UST Neo-Centennial Celebration

The UST Neo-Centennial Celebration is a week-long anniversary of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines that commemorated the closing of the UST Quadricentennial Celebration.

Opening

The celebration opened on January 20, 2012, with the "400 Shots to Immortality" photo exhibit at the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences and the Main Building lobby. It featured photographs of the UST campus and Thomasian life taken by Paul Allyson Quiambao, an Architecture student and former Varsitarian photography editor. The exhibit ran from January 20 to February 10, 2012. The photographs were documented beginning 2007, and were categorized into different sections by University archivist Regalado Trota-Jose. The categories were: "Unguarded Moments", "Our Fathers", "Royal, Pontifical, Spectacular", "Showcase of Thomasian Culture", "We are the Champions", "Record Breaker—13,266 Strong", "Quadricentennial Celebration", "UST in Paris", "Voted to Maria", "Larger than Life", and "The Promised Land". After the exhibit, the photographs were distributed to various university offices for display.^[1]

The Neo-Centennial week began with the thanksgiving mass and blessing of the new hospital building at the UST Hospital Grounds.

University Fair

On January 24, 2012, the campus grounds were filled with the activities of the University Fair. The three-day Feria de la Tapa or "food fair" in Spanish, offered various Spanish cuisines made available for the students. The Flamenco Night featured a traditional dance from Spain on the second night of Feria de la tapa. Cirkulo Hispano Tomasino, a student organisation on Spanish culture, supervised the event.^[2]

Grand Variety Show

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