Pasko party

The annual Filipino festival opens the holiday season

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Socelyn Ramos and other Ati-Atihan festival dancers in traditional Visayan dress took part in the annual Filipino Christmas celebration Pasko yesterday at the McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Beach Park. Families spent the day enjoying Filipino food, arts, crafts, music, song and dance.

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Characteristic at Pasko is the sale of handcrafted paper lanterns called parol to decorate the home, like the one shown above, by Binky Camara, made by Hana Trinidad.

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Cris Ponce and other Silangan Singers performed Christmas carols and traditional Filipino songs.

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Wes Brown and other members of Bandalan Doce Pares gave a demonstration of the Filipino martial art escrima.