HARAYA 2023, PH Festivals

By Genesis Sam Cuevas

Acollaboration between the Food and Beverages (FNB) and Tour Guiding (TG) club sparked the return of the annual event HARAYA 2023, with the theme “Skills, Passions, and Abilities – Embracing Diversity in the Philippine Festivals,” which was held at the JRU Quadrangle last May 5 to foster competition and showcase the Philippines’ rich culture and hard work of the FNB and TG students.

HARAYA 2023 consisted of six segments: The Waiter’s Relay Competition, Table Skirting Competition, Mocktail Competition, Commentary Spiel Competition, Flight Attendant Spiel Competition, and Cultural Dance Competition.

The winners for the said competitions were the following: Sean Domingo and Karl Cedric for the Waiter’s Relay Segment Grade 11 level and Mark Angelo Dionisio and John Cedric Quinto for the Grade 12. Kate Erika Conejos won the Commentary Spiel Competition, while Shane Maneja, Pia Ocampo, Jan Rainier Dagdag, and Kurt Laurence Cruz for the Table Skirting Competition.

Khate Jimenez and Marsha Viado champed the Grade 11 Mocktail segment, Clive Neri and Joaquin Ocampo for the Grade 12 level, and Kean Andre Carlos won the Flight Attendant Spiel Competition. Group 3, Maskara Festival, bagged the Best in Costume Award for Cultural Dance, and Group 2, Ati-Atihan and Pahiyas Festival won the Best in Choreography and the Champion in Cultural Dance. Kazaam Ybrahim Inez and Princess Joyce Nicol were crowned Mr. and Ms. Haraya 2023.

The members of the board of judges were Ms. Diana Rose Mayonte, Mr. Leo Benjamin Jerusalem, Ms. Leori Ramonette Ignacio, and Mrs. Ma. Elyn Facunla-Padayao.

Mr. Romel C. Navarro, principal of the JRU SHS Division, led the opening remarks, and Ms. Allyson Kane Baguio, president of the FNB Club, gave the closing remarks.