7/21/2019 The Annual Torch Ceremony

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PNU Keeps the Fire Burning with its Annual Sulo Ceremony

This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end; this is just perhaps the end of

the beginning. -Winston S. Churchill

The annual torch ceremony, also called Pagdiriwang ng Sulo, was held on March 25, 2015 at

the Philippine Normal ni!ersity "PN# $uadrangle% The passing o& the torch has 'een a

tradition o& the uni!ersity since time immemorial%

(t has 'een said that the tradition sym'oli)es the passing o& duties and responsi'ilities 'y the

graduating students to the younger ones who accept with *nowledge and promise that they shall

continue what their elders ha!e started% The Pagdiriwang ng mga Sulo has &our ma+orcharacters,

namely (nang

Pamantasan whorepresents the

PN in its

entirety, (nang-ayan who

represents the

country, .uan

/ela ru) anda*am'ini who

represent the

ilipino and theilipina,

respecti!ely% The

ladies wear ilipiniana while

the gentlemen

wear 'arong tagalog% The only distinction, as to the attire, 'etween the &ourth year and the third

year students lies with the color o& their sash 3 'lue &or the seniors, and pin* &or the +uniors%

The special e!ent was participated not only 'y the students, 'ut also 'y the ni!ersity President,

/r% 4ster -% gena, the 6ice Presidents, the /eans and 7ssociates /eans, and the /irectors o&the ni!ersity%

The ceremony started at 8 o9cloc* in the e!ening and ended a'out an hour later with a

magni&icent &irewor*s 'ursting in the air%