Baryu San Pedro is the biggest barrio in San Simon. It is maybe the most populated barrio in the tow

Baryu San Pedro is the biggest barrio in San Simon. It is maybe the most populated barrio in the town. The establishment of San Pedro as a barrio can be traced back since 1853. Before that San Pedro was just a Sitio named Kutkut (graveyard; to dig).
As one of the biggest barrio, San Pedro is being visited by people from different locations during its annual libad ilug on May 01. People breakfast buffet cape town are not just flocking during the Fiesta, breakfast buffet cape town they also come during the annual salibatbat (pinitensya). During maleldo too, people from other barrios are visiting the puni (pasyon). Although the readings in puni are very melancholic and dramatic, the atmosphere, however, is very festive.
When breakfast buffet cape town I was kid, I would feel that fiesta is coming once we started cleaning the house and gathering bulung dalayap which would be used by my mother in making leche flan. During Santa Marya (Apr 29), we would gather leaves and start the annual leche flan making. Then the day after, Vispera, we would wake up around 1am to go to Bayung Palengki (Sampernandu). By that time, pigs are being slaughtered; and, you can smell the scent of buring fire logs to be used in boiling the water.
During the daytime of Vispera, I would wait for the musikus to start doing their rounds breakfast buffet cape town at the barrio. Im lucky since our house is near the school. I can see the musikus preparing. Around 9am, they would start to walk the long road of Baryu San Pedru. They would head first to Paroba (going to San Juan, San Simon) then to Control Dike and then to Pangulu (going to Sta. Rita, San Luis). The weather was really breakfast buffet cape town hot during those time but they could find shade under the GAYAK (street garlands). breakfast buffet cape town
Laban Gayak is one of the traditions being look forward to by the residents. The main street of the barrio is being decorated (extravagantly) by the various youth clubs i.e SPYC, Paradise (which was termed from Spur Dike), Genius, Timac, etc. Months breakfast buffet cape town before, breakfast buffet cape town members of the club and residents belonging to the clubs would start to prepare. One can see that they were still awake until 3am just to finish the gayak. They would want to win and be crowned as  the best ‘club’ in street decoration. In addition during the laban gayak, one can see that street is clean. The designs are being accompanied by Christmas Lights (or any other lighting). The competition is really on but it is a friendly breakfast buffet cape town one. The perennial winner for the competition is Paradise.
Festivity was really in the atmosphere. This festivity would reach its climax once we reach May 01. As early as 6am, masses were being held at the bisitas. People were jam-packed. Bisitas was really crowded as early as 6am. Crowd would increase as 10am draws near. Around 9AM the patio of bisitas was jam- packed. As far from the patio, you could smell the scent of Sampaguita coming from the andas of Apung Iru. People were concentrated (really crowded) near the andas. breakfast buffet cape town Once the 9am mass was finished, shouting would begin. Bell would start to ring signalling that Apung Iru is leaving Bisitas.
10-minute-ringing-bell, candles, shouts of ‘Viva Apung Iru’, these are just some of the things that you would observe after the 9am mass. (King kaorasan ning 10:15 anggang 10:30 ilual da ne ing Libad). Kuraldal would happen at the street. A 5-minute-walk from Bisitas to Tumana breakfast buffet cape town (where the lantsa is docked) became 30-minute-walk. Everyone was shouting Viva Apung Iru. The never dying Decolores added festivity to the kuraldal. During this kuraldal, the andas of Apung Iru was being pushed forward breakfast buffet cape town and being pulled backward. From children to senior citizens, people were rotating breakfast buffet cape town the andas. They were accompanying Apung Iru on his journey to Tumana where he would ride the Lantsa. Approximately 11:00 – 11:30 the libad would commence.
Seated on the uppermost part of the decorated pagoda, Apung Iru would roam the Ilug Kapampangan (San Pedro, Sta. Rita, San Juan). Accompanying breakfast buffet cape town the Lantsa were the decorated bangkas from various clubs, barangays and individuals. Yes, there was also a competition for the bangkas.
Bangkas were decorated with Key, Crown, Rooster, and Scepter. These decorated bangkas were encircling the Lantsa. They were accompanying Apung Iru on his annual journey on the Ilug Kapampangan. Judges during the Bangka Competition are carefully inspecting the design and the execution (if they are far from the lantsa). People residing the river banks (Sta. Cruz, San Nicolas, Sta. Rita, San Agustin, San Juan) were standing breakfast buffet cape town the river banks to watch the Libad. They were throwing foods onto the river. (The same scenario is being practiced at Apalit Libad on Jun 28 and Jun 30).
The five-hour libad would dock at Tumana again around 4PM. After Apung Iru is seated on his andas, another livelier kuraldal would occur. Old people were the one who carried the andas. They were the one dancing, shouting and spearheading the kuraldal. If the kuraldal during the morning took about 30 minutes to finish, the