Christmas is round the corner, in Gamu there seem to be one happening somewhere everyday, like our Singapore Chinggay festive car were dressed up during the parade, In Gamu, there also would dresses up their van,car,cow,horse,dog etc.Like any other town and village Gamu also celebrated its annual fiesta, ostensibly to celebrate such events as the 'birthday' of their holy saint, the annual harvest of the main local agricultural crop, some historical or mythological event or any of the above . What is certain is that they represent the annual excuse for local people to forget all their daily troubles and really have a good time. Processions, church services, competitions, dancing and drinking are all essential parts of every festival, carried out with maximum gusto: Fun loving Filipinos definitely know how to throw a good party.
Dec 5, 2009
More hype over Chingay
Performers dancing at the Chingay 2009 rehearsal. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
IT SHOULD be easier to get tickets to catch the Chingay Parade at a new bigger venue next year, but you need to be fast.
Some 36,000 tickets are available to access the 90 minutes of parade fun at the Pit Building, home of the Formula One night race, on Feb 19 and 20.
But 70 per cent of the tickets have already been sold.
This year's event in the City Hall area had only 16,600 tickets on tap over two nights.
The new location also allows more than 40,000 people to catch the parade for free, at one portion of the parade route.
There's also a lot more to gawk at, at the 38th edition of the Parade organised by the People's Association.
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