trick or treat, pinas style
this year’s was my first time to witness trick or treating here in pinas. in the laguna barrio where i grew up (yes, proudly promdi), this wasn’t practiced. at least not during my childhood years. i did hear of tales of pangangaluluwa from my parents, but we never participated in one. so i never liked this holiday in particular, as it never held any meaning for me. it was fun when we were in giessen, though, and were able to “gatecrash” (uy, we were invited naman) the halloween celebrations at the barracks, but the fun part in that was mainly being with friends and celebrating something with friends, rather than the holiday itself. labo ba?
anyways… it was raining here in manila last hallow’s eve. but because the houses are already festooned in ghoulish decos and kids already had their costumes on, halloween pushed through. an interesting version, though.
kids were ferried throughout the village by their parents. their cars would stop at houses that were giving out sweets, toys and mini-gift baskets. yaya goes out, parent rolls down the window so that the kid could be seen, yaya collects the treats while kid stays in the dry comfort of the car. and on to the next house.
wow. i have no idea how halloween is celebrated in the states when it rains, but i remember during our giessen halloweens, our kids, then 2-4 years old, walked. and they would have walked (with parents trailing them) even if it was cold, and there was snowfall. isn’t that part of the idea?
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