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Caracol Festival 2012 (What You’ve Missed in Caracol)
Colorful and scary face paints, out-of-this world head wears, loud drums and a good mix of young and old parade members and dancers are what made Caracol 2012 a fun festival experience.
The assembly area for this year is the strip of Paseo de Roxas Avenue between Ayala and Makati Ave which was a strategic location in showcasing to visitors and festival goers the Ayala Triangle Garden. I like the new route of the parade going to the stage – Paseo de Roxas taking a right to Makati Ave and ending at the Ayala intersection. This gives people a good and long view of the parade. The stage location was also updated. It used to be at the intersection of Paseo de Roxas and Ayala Ave. This year, it only occupied half of the intersection along Makati Ave and Ayala. This new modification on the stage location was able to make Ayala still accessible to traffic. However, this is much bigger than traffic re-routing.
Okay, so here’s what you missed.
Pride in schools and Barangays and a Unique Devotion
Caracol festival is one of the major events that the people of Makati are proud of. For a relatively young festival, which was first celebrated in 1989, people from Makati are making a strong statement that unlike other Philippine festivals that celebrate devotions to patron saints and religious events, Caracol is more universal as it goes beyond religious beliefs – an advocacy to remind everyone to preserve and respect Mother Earth.
The Face Paints, the Costumes and the Pageantry
From butterflies, lions to gothic tattoos, face paints this year have reached a creative high attracting photographers with their vivid colors that somehow come alive in photographs. I particularly like the lion face paints which gave me a really hard time identifying if the subject that I’m photographing is male or female. It doesn’t matter though. Hats off to whoever conceptualized the idea. They also reminded me of the musical “Cats” and roughly a live action version of “Lion King”.
Everyone paraded their festival garbs to the cheering street crowd.The gimmicks range from the subtle parasol twirling and wearing of fancy hats to cat walking ladies and cross-dressers in revealing outfits.
From butterflies, lions to gothic tattoos, face paints this year have reached a creative high attracting photographers with their vivid colors that somehow come alive in photographs. I particularly like the lion face paints which gave me a really hard time identifying if the subject that I’m photographing is male or female. It doesn’t matter though. Hats off to whoever conceptualized the idea. They also reminded me of the musical “Cats” and roughly a live action version of “Lion King”.
Everyone paraded their festival garbs to the cheering street crowd.The gimmicks range from the subtle parasol twirling and wearing of fancy hats to cat walking ladies and cross-dressers in revealing outfits.
Some went for the lavish and loud. Either way, everyone had their own great idea on how to celebrate the event. As if hell froze over, one group of students was effective in making their faces look creepy with black face tattoos and matching contact lenses.
Moving to another side of the street, I was amazed to see a “human garden” with a group of younger kids dressed as flowers with a butterfly painted on their faces. In other parts of the street some groups went minimalist with just printed shirts and minor peripherals.
Moving to another side of the street, I was amazed to see a “human garden” with a group of younger kids dressed as flowers with a butterfly painted on their faces. In other parts of the street some groups went minimalist with just printed shirts and minor peripherals.
The Mardi Gras (Street Dancing)
The main event. Representing barangays and schools gave visitors, festival goers and photographers a good reason to always come back and witness Caracol in Makati. Dancing to old and the latest tunes, participating groups entertained us with their creative moves, loud chants and outlandish costumes. Local TV stations were there to cover the Makati event.
A Festival with a Big Future
Overall, Caracol 2012 has made another huge impact to the hearts and minds of Filipinos that the environment is worth every effort to be preserved for future generations.
Kudos to the City of Makati for giving birth to Caracol!
See you all in 2013!
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