I never really cared about Chinese New Year, I just love that it's a holiday and that means no class for the day. But this year, I had to care! Pft. I woke up extra early than I usually do on a Friday to commute all the way to Binondo a.k.a Manila Chinatown. Why? Coz my professor in Cross Cultural Communication said so and we should make a documentary out of it. Bummer. But anyhoo, it was kinda fun. It's my first time to actually celebrate Chinese New Year. Though I have Chinese blood running through my veins, I never really felt it. Haha! My grandpa's grandpa was Chinese soooo that makes me... uh, tinsy bit of chinchunsuuu. Anyway, I met up with my friends and tried to take footage of Chinese New Year in Binondo.
There were a lot of dragon thingy, fire dance, drum beaters, fake and real lucky charms, prosperity cake, tikoy and a lot of people who are not Chinese na nagpapaka-feeling Chinese wearing their red Chinese getup. I got to pray to the Chinese gods (if that's what you call them) with matching incense. It was pretty coool. I didn't do much in taking videos, more like I was telling my groupmate na tama na yan. Haha when katamaran strikes. We were supposed to film during the parade that noon, but since the camera battery died, we just shrugged and "Oh well, pwede na yan."
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| Photos credit to this purrdy gerl |
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