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Posted on May 12, 2006

Time to play guessing game again…

News spread spread out across various tourism offices that several Philippine festivals will going to key USA cities to perform this June-September. As far as i know there are supposed to be four festivals travelling. Three from Visayas and one from Mindanao.

Festival number 1 in fact, did not join this year’s Aliwan Fiesta because they have already left for the US.

Festival #2 is scheduled to leave last week of June. They’re just finalizing their travel documents with the US Embassy.

Festival #3 will not be pushing through due to financial chanllenges.

The funny thing is this: the dancers of festival #4, a very well known festival, who has even won an international competition, is bragging in each and every Internet forums that they don’t need to join the Aliwan Fiesta because according to them, the event is just for unknown or low-key festivals.

Ahaha Big headed dancers.They are also bragging that they have weekly performances in various Philippine cities. They are also trumpetting that they, too, will also be performing in USA.

Poor big headed dancers. what they did not know is that their local tourism office has already declined their USA tour due to budget constraints.

Iba na ang kilala sa boung munda, lumalaki na ang ulo. I doubt if they will win in Aliwan if ever they will compete. Their routine is very simple compared to the routines done by the winning festivals.

Da who si festival#3 hulaan nyo na lang.

clue: Their was a float in Aliwan Fiesta 2006 which, i thought, belonged to them. Halos pareho kasi ang concept nila sa festival #3!


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4 Responses to ”Blind Item”

  1. Zaldy on May 16th, 2006 3:47 pm

    MASK… nyahahahahaha
    they hide their face… hide din sila sa aliwan kasi matatalo lang sila…

  2. rey on May 19th, 2006 5:29 am

    pwede more clues pa??

  3. feox06 on May 19th, 2006 12:07 pm

    all of this is nothing but a public entertainment………..pahuway kamo tanan……………. mga lagtok hahahahahaha,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  4. baticulon on February 27th, 2007 11:21 am

    to zaldy…

    no way ang massakra ng bacolod as the who sa blind item. the fact is never pa kaming nag yabang regarding with our achievements and hindi kami nang aaway. sa totoo lang natatalo din kami at tinatanggap namin yun. at ito ang itinuro samin ng choreographer namin dati nung kasama pa ako sa grupo “wag mo maliitin ang kalaban mo”. never din namin sinabi na hindi kami sasali ng aliwan kasi “low key” festival yon. the fact gusto talaga namin sumali sa aliwan pero walang assistance galing sa local government namin. all set and ready na sana ang boung grupo para sa aliwan 2006, kaso “oh promise me” ang government samin.
    siguro pwede pa ang blind item number two and three sa amin. kasi i read from a news na ang masskara pupunta ng california to perform pero hindi ako sure kung natuloy. at saka hindi natuloy dahil due to financila problem. pero i clear ko lang hindi naman kami yung nasa 4 at sinasabi mo na mask dahil nagtatago kami sa aliwan? bakit naman magtatago ang massakra sa aliwan? may ginawa bang kasalanan? takot matalo? dala na yun sa risk kung sasali ka sa competetion.
    wag mo naman sana maliitin kung wala kang idea sa masskara, dahil samin, pag maganda ang kalaban hinahangaan namin at pilapalakpakan.
    at pinag aaralan kung bakit kami natatalo, para mapabuti pa sa susunod.
    kung tutuusin hindi lang naman massakra ang nagkaroon ng chance para mag perform sa ibang bansa. meron din ibang festival na maganda dito sa pinas na ini invite para mag perform kasi alam namin hindi lang kami ang magaling.
    sasabihin ko, oo nanalo sa singapore at japan yun at saka kinilala rin sa china. pero hindi masskara ang pinaka magaling dito sa pinas. na experience ko yun nung nag wow philippines at namangha ako sa ibang entry.
    eto lang po, hindi kami o ako nagyayabang o naninira ng kapwa. at kung low key ang aliwan bat pa kami magka interes na sasali? para kaming walang isang salita kung ganyan din lang naman. mag hanap ka ng festival na walang kaaway, siguro isa na kami dun. kahit dinagyang at sinulog na katabing isla lang ng negros, hindi kami nagkokomento ng masama dahil iba ang concept ng festival nila at nirerespeto namin yun.
    salamat pow…

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