The “Hala Bira, Puera Pasma” Street Dancing in Kalibo
Philippine Mardi Gras comes in very spectacular style when the people of Kalibo take to the streets to dance through the night and parade their magnificent costumes. The Ati-Atihan Festival is known to be the wildest among the Philippine fiestas. It has grown in giving honor to Santo Niño, a depiction of the Child Jesus which held every year on the third Sunday of January, in the town of Kalibo, Aklan. Art is become a big factor as celebrants paint their faces with black soot and wear bright, peculiar costumes as they dance in revelry during the last three days of this two week-long festival. There is a mix of parades, procession and dancing people on the rhythms of monotonous music of drums or the rhythmic tinkling of metal and stone on bottles while celebrating the Ati-Atihan.
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Basic Techniques in Preparing A Barrio Fiesta Lechon
A lot of people love to eat a roast pig or what they call it lechon. It is a very common dish for Filipino festivities, birthdays, wedding, family reunion, and Christmas parties. Lechon was introduced by the Spaniards centuries ago while some evidence links it to Chinese immigrants. Many restaurants in the Philippines sell lechon and La Loma is often considered the “Lechon Capital of the Philippines”.
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Is it a dangerous fight for Manny against Oscar?
Many speculations have been talking about the most anticipated boxing match of the year between the new p4p king Manny Pacquiao and the ‘Golden Boy’ Oscar De La Hoya. Some people said it is a walk-a-way fight for Oscar because of its size and height advantage. They believed that the age difference between the two fighters isn’t really a big factor on beating the six-time world division champion. The 35-year-old De La Hoya, the undisputed box-office king usually fought at light middleweight and it will be a huge advantage for him to secure a victory against the Pacman.
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Have Fun in Boracay Island
Boracay is a tropical island in the Philippines located approximately 315km south of Manila and 2km off the northwest tip of the island of Panay in the Western Visayas. The island is accessible by air from Manila or Cebu through two principal gateways such as Caticlan airport or Kalibo Read more
Cebu
Cebu also known as Zubu (or Sugbo), is one of the famous islands in the Philippines that lie to the east of Negros Island; to the west of Leyte and to the southeast of Bohol province. It is located between 9°25′N and 11°15′N latitude and between 123°13′E and 124°5′E longitude in the center of the archipelago. As of the 2007 census, there were 798,000 people living in Cebu City, with over 3.5 million in the entire province. Cebuano is their native dialect and also spoken in most parts of Central and Southern Philippine Islands, including Bohol, western Leyte, Negros Oriental, the northern and eastern coast of Mindanao, some parts of Bukidnon, Agusan, Surigao, Davao, Cotabato, and Zamboanga del Sur. While Filipino is commonly understood and spoken, the English language is widely used in business transactions and educations.
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Philippine Peso Exchange Rate
