Australia Day 2008 - PLCAA Stall

The Philippine Language and Cultural Association of Australia, Inc. (PLCAA) joined the celebration of Australia Day on 26 January 2008 at the Sydney Regatta Centre, Penrith. Through this stall we were able to continuously promote the Read Philippines Project to the wider community and also gave us an opportunity to show ourselves as part of the Penrith City's rich cultural diversity.


We also had a lot of enquiries about the PLCAA's forthcoming project, the Penrith Community Filipino School, that will open in May 2008. This will be a Saturday community school of active learning that will conduct lessons in Filipino language, Philippine dances, songs, arts & craft, cooking and the use of Philippine books donated thru Read Philippines Project in the Penrith City Library.

The PLCAA stall was decorated with posters showing the different beautiful tourist spots in the Philippines, display of Filipino costumes. We had Sungka Demonstrations and competitions, Philippine Trivia and Bugtungan. The occasion was graced by the presence of Philippine Vice Consul Hon. Ferdinand Victoria.

Here are some pictures of the event.

Let Us Play Sungka

Special thanks to Integral Energy who provided us the tent to house our stall and to the Penrith City Council through the coordination of Andrew Robinson, for allowing us to be a part of the celebration of Australia Day.