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Sunday Specials: Independence Day “resurgence” with Miss Universe 

Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach wearing an Albert Andrada the Independence Day Ball of PIDCI in NYC (Photo credit: YetBo Loverita)

In these crisp high-resolution photos provided by NYC-based photographer YetBo Loverita during the Philippine Independence Day Ball organized by the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc. (PIDCI) of New York City at the Grand Ballroom of Marriot Teaneck, feast…

NYC Philippines Independence Day Parade 2015

It’s that time of year again where the Pilipinx community across NY, the East Coast, and even some groups elsewhere in the states, come together and celebrate the annual NYC Philippines Independence Day Parade along Madison Ave.

For once this is the first year where either I wasn’t walking in the parade or had to leave the parade early to go to the stage area and take photos of family and friends who were asked to perform. It’s the first year where I simply just watched, enjoyed, and took photo’s and videos of the full parade and managing to find and see some friends both old and new.

There were representations of many ethnic groups and organizations participating in the parade from the Ivatan, Kalinga, Ilokano, Cebuano, Apayao, Maranao, Maguindanao, and of dances groups, activist groups, cultural organizations, high school and college clubs, and more.

However I will stop right here as I am saving the rest of my coverage of the parade to be read in the first issue of Kapwa Magazine being released in July. So if you want to read more on the parade and see more pictures look out for my story on the NYC Philippines Independence Day Parade, the history of it, and why despite celebrating our independence day, we are still struggling for true freedom today.