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The Ati-Atihan Festival, having become a hodge-podge of Catholic ritual, social activity, indigenous drama, and a tourist attraction, now stretches over several days. Days before the festival itself, the people attend novena masses for the Holy Child (Santo Niño) and benefit dances sponsored by civic organizations. The formal opening mass emphasizes the festival?s religious intent. The start of the revelry is signaled by rhythmic, insistent, intoxicating drumbeats, as the streets explode with the tumult of dancing people. The second day begins at dawn with a rosary procession, which ends with a community mass. The merrymaking is then resumed. The highlight of the festival occurs on the last day, when groups representing different tribes compete. Costumes, including the head-dress, are made of abaca fibers, shells, feathers, bamboo, plant leaves, cogon, and sugar cane flowers. The day ends with a procession of parishioners carrying bamboo torches and different images of the Santo Niño. The contest winners are announced at a masquerade ball that officially ends the festival.

Mardi Gras comes to the Philippines in spectacular style when the people of Kalibo take to the streets to dance through the night and parade their magnificent costumes. It’s as festive an event as New Orleans or Rio de Janeiro could offer, with the strange feature of everyone having painted black faces.

Today things have got a little more complicated and the sound of drums booms through the town in frenzied rhythms for the entire duration of the three day festival (well actually, it lasts two weeks but the most important part culminates in the last three days). Everyone in striking distance is commanded to dance - or at least shake a hip or two. Over the centuries, the Ati-atihan hasn’t escaped the influence of the Catholic church either, and this festival has grown to honor Santo Niño, the child Jesus too (Other cities in the Philippines have their own versions of this festival too).

Everything goes during the three days - and costumes take various ridiculous guises. Transvestites sport their favourite frocks, schoolgirls with coconut hats jump around with aborigines, national heroes, drag queens and spacemen. Some of the costumes are so big that they block the streets.

So, for those of you who wanted to witness the said festival better grab the chance now before its too late for you. This month is the Ati-Atihan Festival. Don’t miss the amazing festival ever!… Enjoy everyone!

The Sinulog Festival is one of the grandest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the holy child Jesus,the patron of the whole province of Cebu. The word “santo” means “holy” (in this case) and not “saint”. A similar example is Santo Rosario, meaning Holy Rosary and not Saint Rosary. It is essentially a dance ritual that remembers the Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.

The festival features some the country’s most colorful displays of pomp and pageantry: participants garbed in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native gongs. The streets are usually lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. Smaller versions of the festival are also held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade.

Recently, the cultural event has been commercialized as a tourist attraction and instead of traditional street-dancing from locals, Sinulog also came to mean a contest featuring contingents from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is traditionally held in the Cebu City Sports Complex, where most of Cebu’s major provincial events are held.

So, for those of you who wanted to witness the beautiful and exciting Sinulog Festival better arrive in Cebu before January 20, 2008 ’cause its the showdown day of all the participant who came from the different barangays of Cebu City and from the different City of the Philippines who came across to join the open Category of the said festival. In fact, Iligan City were I grew up is one of the depending contestants who will be competing again to win the crown.

Dodiongan Falls is a 20 metre (65 ft) high waterfall located in Barangay Bonbonon, 14.5 km away from Iligan City in Lanao del Norte province of the Philippines. The area is often touted as a tourist destination for nature lovers traveling in the Philippines, and at the bottom of the falls is a pool which is advertised as being ideal for swimming.

This was one of the most captivating falls that you can only found in Iligan City, Philippines. In fact, most of the foreigners who visited Iligan City, Philippines is trying there best to see and experience those beautiful scenic views of several falls that they can only find it in this place including this one. You can arrive to this place for only 1 to 2 hours away from the city but beware ’cause in this place you could not see any convenience store that you can buy something food to bring with you. So, I guess I highly suggest you to bring your foods with you before arriving to this place. Besides, its nice to stay in this place for a quite sometime of the day. So, for those of you who opted to visit this place soon fasten your seat belt and be ready to experience the ever amazing falls!…

Aside from this falls, you can also try to visit the known falls of Iligan City which is the Maria Christina Falls which is know to be great supplier of electricity for the whole mindanao and also the Tinago (Hidden) Falls which is located in between the province of Linamon, Lanao Del Norte and Iligan City, Philippines. Try place guys if you wish to see a fascinating and ever fantastic place!

