I am proud that my country’s culture is rich! Being Filipino is like eating a halo halo, you don’t just go eating the ice or the beans, but you should enjoy all of what’s inside it, and that is the best metaphor of Filipino Culture.

This morning (June 27, 2009) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines at the Harbor Area, Kaya ng Pinoy officially launches the start of Balangay Expedition which begins on 2010 at the Southeast Asia region, on 2011 it it goes to Mirconesia and Madagascar, and on 2012 it will navigate accros the Pacific and Atlantic and around the world and returns to the Philippines on 2013.

BACKGROUND

June 27, 2009, formally inilunsad ng Kaya ng Pinoy ang Balangay Voyage na kung saan ang pangunahing layunin ng project na ito ay ibahagi at buhayin ang kulturang Pinoy na kung saan nag ugat ang sistema ng gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng balangay o mas kilala na sa tawag na barangay, bukod dito ipinapakita rin ng project na ito kung gaano kayaman ang kultura ng Pilipinas at sa pamamaraang ito ay nais nilang ipaalala at ipakita ito sa mga makabagong Juan dela Cruz ng generation na ito. Sa Cultural center of the Philippines Harbor Area ginawa ang voyage o send off ng Balangay kasama ang mga supporters ng project na ito at mga members ng media. Ayon kay Valdez ay nawa’y matulungan sila ng media at mga supporters ng project na ito para ibahagi ang importansya ng pag alala ng kultura at kasaysayan sa mga kabataan.

Art Valdez head of Kaya ng Pinoy Foundation along with the Mt. Everest Team: Leo Oracion, Erwin Emata, Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon, Janet Belarmino-Sardena, Dr. Ted Esguerra, Fred Jamilli, at Dr. Voltaire Velasco along with master sailors, academicians and scientists comprises the Balangay Expedition team. The Balangay was named as Diwata ng Lahi or Guardian of Race, as it was in the tradition that it will be a woman’s name to be use in naming a shipping vessel. Aside from educating the Filipinos with our culture, the expedition includes medical support, and others that is needed on the areas that the expedition team reaches.

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