Saad Dance Parade 2014

This year the annual Saad Festival of Leganes in Iloilo in the Philippines is held in the month of January instead of the usual April. The reason for this is that April 23 is the birthday of the town's saint, St. Vincent Ferrer.

The festival is divided into two Saad Dance Parade which was scheduled on 2:00 pm of January 22 and the Saad Hubon Competition which is scheduled on 5:30 pm of January 23.

Here are some of the pictures from the Saad Dance Parade which was held this afternoon.

The sound of the bird locally known as Togtog

I was trying to get a shot of this bird, but it was hiding under the rice. I suspect it is either a ruddy-breasted crake or a female watercock, since its color is reddish brown. It is as big as a chicken.

Butterfly

This beautiful butterfly is always at this flower in front of our house