In every lifetime
there is a generation, a generation in which different cultures reside,
different ways of living, different strategies, different frontiers,
advancements and stories are made in their time .In our generation today it is
now a different time, a different time where we make a different story for
ourselves.
As time passes by,
the essence of each culture deteriorates as different cultures coincide with
that and apparently influences the other but luckily there are few whom have
denied to accept change or prevent complete change and continued what they had
and lived on .Few and only few are part of these people and part of them are
the people of Ibalon or the Bicolanos.
At the time of its
infancy, the Bicolano culture was one that wasn’t to be reckoned with as it is
one of the fiercest and was renowned for its famous epic, Ibalon which was
about a fierce hero that defended his land from a monster. The people of Bicol
was also renowned for its brave and valiant warriors especially those warriors
who have fought in the Japanese invasion in which they defended the land with
their lives.
Even the nimblest
and most common of people then were also warriors. Do you know why? It is
because they endured strong storms and volcanic eruptions even without all
these new equipment and new architecture of their homes. All they had then was
each other and faith.
Every Bicolano born
with blood of a Bicolano or born a Bicolano is born a fighter. At any given
disaster may it be a strong typhoon or an unlikely eruption of a volcano
Bicolanos can gladly overcome it through the help of God, our patron Our Lady
of Peñarancia, the skills and talents we have inherited from our ancestors,
with these at hand we will conquer any challenge given upon us and remain firm
so let’s make our own story, our own epic in this generation to tell to our
children in the next generation, after all we are Bicolanos, aren’t we?
