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PHOTO
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FLOWERS OVER FOOD
Schoolgirls dance their
way down Baguio City’s (246 kms north of Manila) Session Road as part of
the city’s yearly observance of the Panagbenga (Flower Harvest) Festival.
The flower festival is promoted by the government as a major tourist
attraction, amid the country’s increasingly alarming hunger statistics.
Aside from commercializing culture, the government’s aggressive promotion
of the festival is also essentially a promotion of the planting of flowers
instead of food crops.
Photo by Ace Alegre
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Bulatlat
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