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The country’s no. 1 popular outdoor exposition of top destinations in the land known as Nayong Pilipino will keep local and foreign tourists delighted with a galore of exhibitions, liturgical services, live presentations and multi-cultural events and festivities when it informally opens on April 1 at the Clark Expo, Clark, Pampanga. This was the announcement made by Regional Director Ronaldo P. Tiotuico of the Central Luzon Regional Office in a statement issued recently.
Tiotuico said that Nayong Pilipino Administration led by its Executive Director Charito Planas has decided to help the tourism department boost travel and tourism in Pampanga by developing the combined 3.5-ha colonial plaza and ancient island at the 50-ha Clark Expo into an outdoor museum showcasing the country’s cultural and age-old traditions, heritage and lifestyles. The NP management is set to reopen for public visitation the tribal villages of Ifugao, Kalinga and Muslim communities. The old rotund outdoor amphitheater that can seat a thousand people will soon be ready for social gatherings and entertaining events like theaters, stage plays and cultural presentations.
A part of the complex will house the so-called Labuad village where ethnic Kapampangan crafts and artworks will be on display for sale, including a vegetable garden, restaurant and artistic paintings courtesy of notable Kapampangan artists. Also in the offing is a Kapampangan library which will be built in cooperation with Robby Tantingco of the Holy Angel University Center for Kapampangan Studies.
Included in the historical showcase and tour are the ancestral houses of Jose Rizal, Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini.
The gates are open to the public for free.
For further details, pls contact Nayong Pilipino sa Clark, Tel. No. (63 45) 599-7568 or Mobile 0916-733-6520 (Cris Cadiang) or email at nayon_saclark@yahoo.com
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