I went to the Philippine’s Grandest Fiesta earlier called the Aliwan Festival in its 7th year. It is held yearly in the CCP Complex vicinity in Pasay city.

It was a wonderful experience seeing contingents from different places around the Philippines joining the streetdance competition and the Grand Parade. Some of the popular ones are the Dinagyang festival dancers from Iloilo, Kadayawan of Davao, Sinulog of Cebu city, Panagbenga Festival of Baguio city and a lot more.

There’s also a Bazaar for the shopaholics, wherein native products from many places are for sale, starting from food, furnitures, accessories, etc..

Hundreds of Sto. Niño made a parade from Buendia cor. Roxas Boulevard to the CCP grounds yesterday. Sto. Niño is a Catholic depiction of the child Jesus. People from different places gathered and brought their own statues of Sto. Niño. There are Sto. Niño dressed as knights, riding in jeepney, dressed as a navy and a lot more.  It was like a street party as people danced their way during the parade while holding their Sto. Niños. I was lucky that my house is just along the area so I went out together with my little kid and my wife to watch it. I took my camera and went for some picture taking.

If you’ll be visiting the Philippines during this month, you’ll probably ending up wet as it is the rainy season. Some good things to do at this moment is to visit Negros Orriental, Albay and Bulacan with their festivals.

At Tanjay, Negros Orriental, they have a twice a year event called “Paaway Sa Kabayo” or horsefight in english. During this event, they held fights among studs to battle supremacy for a lady horse. Around 100 or more horses are being trained the whole year for this exciting event. This is held every July 25th and December 25th of every year.