Activities for 119th celebration of “Araw ng Orani” bared

ORANI, Bataan – This first class municipality tagged as the province’s seafood capital will again be the destination of thousands of tourists and pilgrims for the celebration of its 119th year anniversary of Araw ng Orani.

Locals and tourists are invited to come and watch the Alimango and Sugpo (crabs and prawns)

Festival, the highlight of the celebration that will be held on March 11 at the Orani People’s Park at 2p.m.

Equally interesting is a street dancing competition featuring elementary and high school students wearing colorful costumes and props from the province’s different schools both public and private.

The celebration will start with a Holy Mass on Monday, March 7 at 5:30a.m. followed by a grand parade along the major roads featuring the local officials, students and civic groups. A trade fair will also be opened in front of the municipal hall showcasing the local delicacies of the province.

Between 4p.m.and 7p.m. onwards on the same day, there will be a Senior Citizens Night at the Orani Multi-Purpose Gym and interschool dance contest for elementary and secondary students.

On Tuesday, March 8, a Fun Run for a Cause will be participated in by different sectors to be followed by a Job Fair from 8a.m. to 3p.m. At 4p.m. Mayor Serrano will deliver his last State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) highlighting his major accomplishments and legacy as the town’s local chief executive during his three-term reign.

The Voice of Bataan Season 2 will be the major activity here on March 9. The contest is open to all singers. An audition is set on March 4 at 1p.m.at the SB Hall located at the second floor of the municipal hall.

On March 10, a Parade of the Establishments will be featured on the major roads which will start at 3p.m. At 7p.m. the temperature inside the Orani Multi-Purpose Gym will rise as the sexiest male and female models from different towns of the province will compete for the Orani Mr. and Ms. Body Shots 2016.

This municipality for the past years has been holding the festival as thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest of crabs and prawns that contributes largely to the town’s coffers as well as to the income of many residents here, composed mostly of fisherfolk and farmers.

It is a daily routine every morning and afternoon at the Orani Fishport that it is teeming with traders from many parts of Bataan, Central Luzon and even Metro Manila — haggling for the two much sought-after marine products either for local consumption or for export.

The street dancers wear the traditional alimango and sugpo-inspired costumes and presented different means of catching crabs and fish like the use of “salakab” and small fishing nets while the “kalya” is also featured as container for prawns and shrimps, and “buslo” for the crabs.