Umatac Fiesta

This Sunday we packed up the new PIU van and several faculty cars and headed down south to Umatac for the village festival. The mayor of Umatac had given our students and staff a special invitation to be his guests at the festival. Dean of Women Daisy Murdock and several of our students have been going to Umatac over the last few weeks to help the mayor and his staff get ready for the festival. We enjoyed the day, the food and music were great, and the people of Umatac welcomed us warmly. The PIU students were invited to sing and the mayor gave us a recognition plaque thanking us for service to the village. Thank you Mayor Quinata for a wonderful day.

The tropical storm to the west of us made Umatac Bay a lot rougher than normal. There were several surfers out in the high waves.

The waves were strong enough to knock Big John off his carabao. He hung on though and got out of the water ok.

In fact he was giving carabao rides again a little later.

The students enjoyed the fiesta food and getting to know the people

They also sang a couple songs

PIU VP Sam Mabini and I introduced the students and shared a little information about PIU

Daisy received the recognition plaque from Mayor Quinata