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Date Taken: March 16, 2012
Location: Town plaza of the City of Naga (Cebu), Philippines
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Date Taken: March 16, 2012
Location: Town plaza of the City of Naga (Cebu), Philippines
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Date Taken: March 16, 2012
Location: Town plaza of the City of Naga (Cebu), Philippines
Aside from swine, poultry and cattle, goats are also considered a chief livestock in the agriculturally dependent nation of the Philippines. Goats are raised mainly for their meat and milk. Filipino dishes such as kaldereta and kare-kare employ goat’s meat as a main ingredient.
Lately, I got to observe a goat pen owned by a certain Cebuano family man. He’s not really a farmer by profession but does raise some goats as sideline business. This is how it looks like.
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Date Taken: March 11, 2012
Location: Sangat, San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines
Goat Pen
His goat pen is basically made of indigenous and recyclable materials like bamboo, coconut wood and used tin roofing. Albeit being simple and small, it in fact serves its purpose (big time) as it houses around 10 goats of various sizes. The pen is guarded 24/7 by a dog.
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Date Taken: March 11, 2012
Location: Sangat, San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines
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Date Taken: October 23, 2011
Location: Metro Market, City of Naga, Philippines
Located on top of a sanctified hill in Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City, Theotokos Diocesan Shrine is one of the many religious Roman Catholic sites in Cebu province. Just like its more famous counterpart, the Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Simala, Sibonga, the shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and serves as a Marian pilgrim site.
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Date Taken: October 23, 2011
Location: Theotokos Diocesan Shrine, Perrelos, Carcar City, Philippines
The Towering Sign
Once you manage to climb up the hill and reach the main gate, you will be seeing this pillar-like structure bearing the shrine’s name and logo. Now, try to look at it without raising your head up. :)