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Guinakit Fluvial Parade in Cotabato City
Jan. 21 | Guinakit Fluvial Parade is a re enactment of Shariff Kabunsuan‘s (an Arab- Malay missionary from Johore, Indonesia) arrival in Mindanao some 500 years ago in a Guinakit (convoy of bancas) along the banks of Masla Pulangi now Rio Grande de...
Do tell my mother I’m in Cotabato City!
Jan. 9 | “Tell her too, I’m glad I did!” Glad I did! It’s not my first time in Cotabato City. But my last stay in this place wasn’t to give me a good glimpse of this city. Since then, my perception of Cotabato was all dependent...
Experiencing Kaamulan Festival’s real, ethnic tribesmen dancing!
May. 1 | Lately I got hooked travelling to various places in Mindanao capturing festivals and people in the eye of my lenses. While I’ve been to Bukidnon several times already (for some mountaineering or hiking wanderlust), I never had the chance of witnessing...
Band of (Sox) Bloggers goes to Halad Festival of Midsayap
Feb. 22 | When councilor Lloyd Quejada invited the Sox Bloggers to witness the Halad festival last January, I shamelessly grabbed the opportunity and went with the camera totting Band of Bloggers. Curiosity drove my instinct to witness one of the oldest and longest...
WHOA GENSAN! The 2010 Tunafest Mardigra and Dance Competition
Oct. 9 | It was my first ever TUNAFEST Mardigra. I’ve been into several other festival mardigras before so I thought this was no different in style and quality. Drums, gongs, the colorful costumes, choreographed parade, it’s all stereotype to me....
Talakudong Festival 2010 Mardigra!
Oct. 2 | That’s because for 3 straight years now, I was able to witness this mardigras from start to finish! Though there where only 5 contending groups that joined the competition, the quality of the performances has leveled up! To think, these groups...
Nostalgia in Iloilo. The good, the better and the best days!
Feb. 12 | (Our Iloilo trip would not be as fantastic if not for friends, classmates and former mentors. This post is dedicated to them, no matter how long overdue.) Joy and I agreed beforehand we will be maximizing our visit to Iloilo’ lumping several...
Hala Bira! Dinagyang Festival 2010
Feb. 5 | The last time I went to the famous Dinagyang Festival was 15 years ago, back in 1994 when I was still a student in the city. I also join their “Sadsad” or Kasadyahan, where people fill the streets and dance, every time for 4 years. While...
Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (MOAP) Side trip for the Boondockers
Dec. 20 | MOAP walkway entrance Thanks to Candy and Alex they never stopped enticing us to go on MOAP side trip post climb. The invitation never sank deep into my mind before since I was kind of press with time for this outdoor sortie. I woke up the next day however,...
