Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Skywatch#43 Kadayawan Skies
Thankfully, the skies were clear during the Inda-Indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing in the Streets) event. Sweats are better than rain. For sure, the dancer-participants would look pitifully soggy if there was rain. Here are some of the photos I took..




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Monday, August 23, 2010
My World#83 Kadayawan 2010: Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan

This year is the 25th year celebration of my city's Kadayawan Festival. One of the most popular festival in the country, it is a well-anticipated and well-attended event. For a local like me, it is a source of pride and joy to see the heritage and culture of my city and its indigenous tribes.
Indak-indak sa Kadalanan (Dancing In the Streets) is one event of the Kadayawan that attracted thousands of onlookers (locals and foreigners) all through the years. In this event, students or groups of dancer-participants showcase the costumes, dances, legends and myths of the indigenous tribes of Davao. The competition is quite stiff and big prizes are always at stake.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
My World#82

Nowadays, I spent my days mostly at the funeral home to attend to the wake of my father. Lack of sleep and loneliness are my constant companions. I am really grateful for the people who came and went to visit us. Their presence somehow filled in the gap that we are experiencing in our lives right now.

Furry friends are more than welcome too..

My mother wanted the traditional nine day wake but I wanted it shorter considering that the longer wake would entail more sleeplessness nights and more stress for us. We haven't recovered yet from the several nights of lack of sleep when my father was hospitalized prior to his death. In the end, we agreed to cut the traditional nine-day wake to eight days.

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Monday, August 9, 2010
My World#81 Indigenous Houses of Mindanao
Tribung K'Mindanawan is a place where you can see replicas of houses of the indigenous tribe of Mindanao. This is also a place where you can watch cultural dances, exhibits and shows meant to showcase the culture and heritage of the people of Mindanao.



It is located just inside the Davao Waterfront Corporate City complex along Maa Diversion Road, Davao City.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Skywatch#41 Learning To Make It Blue
Thanks to the workshop I attended this past weekend, I've learned some features of my Canon G10 camera that I initially thought never existed. Blame it on my lazy mentality each time I have to read its manual, I only knew a few things about my camera prior to the workshop.
Anyway, as the photography workshop's activities were mostly done outdoors, I had a lot of opportunities to practise making the colors more vibrant.
I have always thought that Canon cameras have lighter color palette than Sony cameras as based on past experience. But with the lessons I've learned from the workshop, I can now manipulate the colors to my liking.
This photographer-participant became an instant model when we had one of our activities in Loleng's Mountain Resort. While others were busy gunning their cameras on the instant model, I was busy shooting the skies and manipulating their colors.
One more sky shot...

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