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Publication Date: April 19, 2026 - 10:17

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Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival to be held as ‘part of healing’ from tragedy 1 year ago

April 19, 2026
Lapu Lapu Day, celebrated each April 27, is named after a Filipino national hero whose forces defeated those of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.


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