Jim Paredes, Kidlat Tahimik lead flash mobs for Leni in Baguio

Organized by theater and artist groups from Baguio City and Metro Manila, flash mobs led by National Artist Kidlat Tahimik surprised tourists in the summer capital on Thursday, May 2, to campaign for presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo. Image: Philippine Daily Inquirer/EV Espiritu

BAGUIO CITY — Burnham Park came alive on Thursday, May 5, when flash mobs performed at different parts of this famous tourist destination to campaign for presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo.

Park-goers were surprised when National Artist Kidlat Tahimik, Apo Hiking Society’s Jim Paredes and Manila-based artists participated in the dances that began at 8:30 a.m.

The flash mobs were organized by theater and artist groups from the city and Metro Manila,

Paredes’ group, which danced in the children’s bicycle lane, was briefly disrupted by two people who chastised them for blocking their way.

Tourists and promenading residents are treated to flash mobs led by Apo Hiking Society’s Jim Paredes and National Artist Kidlat Tahimik on Thursday, May 5, to campaign for presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo. Baguio teens and Manila theater actors joined the flash mobs. Image: Philippine Daily Inquirer/EV Espiritu

“I flew in from Sydney (Australia),” Paredes said, adding that he had been joining Robredo campaign sorties and flash mobs organized in other places like Manila. The singer said his fellow Apo members Bobby Garovillo and Danny Javier are supporting Robredo as well.

Kidlat said the outpouring of energy behind Robredo’s campaign echoes the power and emotions expressed in 1986, when Baguio staged its own people power movement at the Cathedral. INQ/JB

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