pista na naman

five days to go and it's sto. nino fiesta na naman. a couple of festive activities happen on the feast day.

the main street is closed for the countless mosiko bands that pass by every 15 minutes. thousands of people from anywhere and everywhere walk along this main street to visit their friends' houses 'cause almost every home has handa to "feed" hehe the visitors.

there's also a banderitas contest where, obviously, the most colorful and original and tipid banderitas will bag the gold prize.

the procession in the late evening, where the people carry their nino statues and dance their hearts out. gives me goosebumps everytime i see this... like some divine force has taken over each participant when they dance.

when i was in grade 6, we had visitors during fiesta and my mom "forced" me hehe to play the piano for the visitors... duh! parang i'm a people person e no! parang i'm a performer! duh!

oh there's the perya along daangbukid.. kung saan may ferris wheel, roller coaster, merry-go-round (na most probably matetetano ka pag sumakay ka), at ang mga saklaan, bilihan ng poor colored sisiws, kwintas na may ilaw-ilaw at kung anu-ano pang mga bagay-bagay na mahirap maipaliwanag.

that was how it was through the years...

this year though, things are a bit different.. the streets aren't lined with colorful banderitas yet and it doesn't look like the people are excited for sunday. =( dahil ba walang pera ang mga tao? di bale na sigurong walang banderitas, walang handa, basta thank the little child and give him a little wink for giving us countless blessings through the years...