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| August 15, 2006 |
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| SF Consulate Team Livens Pistahan Parade with Jeepney Float |
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| Consul General Maria Rowena Mendoza Sanchez at the opening ceremonies of the 13th Annual Pistahan Prade with (from left to right) Council Member Larry Formalejo (Colma), Vice Mayor Ed Balico (Hercules), and Mayor Ruth Asmundson (Davis). |
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| The Philippine Consulate General Team in their jeepney float march along San Francisco’s Market Street. |
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The 13th Annual Pistahan
Parade held on 13 August 2006 featured several contingents including
the Philippine Consulate General’s Jeepney float. The
event attracted thousands of spectators and had as participants
not just members of the Filipino-American community but other
ethnic groups in the Bay Area including Chinese Dragon dancers.
The parade participants marched from Spear and Market all the
way down to 4th and Market Streets in downtown San Francisco.
The event was kicked off by a speech from the Parade Grand Marshall,
Consul General Maria Rowena Mendoza Sanchez. In her remarks
she said “The Pistahan Parade brings together the best
of the Filipino in the Bay Area. This year we have a lot to
celebrate for it is the centennial of Filipino-American migration
in the United States.”
“The parade is living
proof of the grand accomplishments of our kababayans, particularly
those who belong to the group of the Centennial Achievers of
which there are many,” she added.
There were seven clusters in the parade which had as a theme
the centennial of Filipino-American presence in the United States.
The first cluster represented the early Filipinos who came to
the US and these were the Sakadas and Pensionados. They were
followed by the heroic Filipino war veterans who fought in World
War II. Cluster number 3 represented the early Filipino professionals
who came to the U.S. while 4 depicted the Filipino families
and communities. The 5th contingent had as participants other
ethnic groups which Filipinos have had great interaction with
including the Chinese and the Cambodians. Cluster 6 was led
by the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and it
was called “Philippines is in the Heart.” The group
represented the best of the Philippines in San Francisco. Finally
the last cluster fittingly included the “Centennial Achievers.”
These are Filipino Americans who have been recognized as having
done significant things for both the United States and the Philippines. |
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