tapayan

gata

sayote man

star fruit

i dunno what is this exactly, if it's a fruit or a vegetable... all i know is that they look cute and artificial from afar

actually upclose they even look more artificial, like those plastic toy fruits... it was only when i actually touched this "star fruit" that i realized they're real.  you guys know what's the name of this fruit? if it is indeed a fruit

tomatoes

bountiful harvest

winner

details of a decorated house in lucban, quezon

this house is one of the winners in the competition at the pahiyas festival 2010

lucban longanisa

Longganisa Lucban is a garlicky slightly sour sausage that is quite similar to chorizo de bilbao, the famous garlic sausage from Spain. Learn how to prepare your own longanisa here

bright colors

Took this photo at Quezon during the Pahiyas Festival and just fits the august CDP theme day: bright colors. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

During the San Isidro Pahiyas Festival, each household tries to outdo each other in friendly competition as they vie for honor of recognizing their creativity.

Farmers show their bountiful produce such as chayote, radish, pepper and grains of rice. There are miniatures locally known as "ANOK", fruits, vegetables and longganisa. The handicraft manufacturer has his house decked with colorful buri/buntal hats, bags, placemats and others.

The most traditional and certainly the most attractive décor comes of course in the form of "KIPING" which are adorn and strung together to form all sorts of shapes, from chandelier called "ARANGYA" to huge flowers. Kiping is made from ground rice flour, shaped using "cabal" leaves or other leaf forms and colored in radiant red, fuschia, yellow, green and other bright shades. When kiping catches the light of the sun it turns into a veritable cascades of color.

The celebration is a form of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest and in honor of the patron saint of farmers, San Isidro de Labrador. A procession of the image of San Isidro is planned long before the festival and it is said that houses along the route of the procession passes will be especially favored and blessed in the coming year. It is from this belief that the lavish decoration of the home began. After all, one must welcome the saint's blessings with rapture and gratitude.

manila, queen of the pacific

Watch how Manila looked like before the devastation of world war II. see how beautiful Manila was, i wish we could restore Manila back to its former glory.

Manila, Queen of the Pacific 1938

war crimes in manila

watch the atrocities made by the japanese imperial army to our beloved philippines during the world war ii, manila ravaged to nothing...but it gets me thinking as well that manila wouldnt have suffered this fate has it not been blindly loyal to the united states of america...

war crimes in manila part 1


war crimes in manila part 2


war crimes in manila part 3


war crimes in manila part 4