#Philippine Festivals

[robpinzon]

Dinagyang Dances On: Back-to-Back Victory at Aliwan Fiesta 2024

I recently had the privilege of attending the vibrant Aliwan Fiesta 2024 hosted by the Manila Broadcasting Company. The atmosphere crackled with energy as diverse cultural groups from across the Philippines converged to showcase their heritage through dance, music, and stunning costumes. A Feast for the Senses Aliwan Fiesta 2024 The grand parade was a visual spectacle. Adorned in elaborate…

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[aswiya]

Backstage at the annual Sublian Festival in Batangas City, Philippines, female dancers in their costumes find a moment to sleep—and to escape the pressures of performance.

CHIARA NEGRELLO

[vindicated-truth]

The biggest takeaway of Green Bones is a reminder that good and evil is not—and will never be—binary.

Too often we think of people as either completely good or completely evil, failing to realize that as human beings, we are capable of both.

And oftentimes, we are both.

That there is always the nuance that goodness and evilness is not inherent in us, but is oftentimes forced from us because of the circumstances that are not in our control.

What is important is what is in our control: our choices. And what makes a person good or evil is how we own up to the consequences of these choices.

And most importantly, this nuance of good and evil not being binary extends not only to our choices, but also in the greater systems of society that we are all a part of.

Because oftentimes, we are caught in the binary notions of systemic injustice that we tend to unfairly generalize:

“Criminals did bad things, therefore all criminals are evil.”

“The police system is corrupt, therefore all of the police force are evil.”

What Green Bones reminds us more than anything is the reason why we must always, always fight against these systems of injustice is because there are good people in it.

On all sides.

And that the victims of these systems come from all sides of the system too. And they all deserve to be protected. To be fought for.

To live.

It’s a reminder to always remember that at the heart of it all is a human being struggling every day, battling every day, to make the right choice.

5/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[cr1zz0]

For those filipinos who's currently celebrating the Sinulog festival today...

PIT SENYOR!!

(also, hold your baby jesus very carefully or he will fall)

[ilaw-at-panitik]

Everything I got from this year's Philippine Book Festival.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Platoon (1986, Oliver Stone)

24/03/2024

Platoon is a 1986 film, written and directed by Oliver Stone, which deals with his time in Vietnam as a volunteer during the war and is inspired by the real experiences the director had between 1967 and 1971 during his military service.

The film won 4 Oscars out of 8 nominations and Oliver Stone was also awarded the Silver Bear in Berlin as best director. In 1998 the American Film Institute placed it in eighty-third place in the ranking of the one hundred best American films of all time, while ten years later, in the updated list, it dropped to eighty-sixth place. In 2019, it was chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.

The bloodiest episode, as in many other films dealing with the Vietnam War, is inspired by the most atrocious event of that conflict, known to history as the My Lai massacre, in which American soldiers committed atrocities including rape of very young girls, indiscriminate killings of innocent civilians, destruction of the homes and resources of the inhabitants, believed to be allies of the Viet Cong, despite there being no evidence. From this perspective, the figure of the platoon commander, Lieutenant Wolfe, both for his inability to control his men and for other characteristics, can be traced back to the main person responsible for My Lai, the then US Army Lieutenant William Calley, convicted to several years of military detention for that very affair.

Due to an error by Lieutenant Wolfe, who gives wrong coordinates via radio, the platoon is decimated by friendly artillery.

In the last war action of his volunteer service, Chris escapes a deadly ambush by the Viet Cong who almost completely annihilate the platoon and the subsequent American bombing with napalm.

Initially Hollywood snubs the script as many producers are of the opinion that what three is to say about the Vietnam War has already been reported in highly successful films such as Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter, however the strength of Stone's script still attracts some producers who see enormous potential in him. He was then assigned to write a screenplay for another film, Stone accepted and wrote Midnight Express in 1977, thanks to which he won the Oscar for best non-original screenplay (first statuette for Stone) a fact that made all of Hollywood understand the Stone's enormous potential; it was therefore not difficult for him to find the producer to begin work on Platoon.

