We used to have two festivals of good old street dancing, one was for Halaran, my City's own version of the Ati-atihan, and the other was the Sinadya for the town fiesta. As a kid, I remember watching a very long parade of denizens dressed in tribal and malay attire of our ancestors, doing intricate street dance moves while parading. Then they'd all troop to the beach and do the Halad (Offer) to the Sto. Nino by the beach recreating the time when the Bornean Datus arrived at the shores of Panay to start their settlements.
The authorities combined the two and now it's the Sinadya sa Halaran celebrated during the city fiesta.
I scored these pictures from the mycapiz.com website probably taken by my friend and multiply pal, great photographer himself, Hannibal Ong.
(photocredits: mycapiz.com/ Hannibal Ong?)
The authorities combined the two and now it's the Sinadya sa Halaran celebrated during the city fiesta.
I scored these pictures from the mycapiz.com website probably taken by my friend and multiply pal, great photographer himself, Hannibal Ong.
(photocredits: mycapiz.com/ Hannibal Ong?)
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