ConGen Bolsters Calamba-Jinjiang Friendship Via Participation at Calamba’s Rizal Festival
From left: Congressman Joaquin M. Chipeco, Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores, Mayor Justin Marc SB Chipeco, Ms. Bombet Malinao of Calamba City Hall and Dr. Evelyn F. Cabanban, President of Tawid Heritage Center led the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Beauty of Fujian Photo Exhibit launching at the Calamba City Hall Main Foyer. (Xiamen PCG photo)
Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores delivers a lecture on “Rizal’s Fujian Ancestry and German Influences” as part of the celebration of Calamba City’s annual Buhayani Festival. (Xiamen PCG photo)
XIAMEN 18 July 2018 — Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores led the participation of the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen on 18-19 June 2018 at Calamba City’s annual BUHAYANI Festival in commemoration of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s 157th birth anniversary, as a contribution to the enhancement of the friendship accord between Calamba and Jinjiang cities.
On 18 June 2018, Calamba City Mayor Justin Marc SB Chpieco, Congressman Joaquin Chipeco, and Consul General Flores led Calamba City officials and guests in the opening of the “Beauty of Fujian” photo exhibit at Calamba City Hall’s main foyer.
The exhibition, with special focus on Jinjiang City’s Rizal Park, comprise the collective works of Fujian-based Filipino photo-hobbyists organized as Foto-Grupo.
Consul General Flores delivered a lecture on “Rizal’s Fujian Ancestry and German Influences” along with a presentation by Tawid Heritage Center President Dr. Evelyn F. Cabanban, on “Rizal’s Music and the Philippine Revolution”. Tawid Heritage Center is the Consulate General’s cultural diplomacy partner.
The following day, Consul General Flores attended the wreath-laying ceremony at the Rizal Park, and the commemorative program held subsequently at the Rizal Shrine in Calamba City.
Jinjiang City in China is the ancestral roots of Dr. Rizal’s forefathers, Cua Yi Lam or Domingo Lam-co, who migrated to the Philippines and settled in Calamba in 1697. END
From left: Mayor Justin Marc SB Chipeco, Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores, Congressman Joaquin M. Chipeco and Mr. Joey Chipeco during the wreath laying ceremony at the Rizal Park in Calamba City, Laguna, as part of the commemorative activities of the annual celebration of Buhayani Festival 2018. (Xiamen PCG photo)
Right photo: Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores poses for a photo at the Rizal Monument in Calamba City, Laguna as seen on the background. (Xiamen PCG photo)