201 COUPLES TIE THE KNOT AT KASALAN NG BAYAN 2024

Valentine's Day 2024 in Manolo Fortich!

WEDNESDAY—This year’s Valentine’s Day at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon witnessed a morning overflowing with the celebration of love as seen through wedding gowns, bouquet, cakes, and rings as the Kasalan ng Bayan 2024 successfully wed 201 couples at the Municipal Gymnasium, Barangay Tankulan on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2024.

“First time sa history sa Manolo Fortich nga nagkasal ta og ingani kadaghan. 201 ka paresan,” remarks Municipal Mayor Rogelio N. Quiño who served as the marriage officiant of the mass wedding. “So, usa kini ka very special nga okasyon kining pagsaulog nato sa Kasalan ng Bayan kay tungod nga kini usa ka higayon nga i-usa mong tanan sa kaminyoon. Dili pud ni ti-aw kay 200 kapin nga paresan ang gusto ma legal isip usa ka pamilya.”, Mayor Quiño added.

The civil wedding ceremony started with a recognition and wedding march of all the registered couples from the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) of the Local Government Unit of Manolo Fortich, who also served as the main office who led the ceremony and event with Julius W. Paurillo as the event host.

The traditional exchange of wedding vows, wedding rings, and the well-known Filipino wedding practice of the exchange of arras, a tradition of exchanging 13 coins as a symbol of providing by the groom to the bride to emphasize prosperity and one’s promise to provide for each other was officiated by Mayor Rogelio N. Quiño.

To declare each marriage as official and irrevocable through registration, personnel from the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) Provincial Statistics Office - Bukidnon were also present at the ceremony with their mobile registration booth, in close partnership with LCRO.

“Dako among pasalamat if mag-conduct ang atong LGUs og Kasalan ng Bayan. Through ani nga programs, matabangan among office sa registration. Dapat gyud recorded ang atong birth and marriages. So karon, legally and officially minyo na gyud mo. I know naa nay uban sa inyo nga naa nay mga anak, so ma-register na gyud ninyo ang apelyido sa inyong bana,” says Chief Statistical Specialist of PSA Bukidnon Maria Evangeline N. Non.

Aside from the traditional practices of exchange, the slicing of wedding cakes and wine toasting were also done by the couples which was also led by Mayor Rogelio N. Quiño. To further extend the gifts of LGU Manolo Fortich to its ordained couples, a raffle was conducted after the ceremony in which 10 Rice Cookers and 8 Electric Kettles were given to the named winning couples.

In her gratitude of thanks, Eugenia Pacyao from Barangay Alae who is among the newly wedded wife of the ceremony relays her deep appreciation to the LGU of Manolo Fortich, “Gikasal nako kaniadtong 1988, pero nahibaw-an nako nga wala diay siya ma-register 2014 na. So, mao ni ang nahitabo. Karon nga tuig, maayo kay nakakita ko sa post sa LGU nga naay Kasalan ng Bayan, ni anhi dayun ko aron sa pag parehistro. Daghang salamat kaayo sa taga LGU, nga nakasal najud mi karon.”

The major witnesses of this year’s Kasalan ng Bayan 2024 were Provincial Vice Governor Clive D. Quiño and members of the Sangguniang Bayan led by Vice Mayor Reynaldo L. Bagayas Jr.