Fiesta Time!

Miss Iggy loves fiestas! In the Philippines, there's always a fiesta somewhere in the islands all year-round! This one was at Pilar, Capiz last May 28-30, 2010. It's called the "Tagbu-an" Festival which coincides with the Feast of the Holy Trinity, as it is the town's religious patron. Since it has no fixed date, the fiesta alternates between May or June depending on the religious event mentioned.



Here's Miss Iggy with the official map of the municipality of Pilar as displayed inside the town hall. The fiesta's name "Tagbu-an" comes from the local dialect's root word "Tagbo," meaning "to meet." Since fortuitous faery's hometown is by the sea, most people are fishermen. The act of welcoming back fishermen with their catch of the day is called "Tagbu-an." Of course, what are festivals without merrymaking noise from happy townsfolk, such as these charming little banduria-playing girls?

And there were beautiful dancers in vibrant costumes, too!

There was a street-dancing competition in which dancers from different "baranggays" or town boroughs interpreted the same folk song. They were judged according to costume, choreography, and overall presentation.

Here's a short clip of a group's dance interpretation:

Miss Iggy had so much fun!

Ahoj from Praha!

 Wandering Iggy thinks her NPA state is not that bad.

In fact, last Wednesday she took an overnight train to Prague, Czech Republic.

We managed to get a good deal on the sleeper train. We were lucky to get a direct booking. (cos we don't want to change trains in the middle of the night in Berlin or Copenhagen, where we are supposed to be sleeping soundly (reads: watching our heroes marathon).

MissIggy inside her sleeper train cabin.

Astronomical Clock. hmm. does it say time?

the trams were compact and groovy

Charles Bridge and the Charles Bridge Jazz band. :)

Befriending a Czech foot soldier. Clearly has no idea how to pose with dolls.

then..she meets Frank Gehry for the first time. (and she's meeting him again, soon!)

la la la

Vienna Vixen Iggy felt like singing when she saw this flowery G-Clef at the Burggarten in Vienna. What better place to sing and make music than in the center of classical music? 

PS: Miss Iggy's posed for this photo in March, when the flowers of the G-clef were still yellow. In May they were red. Now they're pink. Colorful!