Bacolaodiat 2011: Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Happy year of the Rabbit!!! Kiong Hee Huat Tsai everyone!
Yesterday, Bacolod City celebrated Chinese New Year with a bang as it was the opening of the 6th Bacolaodiat Festival. And every year it gets more and more exciting as more activities are added to give more color to the festival.
Bacolaodiat was coined from the word Bacolod and Lao Diat which is a Fookien term for ‘Celebration’. Well, the Year of the Rabbit 2011 Bacolaodiat theme is “Hopping Towards Prosperity”.
The celebration started with a dragon and lion dance with lots and lost of firecrackers and a colorful grand parade with illuminated floats (giant Zodiac Animals), lanterns, participants from the lantern dance competition and various Tsinoy organizations.
The parade started at the Bacolod City Hall and ended at the provincial Lagoon where the giant Zodiac animals where placed at Lacson Street. Then a welcome speech was made and a cultural show which features Chinese songs and dances at the Chopsticks Alley. And at around 9:00PM there was a firework display called the Symphony of Lights & Sparks. And after, it was party, party, party till the wee hour of the morning. But happy to say I didn’t drink any beers 
Just had a coffee overload.
Xin Nien Kwai Le – la lang! Just want to greet everyone in Mandarin 
C’ya on Feb 5, 6PM for the lantern dance competition!
1eric
wrote on 7 February 2011 at 4:02
pa tag sang pics ko…..mahulam kuno si jams pics mo sa bacolaodiat
2AudreyRose
wrote on 7 February 2011 at 20:15
Ric, ok la pa ko kaupload photos e tag talang ka. sino si jams? hehehe…
3eric
wrote on 13 February 2011 at 16:57
si james toga ahahah sori na typo.. txt mo sya gamiton sa newspaper
4Mareeyah
wrote on 13 February 2011 at 18:23
The Zodiac animals look a lot better now! I remember having my photo taken with each of them some years ago, sa plaza…the ones back then didn’t look as good as the ones now, pero nalingaw man kami. heheheh
5David Algulin
wrote on 13 February 2011 at 21:47
I love your pictures!
6AudreyRose
wrote on 14 February 2011 at 0:53
Ric, ok text ko lang sya. nakaoff ang globe ko pirme eh.
Mareeyah, I think that was the 1st – 3rd Bacolaodiat Festival
sa plaza pa eh hehehe… now sa lagoon na sya
David thanks!