Hundreds of men in Minalin, Pampanga poked fun at their manhood on New Year’s Day, by wearing dresses, makeup and jewelry of the women in their families to greet the first day of 2023 with joy in an almost century-old revelry. READ:
“I’m happy the tradition is back. We are happy being together like this. We need to stay positive,” Maniego said before posing for photographs with his friends.ONE-OF-A-KIND PARADE After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, menfolk in Minalin, Pampanga, resume an almost century-old festival that welcomes the New Year with joy and humor. —TONETTE T. OREJAS
For the festival’s comeback, all 15 barangays joined, fielding their own floats, street performances and muses along the theme of rising from the pandemic. They sort of upstaged the real beauty queen from the town, Leeana Laughlin, the first runner-up in Mutya ning Kapampangan. The local government subsidized the festival to “develop and strengthen cooperation among the citizens while rebuilding from the pandemic,” Mayor Philip Naguit remarked during the program.“I hope the happiness the Aguman Sanduk stirred in us will inspire us to keep on realizing our aspirations in life,” Naguit said in Kapampangan.
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