Cavite City Regada Water Festival 2010

Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 05:08 Written by DarkBlak Wednesday, 16 June 2010 02:40

Regada was derived the spanish word “regar” from the chavacano speaking Cavitenos, which means water or to sprinkle. Regada Water Festival has been a yearly tradtion to celebrate the Feast of San Juan Baustista every 24th of June. The annual tourism oriented festival has evolved into a combined environmental, religious and cultural activity.

Its a nice feeling that while walking on the street people are pouring water on each other. Every year people from Cavite City and other towns gathered to street to celebrate and get wet.

And its been a while since I last go out and get wet together with my friends and fellow caviteños. I think I’ll need to attend Regada Water Festival this time, hopefully some of my friends will come too. Want to come?

Regada Water Festival 2008

Last Updated on Monday, 16 June 2008 08:38 Written by DarkBlak Tuesday, 17 June 2008 08:26

Matagal na rin akong hindi nakakapunta sa Regada Water Festival Sa Cavite City. Wala na rin kasi yung mga dating kong nakakasama na magpunta dun eh. Masaya sana sa magpunta sa regada, masarap maglakad sa kalye habang binabasa ka ng mga tao, hindi naman nakakahiyang maglakad ng basa kasi lahat naman ng tao basa eh. 2005 pa pala yung huling nag enjoy ako sa Regada. Hopefully makasama ako this year.

June 22- 29 : Cavite City (Regada Proper – June 24th)

It has been a yearly tradition to celebrate the Cavite City Water Festival more popularly known as “REGADA” every June. The annual tourism oriented festival has evolved into a combined environmental, religious and cultural activity. More so, the month of June is significant in Cavite City’s history for its lasting contribution to Philippine independence and history.

“BE PREPARED TO GET WET,” warned Cavite City’s local officials to the guests and visitors of their Annual Water Festival. A wet and wild festival awaits tourist and other visitors when they come to the historic city to celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist.

“Regada” was derived the spanish word “regar” from the chavacano speaking Cavitenos, which means water or to sprinkle. In a bid to hold the biggest water festival, Regada, will be staged in the one kilometer stretch along P. Burgos Avenue. The main thorougfare will be rigged with sprinklers and mobile sound system to transform P. Burgos Avenue into what could be the biggest wet party in the country.

Students and townfolks will fill the avenue to participate in the wet street dancing dubbed as “Basayawan sa Kalye”. The participants will interpret the essence of the yearly water festival through colorful costumes and body movements and dance to the music provided by the giant mobile sound systems installed along P. Burgos Avenue.

The festival culminates with the holding of Caracol ni San Juan Bautista at around 11 o’clock in the moring, a fitting climax to the festival’s origin in honor of St. John the Baptist in which people celebrate for the blessing by joining the “Paulan”.

Regada started in 1996 during the tenure of the Mayor Tim Encarnacion and from then on, was held every year thereon during the month of June.
source: http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/