Do the Students Know the Meaning of Caranza? by Carmela Sambola

Caranza is a word that a student like me rarely encounters. Honestly, I have just able to know its meaning because our teacher in Journalism Mr. Januar Yap required the whole class to cover the whole activity of English Month focusing on the Caranza. If we were not required to cover the Caranza, would I still be able to know its meaning and its importance to the “must-to-know” information for the the Cebuanos including the students. How far do the students really know about the Caranza? Does everyone in this four corner Kalambuan Hall knows the essence of its meaning? Or only those students who are also required by their teachers to make an article or news and reaction paper? Do the students really come because they wanted to watch and learn or just because of the attendance checked by the mayors? Those are the questions running in my mind, and then, I just found myself asking some students about on Caranza to feed my curiosity.Ms. Sheila Salomeri a 1st year SPED student says “Wala man ko kabalo kung unsa na ang Caranza. Basta, ingun ingun sila manayaw kuno ang mga teachers.” Another 2nd year student from BSED Math major Claudin Klien Dela Fuente says “Wala ra ba ko'y world ana Miss, Natan-aw ra ko kay gipa himo me ug reaction papr sa among teacher sa English.” A 3rd year BSED English major student Jeoffrey Genillen who was also taking some notes for their news report in Journalism says “Caranza is one way of looking back to the values and cultures that we have from the past".A 2nd year student from College of Nursing John Rey Reyes says “hala! Sorry jud Ms. Wala jud koy idea kung unsa na ang Caranza. Wala man gani ko kabalo nga naa diay activity run.” His classmate Dominic dee Tapican also said the same thing.Some students from College of Arts and Sciences says that they are only required to watch by their teachers. Dianne Tabanao, a student from B.S. Math says “Basi sa akong nakit-an, murag pag balik man siguro na sa mga nahitabu sauna, pero dili ko sure hah?” Ms. Maxime Gerzon a student from B.A. Communication says “Caranza is an activity that connects us to the past. This will mirror the different cultures and traditions of our ancestors before.” Ms. Joy Bancale a 1st year Literature student just says that “Hala oi! Wla jod koy nahibaw-an bahin sa Caranza. Ang akong nahibaw-an ra jud kay ni balak si Sir Flores.”Ironically, majority of the students do not know the meaning of Caranza. Some of them were just forced to watch and some are just watching without knowing its meaning. Students are one of the important factors for the success of Caranza, and even if majority of them do not know its meaning, but Caranza was still a successful activity for it has able to help to the students who doesn't know its meaning and essence. After all, the students said that it had helped them discover important and rich culture, values and traditions of the Cebuanos before.