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Maguindanao town celebrates unity through dancing

Text by JAKE SORIANO; Photos by KAYE SORIANO UPI, Maguindanao—Drums beat loud and fast. A showcase of moves with the bilao and the indigenous basket biton for props, a splash of colors and folk rhythms thundering from the agong and the kulintang filled the streets of this town up in the mountains. Already on its 12th

Maguindanao town celebrates unity through dancing

Scenes from a Water Festival

By VERA Files It’s the feast of St John the Baptist, and in his honor, Filipinos brought out their water canons, guns and hoses. In Cavite City, they called it a water festival and christened it Regada.

Scenes from a Water Festival