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  Araw ng Kagitingan is just a non-working holiday within the Philippines that is part of the long weekend. On this day, World War II vets marched through numerous areas in the Philippines. There are many simple parades throughout the Philippines, however, the headliner of Araw ng Kagitingan when the nation's leader delivers a monologue at the Mt Samat Shrine in Bataan province to immortalize the heroic actions of Filipino and American soldiers all through World War II.   Araw ng Kagitingan honors the bravery of Filipinos and American soldiers all through World War II when the Japanese colonized the Philippines. On April 9, 1942, Major General Edward P. King, of the U.s. Army was forced to abandon upwards of 76,000 Filipinos, Chinese, and American soldiers to the Japanese. The troops had to hike 90 miles (145 kilometers) to Camp O'Donnell in San Fernando. So many prison inmates ended up dead during the hike (also renowned as that of the Bataan Death March) as a result of ...

  Lenten season in the Philippines is an important and eventful season, often regarded as the most important religious event in the Philippines alongside Christmas. Many Filipino citizens express their religiosity in many traditions and practices as they remember and celebrate the journey of Christ to the cross. In our barangay, we celebrate Lenten season in our very own church named Padre Pio Pietrelcinia Church.   It gets busy and hectic because other people from neighboring barangays attend our church instead of the town church that is jam-packed with people and is a possible health hazard due to Covid-19. Citizens from our neighboring barangay such as Panay Norte and Cabigbigaan attend, with that many attendees the church better needs more volunteers and sakristans. I and my friends is already a sakristan on the church but we still need to go out and recruit some of our friends and families for volunteering and hopefully many will participate.   As a sakristan, I am t...