Zamboanga Pride Selfie
No, they are not going hardcore LGBTQ in Zamboanga!
After my 1993 and 199 visits to Zamboanga, I am finally able to up close to in-use Vinta outrigger boat, with the Sūlu Sea in the background, as I was ambling along the Senator Roseller Tarroza Lim (1915-1976) Boulevard between barangays of San José Cawa-Cawa and Santo Niño in Zamboanga City.
The outrigger lepa-lepa boat is more knows as the Vinta and it is easily identified by its multicolored striped sails. The Vista is used by the Sama-Badjao, Tausūg, and Yakan people along the Zamboanga peninsula, and they were once regularly used for fishing.
But with fishermen now preferring the use of the larger motorized outrigger boat, the Vinta is now used as a tourist attraction; especially in the regatta races during the October Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival dedicated to the city’s patron of Nuestra Señora Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza (Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa).
This picture was taken circa 2025, during my regular explorations to document local historical landmarks and artworks around the Philippines.
