In celebration of 2025 Filipino Food Month and National Literature Month, the Philippine Embassy in France held a storytelling event with Kuwento Kultura for Filipino children in Paris on 26 April 2025. A total of 21 kids, accompanied by their respective guardians and parents, attended the activity facilitated by the Philippine Embassy.
Vice Consul Miko Cabatingan opened the storytelling event with Filipino children in Paris, citing the role of the parents in cultivating an appreciation of Filipino culture among the younger generation.
Ms. Margaret Gener of Kuwento Kultura led the storytelling session with participating children at the Philippine Embassy’s Filipino Food and National Literature Month Celebration.
Ms. Margaret Gener of Kuwento Kultura Paris led the storytime session with participating children. The activity featured Filipino books Ang Alamat ng Palay by Virgilio Almario, National Artist for Literature, and HaluHalo Espesyal by Yvette Fernandez. Participating children were encouraged to express their views about the moral lessons of the books read, hence further exercising their knowledge and understanding about Filipino food and literature.
Participating children from the Filipino Community and kids of Embassy personnel enthusiastically listened and participated in the storytelling event.
Interactive games were also facilitated by Kuwento Kultura to make the event more fun for the kids. To conclude the event, the classic Pinoy pandesal and a variation of Ube pandesal were served among the refreshments. Ube is a purple yam that originated from the Philippines, and has long been a staple in Filipino cuisine, used in a plethora of Filipino desserts. Ube flavored desserts and pastries in France have constantly been receiving considerable positive responses by the locals.
Filipino comics were also displayed during the storytelling event to better familiarize the Filipino children participants in Philippine literature.
The Filipino Food Month celebration has the theme Sarap ng Pagkaing Pilipino: Yaman ng ating Kasaysayan, Kultura, at Pagkatao. With this theme in mind, the activity aims for a further understanding of the vibrance of Philippine heritage to Filipino children in Paris who spent most of their childhood abroad with limited exposure to Philippine culture. Activities like these give a sense of deeper appreciation for Philippine culture among kids.
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