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PASINAYA!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
This weekend was really all about enriching myself with the arts!  After our super successful ACCP Art Auction, I  went to see and experience the PASINAYA!
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The PASINAYA is the open house festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).  It is a one day full affair that celebrates and opens the cultural calendar for the year.  It is open to the public and you can make a donation to the CCP.
The weather that day was wonderful! The sun was out and the breeze was strong; a really excellent way to spend a Sunday!

The weather that day was wonderful! The sun was out and the breeze was strong; a really excellent way to spend a Sunday!

Bright colorful ribbons decorated the entrance of the CCP, it lent itself to a fiesta feel to the event.

Bright colorful ribbons decorated the entrance of the CCP; it lent a fiesta feel to the event.

I loved their slogan that day.  ”SEE ALL YOU CAN PAY WHAT YOU CAN!
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Loving this slogan! I wish the CCP could have the PASINAYA twice a year!

Loving this slogan! I wish the CCP could have the PASINAYA twice a year!

Leica came with me and I had to make her pose with the streamers! She is such an AMAZON I tell you as earlier that day she ran a 42K marathon! Jeesh! I was like you can still come out after that? I would have DIED!

Leica came with me and I had to make her pose with the streamers! She is such an AMAZON I tell you as earlier that day she ran a 42K marathon! Jeesh! I was like you can still come out after that? I would have DIED!

It was a really special experience.  I tried to see as much as I can but I highlighted what I wanted to see. Like the Madrigal singers,  the BAKAS exhibit, and the Virgin Labfest excerpt from Ang huling lektyur ni Misis Reyes.
Outside the Nicanor Abelardo lobby you could watch several dance troupes perform. I believe this one was the Lahing Kayumanggi Laguna dance troupe.

Outside the Nicanor Abelardo lobby you could watch several dance troupes perform. I believe this one was the Lahing Kayumanggi Laguna dance troupe.

I could not dare miss the Madrigal Singers perform that day.  They performed numbers requested on their website. It was RIOT I tell you! I could not imagine how they could sing Noboby-Nobody But You with such elan and elegance! I detest that song but the Madz made it passable! LOL! They are the best chamber singers we have in the land!

I could not dare miss the Madrigal Singers perform that day. They performed song numbers requested on their website. It was RIOT, I tell you! I could not imagine how they could sing "Noboby-Nobody But You" with such elan and elegance! I detest that song but the Madz made it passable! LOL! They are the best chamber singers we have in the land!

The main lobby also had dancers performing the whole day from 8am to closing time! The whole CCP was alive that day and it felt so wonderful just being there.

The main lobby also had dancers performing the whole day from 8am to closing time! The whole CCP was alive that day and it felt so wonderful just being there.

The PASINAYA is on its 10th year and I try not to miss it each year,  as the energy you experience is really invigorating!   I love the fact that there were so many young people present making me feel that the arts is really appreciated by the youth!
A full house indeed!

A full house indeed!

Costumes were in full display. This one I believe is from the Ramon Obusan collection.

Costumes were on display. This one I believe is from the Ramon Obusan collection.

We then proceeded to the Bulwagang Juan Luna where they had the BAKAS exhibit. An exhibition showing 40 years of work by the Print-makers Association of the Philippines!

We then proceeded to the Bulwagang Juan Luna where they had the BAKAS exhibit. An exhibition showing 40 years of work by the Print-makers Association of the Philippines!

I loved this! Mona Lisa with the Panuelo and Kamisa!

I loved this! Mona Lisa with the Panuelo and Kamisa!

This one really moved me! I want to make this into a print for my clothes.

This one really moved me! I want to make this into a print for my clothes.

A close up of an Olazo print that moved me.

A close up of an Olazo print that moved me.

The BAKAS exhibit is still ongoing till a few more days so please come and catch it.

The BAKAS exhibit is still ongoing till a few more days so please come and catch it.

An early print by JOYA. The date says 1958, which was the year he was a grantee of the ACCP! He was  one of the first grantees from the Philippines!

An early print by JOYA. The date says 1958, which was the year he was a grantee of the ACCP! He was one of the first grantees from the Philippines!

Then we went to see some student art projects from the 2009 PAEA children's exhibit.

Then we went to see some student art projects from the 2009 PAEA children's exhibit.

I want this one really bad! I am reserving this na! It is made by the students of Xavier. They were all done by 8-year olds!

I want this one really bad! I am reserving this na! It is made by the students of Xavier. They were all done by 8-year olds!

Close up shots! It is so inspiring!

Close up shots! It is so inspiring!

I took a person beside it for scale!

I took a person beside it for scale!

I really really really really really want this one!

I really really really really really want this one!

More student art work! Impressive, no?

More student art work! Impressive, no?

More work from the students! This is so cool!

More work from the students! This is so cool!

Then we went to see the Labfest excerpt at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute. An excerpt from the play "Ang Huling Lektyur ni Misis Reyes."

Then we went to see the Labfest excerpt at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute. An excerpt from the play "Ang Huling Lektyur ni Misis Reyes."

The character Misis Reyes was so good, I had a teacher like her in High School! I  mean she got it down 100% from the hair-do all the way to the pant suit! The excerpt was really amusing!

The character Misis Reyes was so good. I had a teacher like her in High School! I mean she got it down 100%, from the hair-do all the way to the pant suit! The excerpt was really amusing!

Do come and visit the CCP when you have the chance.  It will not only open your mind but your heart and sould as well!
HUGS!
RAJO!