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Consul General Evelyn Austria-Garcia and Tourism Director Margarita Valdes join Dr. Stephan Siegler, President of the Frankfurt City Council, in officially opening the Music Stage of Museumsuferfest 2019 with a lechon-cutting ceremony.

27 August 2019 – Consul General Evelyn Austria-Garcia and Tourism Director Margarita Valdes of PDOT-Frankfurt officially opened the Music Stage of the 2019 Museumsuferfest in Frankfurt with a lechon-cutting ceremony on 23 August 2019.  They were joined in the stage by Dr. Stephan Siegler, President of the Frankfurt City Council, and other local officials.

Philippine all-girl group 4th Impact electrified the audience at the Music Stage of the 2019 Museumsuferfest in Frankfurt last August 23 to 25.

PDOT-Frankfurt again partnered with the Frankfurt Music Stage, one of the biggest stages in the Festival that features artists and bands performing a mix of local and international hits.  Included among the Music Stage’s performers this year were popular German personalities Kerstin Ott, Julian David, Samuel Roesch and Vincent Gross.  The Philippines was represented by the energetic all-girl group 4th Impact, who gained international recognition for their participation in the television show, X-Factor UK.  Their video on YouTube showing the group’s audition has garnered over 140 million views, the most in the TV show’s history.  The quartet electrified Filipinos and Germans alike with their rendition of chart toppers by iconic artists Freddie Mercury, Pink, Michael Jackson, Beyonce and Jessie J, among others.

Completing the visitors’ “Philippine” experience were a photo booth with an idyllic beach setting in the country’s islands as a background and the food truck, Mr. Adobo, which served dishes that included lechon kawali, lumpia and chicken barbecue.

Museumsuferfest is the biggest annual event in Frankfurt, hosting around 2 million visitors from various parts of Germany and neighboring countries.  For 3 days during the summer, Frankfurt’s museum bank along the Main River is converted into one big festival with stages and booths covering an 8-kilometer stretch on both sides of the river.  (END)

In celebration of the 2019 Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, two Ilocano documentary films, Am-amma (2018) and Tata Pilo (2019), were shown at the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt on 23 August 2019. The films featured the Tingguian weaving culture and the legacy of Teofilo “Tata Pilo” Garcia, a National Living Treasure awardee for his traditional ‘kattukong’ hat-making in Abra. The event was attended by some 35 members of the Filipino-German community in Frankfurt, who expressed appreciation for the cultural activity and opportunity to learn about Tingguian weaving and ‘kattukong’ hat-making. END


23 August 2019 — In celebration of the 2019 Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, two Ilocano documentary films, Am-amma (2018) and Tata Pilo (2019), were shown at the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt on 23 August 2019. The films featured the Tingguian weaving culture and the legacy of Teofilo “Tata Pilo” Garcia, a National Living Treasure awardee for his traditional ‘kattukong’ hat-making in Abra. The event was attended by some 35 members of the Filipino-German community in Frankfurt, who expressed appreciation for the cultural activity and opportunity to learn about Tingguian weaving and ‘kattukong’ hat-making. END

 

In celebration of the 2019 Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, two Ilocano documentary films, Am-amma (2018) and Tata Pilo (2019), were shown at the Philippine Consulate General in Frankfurt on 23 August 2019. The films featured the Tingguian weaving culture and the legacy of Teofilo “Tata Pilo” Garcia, a National Living Treasure awardee for his traditional ‘kattukong’ hat-making in Abra. The event was attended by some 35 members of the Filipino-German community in Frankfurt, who expressed appreciation for the cultural activity and opportunity to learn about Tingguian weaving and ‘kattukong’ hat-making. END

The Department of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Department of Tourism, local government units and other agencies, is organizing Diskubre, an immersion tour for second-generation Filipinos and young foreign-born Filipinos to promote deeper appreciation of the Filipino heritage, and a means of giving back to the motherland, the Philippines.

Diskubre tour will be held from 3-13 January 2020 in Manila and Bicol. It is being organized The tour is open to all Filipinos and persons with Filipino heritage aged 18-40 years old. Younger participants are allowed provided they are accompanied by their parents throughout the tour. Would be participants are expected to document their trip through social media, blog, or videos featuring the sights and their experiences, and be prepared for activities such as hiking, swimming, biking, and walking.

Diskubre tour will involve immersion themes including one or a combination of nature and habitat preservation; sustainable farming and cultural exchange; fisher folk community integration; women and children issues; micro-small-medium enterprises (MSMEs) promoting Philippine products; indigenous people and traditional customs.

Only twenty (20) slots are available for the participants, who are responsible for their own airfare, hotel accommodations, meals, land arrangement, ground transportation, insurance and other incidental expenses outside of the tour program.

To know more about the tour and reserve a slot, interested participants may visittravelwiseonline.com/diskubre Travelwise, the tour company which handled the coordination of Diskubre from Washington DC during its first addition, has been chosen to coordinate the registration with their local tour operator counterpart, Southeast Travel. It will also send instructions for the payment and ticketing by email.

 

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