In Pampanga town, cross-dressers are New Year stars.
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| Reyna Sanduk 2012 Barangay Sta. Rita |
MINALIN, Pampanga - While almost everyone is resting after the New Year revelry, men in this poultry capital of Central Luzon welcome 2012 by parading around town dressed like women, complete with makeup and jewelry.
Their mothers, wives, sisters or daughters accompany them for the three-hour parade, enjoying the once-a-year cross dressing event.
Called Aguman Sanduk (Fellowship of the Ladle), the tradition is now on its 80th year, said Joseph Dado, a local historian.
Found to be waning because younger men had stopped appreciating the humor behind the activity, the tradition had managed to persist on the support of the local government, said town administrator Romulo Mandap.
