Philippine Festivals

A gastronomic adventure with the Duman Festival

Posted on December 9th, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Features, Festivals.

STA. RITA — It was indeed a night to remember. Having imposed on ourselves an immediate fasting and having worked terrible long hours that day, we began telling ourselves that we were ready for the Arti.Sta Rita’s Duman Festival.

And like the ways that we usually start our December, we flocked that night to the old Sta. Rita Parish church patio and began the litany of a long gastronomic adventure of old Capampangan cooking. Greeting us were rows of stalls and booths, pastries and delicacies to home cooked meals that were lined at the four corners of the church meeting place. The Church patio was swarming with a huge mass of warm bodies. Some were seated on the middle of the field were chairs and tables were provided for eating. At the left side near the church was the makeshift stage was NCCA were performances from Arti Sta. Rita were staged non-stop. (more)

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