The film was shot, following the great example of Apocalypse Now, director Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines, starting in February 1986. The film's production was almost canceled due to the political upheavals in country, due to Ferdinand Marcos, dictator of the country. Upon arrival in the Philippines, the cast members underwent a two-week course of intensive training by Dale Dye (former Marine captain during the Vietnam War and interpreter of Captain Harris), during which they had to dig trenches and suffer forced marches and night "ambushes".

[koof]

Filipino's during the first of September be like:

I'd explain but I like the idea of someone with no context seeing this and just being really confused lmao

[stylestream]

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu | Saint Laurent dress | Marrakech Film Festival | 2024

[thatboypeeju]

It's my first time attending the Philippine International Comics Festival, and I feel so lucky! This year marks the festival's return to an in-person format after four years of being held online.

I've always had a deep appreciation for visual art and animation, but much of the media I've consumed has been from other cultures. My book blog, Pinoy Page Turners, has provided a creative avenue to nurture my passion not only for literature in general but also to foster my love for local narratives and artworks.

The blog has become a driving force that inspires me to connect with local stories and the artists and publishers behind them. It has also led me to find kindred spirits in the form of book club mates. Together, we embark on activities that keep the child in me alive and introduce the people who matter to me to the things I love.

Thank you for supporting my blog and joining me on this journey! Here's to more bookish events and discoveries!

-PJ 🍊

[thespothacker]

Dinagyang Fever is on!

The Dinagyang Festival is a vibrant cultural and religious celebration held annually in Iloilo City, Philippines, on the fourth Sunday of January. It honors the Santo Niño (Child Jesus) and commemorates the arrival of Malay settlers and the barter of Panay. Known for its colorful costumes, energetic street dancing, and rhythmic drumbeats, Dinagyang showcases the rich heritage of Iloilo through its Ati-Atihan-style performances and parades. It is a major tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the world to experience the lively festivities and Ilonggo hospitality.

[robpinzon]

Kuraldal Festival 2023: A Celebration of Faith and Joy in Betis, Guagua, Pampanga

[jeffreybower]

Your Week in Books #19

The Philippine Book Festival, Jeremy Renner, James Baldwin, and OpenAI in this week’s edition Continue reading Your Week in Books #19

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November 10, 2023

[vindicated-truth]

I’ve just finished watching The Kingdom and I’m incredibly overwhelmed with emotion.

I did not expect to find myself fighting tears many times during the course of the movie because the story deeply, deeply resonates to me as a Filipino.

It makes me mourn the kind of country we could have been had we not been pillaged and ravaged by our colonizers, and it’s a glimpse of the kind of power—the kind of beauty and grandeur—we could have had as a country. It makes me mourn to see the potential of how we could have been.

At the same time, it also makes me wonder about the preexisting prejudices our society already had before we were even colonized, and having it all explored in such gruesome depth is also a sobering thought and reminder that even in pre-colonial times, we were not a perfect society, no matter how much we idealize it.

As much as the movie explored the what ifs of the grandeur our country would’ve had, it also explored the depths of savageness we were capable of had we not been able to overcome the precolonial prejudices of our ancestors.

Most of all, what strikes me the most is that despite all these what ifs and what could have beens—both the light and the dark of it, the goodness and the despair—at the core of it, everything remains the same.

What strikes me the most is that nothing has changed at its core: our values, our strengths and weaknesses as a people and as a country—it is all the same.

The story is deeply, deeply Filipino—down to the strength and weakness of the Filipino family.

It’s something that still sits on my heart so heavily, emotionally—that for better or for worse, regardless of what our country’s destiny would have been and could have been, none of it changes the fact that we are—that I am—Filipino.

That no alternate destiny can change the very core of what makes a Filipino, a Filipino.

5/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[maya-chirps]

maybe if christmas isn't shitty next year, i could make a post about filipino christmas songs i like because i know a lot of people are sick of english/american christmas songs and honestly it's pretty sad that even filipino shows and parties here only sing like three filipino christmas songs with the rest being jingle bell rock or santa claus is coming to town