On a recent afternoon in the busy commercial district of Metro Manila, a parade of 50 jeepneys debuted their new skins.
Portraying vivid scenes and pictures in brightly painted, audacious hues, they were a stark contrast to what’s been seen on the streets of late -- bare metal carriages, a symptom of budget constraints and economic hardships that, out of necessity, slowly came to replace the old, colorfully decorated jeepneys famed around the world.
The parade was the culminating event of Manila's first Jeepney Arts Festival.
For three days, some 150 artists gathered under tents outside the Manila Mall of Asia to work on the parked jeepneys, bare and bland, relinquished by their owners and drivers.
The organizer, business woman Clang Garcia, called them in for a mission: to bring the cultural icon back to its former glory, complete with its notoriety of colors, mismatched images, and anything-goes artistic editorials.
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