{"id":141873,"date":"2017-12-25T08:51:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T13:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=141873"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:22:22","slug":"makatis-festival-of-lights-dances-on-til-jan-7-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/25\/makatis-festival-of-lights-dances-on-til-jan-7-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Makati’s Festival of Lights dances on ’til Jan. 7, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— One of the most popular Christmas attractions in Metro Manila is the annual Festival of Lights Show at the Ayala Triangle Gardens in Makati City.<\/p>\n

The event has become a Christmas tradition for Makati residents, visitors, shoppers, and employees of the financial district. The sight of colorful lights dancing to the beat of blaring but pleasing music proves to be a joyful\u00a0Yuletide experience to spectators, young and old alike.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s Festival of Lights features around 1.6 million LED lights in colors of red, green, blue, silver, and gold moving to three musical medleys\u00a0of different beats: \u201cPinoy Fiesta\u201d by Roy del Valle, \u201cTraditional Christmas\u201d by Von de Guzman, and \u201cTechno\u201d by Tris Sunguitan.\u00a0The lights and sounds shows were choreographed by award-winning director Voltaire de Jesus and Luther Gumia.<\/p>\n
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For this year, the Ayala Festival of Lights features around 1.6 million LED lights in colors of red, green, blue, silver, and gold moving to three musical medleys of different beats: \u201cPinoy Fiesta\u201d by Roy del Valle, \u201cTraditional Christmas\u201d by Von de Guzman, and \u201cTechno\u201d by Tris Sunguitan.<\/p>\n

The shows for the lights and sounds have been choreographed by award-winning director Voltaire de Jesus and Luther Gumia.<\/p>\n

Kats Nasayao, who works for a travel management firm in the Makati Central Business District, makes it a point to watch the lights and sound show every year with her officemates to get a feel of the spirit of Christmas as well as to relieve stress from her daily work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ayala Triangle lights show is always enchanting,” she said. “The theme is always new every year that you always look forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jade Miguel, a media relations officer in the Senate, said: \u201cFamilies, especially kids, would really enjoy watching the spectacle because of the colors and music. Walang entrance fee, so free lang siya for all (There\u2019s no entrance fee, so everyone can watch it for free).\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Ayala Festival of Lights has become a Christmas tradition for Makati residents, visitors, shoppers, and employees of the financial district.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even Filipinos who are living abroad and are spending Christmas in the Philippines to watch the Festival as a way to bond with their families and friends.<\/p>\n

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Graciela Bertuben, a balikbayan from Los Angeles in California, said her family watched the show because of favorable feedback from friends and relatives here in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really impressed with the Christmas lights show, as this gives us a feeling of what Pinoy Christmas is. Nothing beats the Christmas celebration in the Philippines in terms of being festive and enjoyable,\u201d she said.The Festival of Lights has been cited as one of Conde Nast Traveller\u2019s Seven Most Spectacular Lights in the World together with Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, Champ-Elysees in Paris, and Japan\u2019s Kobe Luminarie.<\/p>\n

The attraction extends to Makati\u2019s major streets, particularly, Ayala Avenue, Paseo de Roxas, and Makati Avenue, where over a million Christmas lights showcase patterns of native wooden fabrics, such as the\u00a0inabel<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0burdado<\/em>\u00a0of Luzon;\u00a0banig tikog<\/em>\u00a0of Visayas; and\u00a0T\u2019boli, ukil,<\/em>\u00a0and Yakan of Mindanao.<\/p>\n

The festival, which runs every 30 minutes from 6 to 10 p.m. goes on from November 9 this year to January 7, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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