Pistang Tomas: A Symbol of Our Culture
The annual Pistang Tomas was held last February 12, 2018 to February 15, 2018. For our Trends class, we were tasked to buy three products from the different stalls and make a blog post describing the product. When we went to the Quadricentennial Park, it was a very refreshing and new take for us. This was my first time witnessing Pistang Tomas, finding out just recently that it was an annual celebration since the year 2012. I was able to roam around the area, having the chance to observe and really look into each of the stalls twice. As I was walking around, I became so fascinated by the products that I wanted to buy all of them. I have always loved the authenticity of handmade products, especially those from our very own country. There are even products that I have never seen before, which is very astonishing considering this is Manila and there is scarcity for products that you only usually see in provinces. I enjoyed it a lot, it was just a bit sad that I did not have eno