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Street Dance Parade

STREET DANCE, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc. They are often improvisational and social in nature encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and the other dancers. These dances generally evolve out of urban and suburban spaces in some form of underground culture/region; they are a part of the vernacular culture of that geographical area (as if they were folk dances; although since the advent of the internet, the dances seem to be shared amongst people with the same musical interest worldwide). Therefore, street dance refers to modern folk dance with the term 'street' being more accurate since much of the modern world is now urbanized. // Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia LANG-AY FESTIVAL in Bontoc, Mountain Province. ...

Dressing up a Santo Niño Figure in Gaddang Tribe Costume

 This image of the Santo Niño is being transformed into a work of art - a model of intricately beaded ceremonial garments. "The Santo Niño devotion is a famous spiritual heritage spread all throughout the Philippines and there are Filipinos who unquestionably attribute the miraculous powers of the infant Jesus, locally known as the Santo Niño even to the simplest of things."  The costume that is being fitted on the figure is the cultural pride of the Gaddang tribe of Paracelis, Mountain Province in the Northern Philippines.  "Exquisite beadwork are trademarks of the Gaddang textiles." It has a lavish embroidery in bright, fiery colors. It is carefully done on handwoven cloth. "Most ceremonial garments have beaded seams and the front flaps of male G-strings as well as male kerchiefs and shirts may display intricate beadwork." The cape which symbolizes the wings has feather-like desig...

Mysterious Faces of Mount Mong-o

 Viewed from a distance, there are strange human faces  carved naturally on this side of the mountain.  Old woman and a young man..  Once you see the images, you seem to be seeing more.. .. and they would appear different each time  There was a story of a woman who suffered so much pain. She ended her agony on this cliff. She slid down onto a crag, and her soul may now be in a deep painless oblivion. Then.. a man on a drunken stupor fell as he ran blindly in the dark, slipping on the carpet of pine needles, then down the cliff into nothingness.    The arch of pinetrees may had been a bait for confused souls. It has a magnet to the edge of nowhere. What mystery does Mount Mong-o hold?  Interesting. But the images may just be incidental structures formed in time by the forces of nature. Poignant images of a late afternoon as we eke out meanings for Mong-o.   Photo/info ...

Lotus Dreamscapes

Choosing Paths

Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable. Pythagoras   " Our purpose here is to become the best version of ourselves that we possibly can .." livinglifefully.com "I took the road less traveled by/and that has made all the difference..." Robert Frost   Photos taken at the Greenhouse, Brent School, Baguio City, August 2011. B y Lepan

Seeing the Beauty and Joy and Goodness of the World in Small Doses: Sagada Flowers in August

The beauty of the flowers peeked out from their shady corners. From a distance, they looked mundance. But the memory they provide is priceless. It is a constant reminder of the beauty of life and living.   Blessings we enjoy daily, and for most of them, because be so common, we forget to pay our praises. But let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him who still protects us, and gives us flowers and showers and contentment. Izaak Walton The simple things are the most consistent - they're the things that make us feel good over and over, that make us see the beauty and joy and goodness of the world in small  doses. ... Flower everyday is a constant reminder of the beauty of life and living. And if I feel an impluse in my heart to say "thank you" to the flower, it's all the better, for then my gratitude joins with the beauty and creates something even more.   livinglifefully.com/