Los Angeles City Hall Celebrate 117th Philippine Independence Day/Araw ng Kalayaan with Kapisanang Mandirigma/Mandirigma.org. June 12th, 2015. Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles City Hall to celebrated the 117th Philippine Independence Day or Araw ng Kalayaan. The event was organizes by the Los Angeles Association of City Employees. Kapisanang Mandirigma/Mandirigma.org demonstrated a sample of the Warrior Arts of the Philippines at the event. In particular the Arts of Lameco Eskrima and Kali Ilustrisimo. This is the second time Kapisanang Mandirigma has appeared at L.A. City Hall. The last time was for the official dedication of L.A. Historic Filipinotown in 2002. The first official Filipinotown in the country. Guro Bud Balani and Guro Dino Flores was assisted by Guro Johnathan Balani, Mark Ramos and Daniel Parker. Their performance was after the flag ceremony in the main building forecourt. The Flag c Ceremony consisted of Filipino-American law enforcement officers parading with various flags of the Philippine Revolution. Los Angeles has the largest population of Filipinos outside of the Philippines. Mabuhay Ang Pilipinas!
City of Los Angeles official dedication to the celebration.
The demo team with Master Joe Tan of Modified Tapados/Vinias Eskrima Systems.
Guro Bud Balani, Dr. A.S. Flores, Guro Dino Flores
Demo Team in action headed by Guro Johnathan Balani.
Event program.
Guro Dino and Guro Johnathan demonstrating single sword techniques as Guro Bud narrates.
Filipino-American Law Enforcement Officers parading various flags of the Philippine Revolution.
The Eskrima Demo team.
Guro Bud Balani and Guro Dino Flores.
Filipino-American Law Enforcement Officers parading various flags of the Philippine Revolution.
Los Angeles City Hall and L.A. Sister Cities.
Photos property of Mandirigma.org. Photographer Dr. A.S. Flores.
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