louraine's santacruzan gig

just last week, may 31 to be exact, my sister took part in the traditional santcruzan. she's played the part of santa maria (?). all the while, i thought i'm going to miss this important event because on that same day, i had to accompany my mother to her office for some importance matters. not to mention that i still need to come to work on the same night. fortunately, nanay and i were able to leave her office at 3pm.

we reached home at past 4pm already. grabbed something to eat, changed clothes and hurriedly went to church. we saw jaene and lola first and asked where louraine is. the participants/sagalas were already formed in a line. we searched for my sister, louraine amongst the crowd. whoa!!! my sister looked so dazzlingly gorgeous! louraine, ikaw ba yan???

the procession started at past 5 already. she held this anchor-like thingy which was adorned by flowers. we forgot to bring slippers for louraine, in case she gets tired wearing those high heeled sandals. all the sagalas are wearing white, but i've seen one wearing pink. my sister told me that they were informed to wear that color. the parade wasn't really that festive, or rather was disorganized. no music, no arches of flowers for the sagalas and their escorts, the image of mama mary had no lights. worst, the "hands" of mama mary fell off! i was not able to finish the whole walk since i need to come to work. i split up with them at 6:30.

all in all, my sister enjoyed every minute of it. i enjoyed the walk, too.

as for the pictures inserted here: 1)louraine posing with tatay inside our haus, 2)with lola inside churh, 3)assembly outside church and 4)with her cutest ate.