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MANILA, Philippines -- Guams big Island Fair: Talk of the biggest annual island fair occurring the following weekend filled the air as we landed on Guam lately.
The 24th Guam Micronesia Island Fair, held at the Ypao Beach Park, was expected to collect more than 20,000 folks annually, according to the Guam Guests Bureau (GVB).
The island fair, held usually just before Thanksgiving Day, draws hordes of locals and vacationers alike.
Showcased in the Friday to Sunday event are meals and crafts booths, as well as song and dance performances that hark back to Chamorro historical past and culture.
Taking portion in the weekend festival are cultural delegations from nearby islands such as Chuuk, Kosrae, Palau, Yap, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
In an Oct. 9 story in the Pacific Every day News, GVB cultural heritage officer Sonja Sellers explained that this a long time festival is especially crucial as it shall serve as a rehearsal for the Festival of the Pacific Arts, which Guam will host in 2016. Sellers described the festival as the Olympics of culture.
Real sufficient, 1 of the booths in the island fair teaches tourists and even youthful islanders how to husk a coconut, cook coconut candy (bucayo to you and me), and weave.
These are regular capabilities that have escaped the young Guamanians of currently.
By the way, about 80,000 of Guams existing population of 170,000 are Filipinos.
GMA Existence Television: Filipinos in Guam welcomed the modern entry of pinoy tv and GMA Lifestyle Television, each subsidiaries of GMA Network, to the island.
GMA Life Tv premiered through its cable networks throughout the world, like Guam, the initial two plans in a series of locally created teleseryes dubbed into English.
The effort, according to Joseph T. Francia, vice- president and head of operations for GMA International, is a first on Philippine Tv.
Now airing throughout the world are the English-dubbed versions of Impostora (The Impostor) and Una Kang Naging Akin (When You Have been Mine).
Francia says the English-dubbed soap operas hope to make the plans offered to non-Filipino speakers and younger Pinoy viewers who find comprehending the native language a bit of a challenge.
This initiative is in line with our thrust to make GMA Lifestyle TVs programming much more related to the demands of its developing viewership close to the planet, says Francia.
The Impostor stars kapuso actresses Iza Calzado and Sunshine Dizon although When You Have been Mine is headlined by Angelika de la Cruz and Maxene Magalona.
Eight intl genres: The Impostor and When You Have been Mine are just two of the present offerings from GMA Existence TVs new plan line-up under the channels Stories of Daily life drama genre.
Francia says GMA Existence Television goes beyond drama and extends to 7 other genres reality and speak, fashion, cooking, kiddie, sports activities, information, and religious.
Other drama serials airing in Stories of Lifestyle are Ikaw Sana (Jennylyn Mercado, Mark Herras, and Pauleen Luna) and Daisy Siete (Sex Bomb Girls with Rochelle Pangilinan) the youth-oriented romantic series Love to Really like the drama anthology Maynila (hosted by former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza) and the movie blocks Pinoy Cine Klasika (hosted by German Moreno) and Reel Daily life.
Francia stresses: We at GMA Life Television want to present our subscribers abroad a finish tv viewing knowledge that suits the Filipino taste. With our new programming genres, we are confident that the viewers will have the chance to sample all the exciting Lifestyle flavors we supply on the channel.
