JUAN PABLO "JP" A. PAREDES
President, 

Filipino Cultural Historical

Society of Washington

Coordinator, Pagdiriwang 2024

Greetings and welcome to the 38th annual Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival, June 1-2, 2024 at the Seattle Center! This year’s theme is “Isang Lahi, Isang Diwa” or “one heritage, one spirit”.

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Since its first presentation at the Seattle Center in 1987, Pagdiriwang became an annual event that, in 1997, became one of the five organizing festivals of Seattle’s Festal program that now has 24 festivals in its umbrella.

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The 2024 theme seeks to highlight the unifying heritage resulting from the ethnic diversity of Filipinos, and that heritage is the source of the spirit of a people. One heritage, one spirit.

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Filipinos contribute to the rich diversity of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Just as various Philippine ethnic groups united together to form a nation, Filipinos in Seattle unite in solidarity with other ethnic groups to form a vibrant and culturally unique Pacific Northwest.

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Mabuhay!