We have been featuring the celebration of the Feast of the Transfiguration from the world over where Cavinti diaspora have settled. Now it’s time to feature the fiesta in our hometown in Cavinti. Thanks to Marites Titoy Gumiran for the photos.
Celebrating the traditional picnic on Sunday, August 8th, Cavintinians in Southern California enjoyed the famed Californian summer for their fiesta celebration. Thanks to Myrrha Villanueva Mariano for the photo. Editor’s Note: If you have photos for the picnic please contact us here at tipakan.com so that we can post more photos.
The Cavintinians in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia might be far away from home, but they have not forgotten the Cavinti fiesta. With very few Cavintinians in this Middle Eastern city, it was a small gathering that has a big heart. Sharing a meal and news from home, even a dip in the swimming pool, the Cavinti [...]
Part 4: Three Decades of Cavinti Fiesta in Greater Toronto Area, Canada By: I.J. Castillo Photos by I.J. Castillo and Rachel Valenton Toronto, Canada After the dinner, Adan Vita opened up the evening with his welcome address, followed by Ed Avelino’s introductions of visitors and acknowledging the presence of out-of-town guests from California, Seattle, Texas, [...]
Part 3: Three Decades of Cavinti Fiesta in Greater Toronto Area, Canada By: I.J. Castillo Photos by I.J. Castillo and Rachel Valenton Toronto, Canada Day 3 Sunday, August 1 – Cavinti Night (Dinner and Dance): With more than four hundred guests who are mostly in formal attires, the consensus is that this year’s fiesta is [...]
With a Hawaiian theme, the traditional dinner / dance reception for the annual Cavinti Fiesta in Southern California was held on the evening of August 7th at the St John of God Church Social Hall in Norwalk. NINGNING ANSAY ORTIZ
By: I.J. Castillo Toronto, Canada Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Cavinti Fiesta in North America, the spirit and energy in the GTA Cavinti community are more vibrant this year. Initiated by homesick Cavintinians as a simple picnic at Marie Curtis Park by Lake Ontario 30 years ago, Toronto has continued evolving into a mecca [...]
Saturday, August 7th, it was a dual celebration among the Cavintinians in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex. Observing the feast of the Transfiguration, whom we fondly call San Salvador, the group also feted Gina Cabuhat who was celebrating her 84th birthday. With only 9 families from Cavinti living in DFW, it was a small gathering [...]
In Catholic churches, the Feast of the Transfiguration is observed on August 6th and is considered a major feast, numbered among the twelve Great Feasts. It celebrates the revelation of Christ’s divine glory on Mount Tabor in Galilee (Matthew 17:1-6; Mark 9:1-8; Luke 9:28-36). The Transfiguration, EL Salvador del Mundo, to the Cavintinians, is their [...]
The fiesta is an enduring tradition passed on by the Spaniards during their more than 300 years of colonial rule in the Philippines. Despite the end of the Spanish regime in the late 19th century, the fiesta celebration has remained imbibed in the core of Filipino traditions. And to this, the Cavintinians are not an [...]
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
