Monday, December 7, 2009

Daily Report: Fiesta Starts, Parade And Dancing

Epril enjoying the parade...
The majorettes smile for the camera...

Sister Crystal is dressed up as a fish for part of the Katuligan dancing team that her neighborhood put together. All the neighborhoods of Jasaan put together a team to compete.


Some last minute preparations and adjustments to the fish head.


Dimple and the other younger girls have fish butts.


I've got video of the dance performance, but have had a nightmare uploading the 250 MB file (no fault of YouTube's... first my father in law closed the laptop, shutting off the internet at the 85% mark, and then a power outage in the middle of the night at the 72% mark).

OK. Got it now. Here you go:



(You know, it's really kind of a testamant to the community spirit that The Philippines has. As you watch this video, realize that this is comprised of nothing but a group of people from a nieghborhood the size of a few football fields, none of whom have much money, and yet who managed to create, outfit, and choreograph this entire thing on their own.)

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