2011 Earth Day Jam- SM Mall of Asia (MOA) - May 6

SM Mall of Asia (MOA) will conduct a music tribute in celebration of the worldwide Earth Day movement.On Friday night, May 6 along Seaside Boulevard in Pasay. MOA  will be filled temporarily by guitar-donning, drum-beating ambassadors for Mother Earth. It’s Earth Day Jam 2011,

The event will feature more than 20 musicians and artists, with genres as diverse as world music, alternative, rock, reggae and ethnic music. Major bands and artists include The Dawn, 6cyclemind, Bloomfields, Brigada, Franco, Imago, Nina, Rivermaya, Session Road, Sitti, Skabeche, Tanya Markova and bringing in along veteran artist-producer Lou Bonnevie

Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts starting May 1 to 8

VIGAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) — All is set for the celebration of the 2011 Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts in this world’s heritage city, which will start on May 1 and ends on May 8. Vigan City Mayor Eva Marie Singson – Medina told that thousands local and foreign tourists are again expected to come and watch the attractive presentations of the art’s festival. 

Highlighting the activities of the festival include the May 1 floral offering at Don Isabelo de los Reyes – the father of Labor Union, at its marker built infront of his former residence at the entrance of Mena Crisologo Street to coincide relation with the observance of Labor Day; the “Abel” house décor set–up; the formal opening program of the 2011 Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the arts; the opening of the exhibits, garden show, trade and food fair; Vigan antiques and furniture show; the Vigan lakbay barangay tourism fair; an exhibit by Angono artists association and University of Northern Philippines; photo exhibits by George Dawkins, DEKADA exhibit in celebration of the 10th Vigan Cityhood; Calesa Parade; contest and SMB disco sa Kalye.

May 2 – SK amazing heritage race, Choroeographic Festival featuring the output of Douglas Nierras Powerdance and the Angklong and Marimba Ensemble; May 3 – Holy Mass in honor of Apo Lakay and Santacruzan procession; May 4 – Bankathon and fishing competition; May 5 – Traditional games, Smart Games of DWRS and Gayem parade; May 6 – Carabao painting contest and parade, Boklan art contest, audition for Pilipinas Got Talent and Baba eng Digmaan; May 7 – Taray Salluad Tawid 2011: Fun Run for Heritage Conservation, Binatbatan street dancing contest and Binatbatan showdown; and May 8 – free dog anti-rabies vaccination, dog and handler got talent, abel – house décor judging and Vigan souvenir competition judging.

The Viva Vigan Festival of the arts was launched in 1993 and the “Binatbatan” street dancing, which showcased the traditional Ilocano way of beating the cotton pods with two bamboo sticks to separate the seeds from the fluff, the first process in making the “Iluko-Abel”, started in 2002. (ANL /FGL-PIA 1 Ilocos Sur)

Happy International Worker's Day

Happy International's Labour/Labor Day or most popularly known as Labor Day in Philippines. In Celebrattion of International Worker's Day, Google Doodle change their logo.

International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries.

International Workers' Day is the commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, when, after an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they dispersed a public meeting, Chicago police fired on workers during a general strike for the eight hour workday, killing several demonstrators and resulting in the deaths of several police officers, largely from friendly fire.In 1889, the first congress of the Second International, meeting in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution and the Exposition Universelle, following a proposal by Raymond Lavigne, called for international demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests.[citation needed] May Day was formally recognized as an annual event at the International's second congress in 1891.

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