There are lots of important things in every person. Things that somehow remind nor give and inspire them to continue to fight the battle of life. But Did you ever know that one of the most important things that we all need must take care of it? Well, its our MOTHER NATURE. If not because of her we are all nothing and nobody can survive. She gave us everything our foods, clothing and shelter. The 3 main basic needs we all need to survive in this life’s journey. Due to that, I therefore recommend to each and everyone of us to take care and be responsive to the call of nature. We won’t probably exist here if they were not here too. They are being created by HIM for us to enjoy life and explore the beauty HE offered us to see. Here are some nature place we took from the beautiful place of Davao City, Philippines…

If we all loss all of this we are all nothing… So, for those of you who do have a heart for the nature try and do your best to protect them from any harm. They are still like us a LIVING ORGANISM who continue to support us any types of harm and danger. Don’t wait that we’ll all gonna loss them. Start protecting them now!

Traveling is one of the most amazing thing I know! To be in other places experiencing there lifestyle, culture, practices, customs, and language is the best thing to happen in my journey. Once in my life I have given a chance to travel in the beautiful and amazing place of Japan. A 1st world country that never in my dreams I’ll gonna meet. To see those amazing scenic views and talk to those Japanese people who once became a colonizer of the Philippines way back many decades already had passed.

During the day I arrived in the said country I real feel nervous in the sense that How will I talk to them ’cause there are just few Japanese people who can able to talk and understand English language. And Besides it really takes time to study there language too and its not easy to pronounce there words. Despite the fact that I just talk to them by sign language I still feel luck ’cause they were able to understand it. lol… Really did have a good time staying at Tokyo, Japan.

On the other hand, I came across to the neighboring city of Tokyo which is the Yokohama, Japan. It takes us 45 minutes to 1 hour before we arrive to the said city by train. Its really great ’cause you’ll gonna see those amazing sceneries that you can only experience to see all of those by taking a train. When we arrive to Yokohama, Japan I was really amaze by the nature it self. Only that time I was able to experience the great sceneries that never in my dream will come true. Here are some of the pictures…

So, what can you say about the pictures? Well, let the photos speaks for them selves. Besides, they got a lot of words to tell… This place is simply amazing!… I swear!… Try to conquer it!… Have a great and safe travel everyone!…c”,)

Have you ever been to this place already? or You still plan to have a great time in this place? Oh! You might wondering in where and what particular place I’m talking about here. Well, Paradise Island is a beach resort here in Davao City, Philippines. Its one of the most popular beaches that you can find here Davao. Its a white sand, theres a great park were you can roam around. They also accept bookings from those people who wanted to stay in over the night specially those foreigners who just came over to experience the beauty of the place.Paradise Island is one of the most amazing beaches to have fun and enjoy together with your family, friends and loved ones. In fact, its the best place to hang-over during vacations or even ordinary days if you wanted to have a good time while having some great fun on a white beach. Aside from a captivating beach you can roam around while watching those animals they have in there park or even have a great sports on billiard, badminton, volleyball and also for those little children you bring over they can also play in a designated place for them were they can play all over.

This place is really one of the most amazing beach here in Davao City, Philippines. Aside from those beaches you’ll probably visit with Paradise Island is one of the most known beach that offers a great service for there room rentals and amenities such like Scuba Diving, Wake Boarding, Kayaking, Banana Boat Riding, Jet Skiing, and some other memorable adventures. So, for those of you who didn’t have a chance yet to visit this place better grab the chance now to have a great time in this fantastic beach. But if you don’t have a time yet don’t worry you can still visit this place depending on your vacant and available time just don’t dare to miss this place.

Wow!… This is really amazing! Have you guys been to this adventure already? Oh! You might thinking what I’m talking about? Well, have you ever had a great adventure on DIVING? or Do you ever experience to have a water adventure aside from diving such like Wake Boarding, Kayaking, Jet Skiing, Banana Boat Riding, or some other stuff like that? Well, if you haven’t had a chances like this better grab the chance now! Absolutely its fun! Great! and Amazing!… You could never ever experience like this things if you’ll just roaming around the city all your life!. You have to meet a new real adventure! Adventures that you could not ever dare to forget! I swear!… Been there and I’m one of them already for a couple of months!. As one of the contributor of this site, I dare you to have an ever fantastic adventure!… Here are some of the amazing pictures I’ve got during those times…

Oh! You might wondering why my photos like this? Well, a WET SUIT is a skinny thing right? So, I guess this photos is related to the theme this week but if not pardon me!… Anyway, hope you guys will gonna have some great fund and adventures like this!… Have a nice day!…c”,)

Oh!… Its been a quite long time since we participate this meme… Hope you guys will still welcome us here… Anyway, one of our administrator in this site has been to Tangub City for some great adventures and here is one of the picture he took…

Have you guys been to this place already? Well, if you haven’t been to this place yet bet grab the chance to visit this place soon. If not now maybe on December 2008 were you can also catch the Christmas Lights competition like this…

This place has everything to offer guy!. Its not just this Christmas lights but also some great scenic views that you can only found in this place. So, better grab the chance to visit this place soon….

Have a nice New Year everyone!…c”,)