TO welcome the year of the Water Rabbit in 2023, Modala Beach Resort and Moadto Strip Mall with Bohol Paddlers Association brings out Bugsay sa Pag-abante; a themed festival of hope and prosperity for Bohol and its people.
For the Chinese New Year in 2023 (CNY), business leaders, private sector representatives, local government officials and Boholanos gather to awaken the dragon in fitting ceremonies as well as to pass on the hong bao, a revered Chinese tradition during the new year.
Coming in complete with a lion dance and the awakening the dragon ceremony, tow dragon-boat teams would also sweat it out in friendly dragon-boat races at the waters fronting Modala’s expansive beach.
Modala Beach Resort Vice President for Operations and General Manager Rommel Gonzales shared the desire to welcome the Chinese new year in a venue which allows teamwork, cooperation and collaboration to a common goal: to paddle as one towards economic recovery following the oandemic and Odette.
As the water rabbit is cunning, it knows how to use advice, experience and even miscalculations of others to advance its goals, so does Bohol, where failures are unacceptable when on the road to recovery, as to the Chinese zodiac.
Bugsay sa Pag-abante is such a fitting event for Bohol’s leap to the future as it would also be a festival of prosperity, organizers said.
This event also becomes a venue for offering gratitude for the past years challenges and ushers in a new beginning for everyone, MODALA shared.
AT the program would be inspirational messages from the Chinese community in Bohol, message of hope from Vice Governor Victor Dionisio Balite, message of thanksgiving from Board Member Tita Baja, message of prosperity from former city mayor John Geesnell Yap and a message of unity from Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado.
The governor would also lead business leaders, local officials, civil society sector representatives in the symbolic awakening of the dragon before the friendly races start. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)
