also has a large Filipino American community while metropolitan areas such as Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Washington, D.C. and Seattle are also seeing dramatic growth in their Filipino populations. The entire state of Hawaii had a Filipino population of 275,000 (2000 Census).

New York City is home to 215,000 Filipinos.[7]. It annually hosts the Philippine Independence Day Parade, which is traditionally held on the first Sunday of June at Madison Avenue. The celebration occupies nearly twenty-seven city blocks which includes a 3.5-hour parade and an all-day long street fair and cultural performances. Devout attendees include Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Charles Schumer.

Filipino Americans are fond of celebration. It is not unusual for a family (and extended families) to host at least a dozen occasions a year (i.e., baptisms, birthdays, funerals, holidays, showers, weddings). Celebrations are highlighted by large buffets of traditional Filipino food including but not limited to adobo (savory soy sauce and vinegar stewed beef, pork or chicken), lumpia (egg rolls), pancit (noodles), lechon (pronounced leh-chon, whole roasted pig), and fresh grilled fish.

June 8, 2008 at 11:37 AM
BozemanBob said...

Interesting. Our reunion was, I guess, right where it should've been?

Next time - let's have a parade down the "Filipino-American Highway"???

;-) pz all!

June 16, 2008 at 1:14 AM

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