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LATE March to middle April will see campuses all over the country decked with

the usual stage décor heralding a milestone for many Filipino families. In quest of
a better life, a son or daughter or a next of kin or even a parent joins graduation
ceremonies (pagtatapos) – a symbol that a quest for a better future begins that
day. The graduation ceremony is also known as a convocation, commencement,
invocation of general admission. Anthropologists consider graduation to be a rite
of passage— it marks a change from one stage of life to the next in a person’s
social life. The person has a new social identity.

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