Requinto clan: Preserving the Pastores tradition

Posted by karlom87 on December 6, 2007 · Leave a Comment

By Zorabelle Fran Uy and Balbino â€œKa Binoâ€ Guerrero

This article was written by Zorabelle Fran Uy, a UP Cebu Masscom student, based on interviews by Balbino â€œKa Binoâ€Guerrero of Narcisa Requinto and Barangay captain Fernando â€œNandingâ€ Requento of Tagjaguimit, Naga City.

A clan in this new city at the southern crossroads of Metro Cebu still carries on a long lost tradition that puts an original twist in the door-to-door Christmas caroling that we know today

Known in Naga City as the Pastores, they are town carolers composed of family members of the Requinto clan who stage the Bibleâ€™s narration of the shepherdsâ€™ search for the baby Jesus coined Los Pastores.

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