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The Grand Towers Manila

The Grand Towers was borne out of the vision to create a condominium project that exudes excellence, incomparable elegance and style.

Its developer aimed to come up with a product that will meet the needs and demands of the sophisticated living and discriminating taste of the upper class. With the project's scheduled turn-over on 2010, the dream of sharing this product of excellence will soon be fulfilled. 

Convenient Location

A modern enclave which keeps you close to your daily destinations. Near the business districts of Makati and Ortigay, top schools like De La Salle University, Collage of St. Bennilde and St. Scholastica's Collage, shopping centers, and major airports in Roxas Boulevard.

First-rate Amenities

A home of incomparable luxury with its 3,000 sqm dedicated to recreation and relaxation facilities and one level of commercial spaces.

Flexible Comfort

A place where you can find your own space in the city with studio, one-bedroom and two bedroom units to cater to your desired comfort and lifestyle.

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About Philippines

Discover a retirement paradise…Live in the PHILIPPINES!

With 7,107 islands experience the unique charm of our historic land….the warmth and friendliness of the people…

– its natural landscapes, beautiful beaches, mountains, incredible rice terraces, skin diving, surfing, five star hotels, great food, fruits and vegetables, tropical animals, and other places … will show you what this beautiful tropical country has to offer.

Manila, a lively metropolis with magnificent view of the golden sunset you would not want to miss.

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Tultugan Festival

Tultugan is an indigenous Ilonggo bamboo drum used centuries ago by the natives of Panay to communicate with each other. The drum was used by the natives to send messages of distress to the community by making fast beats. Upon hearing, the beats neighbors will then follow the pattern. The transference of beats is crucial to the evoking the immediate action of everyone in the community.

Tultugan Festival is the main tourist attraction of the municipality. It gives tribute to Panay's rich culture.

The festival features a competition between tribes wearing costumes with bamboo as dominant material and dancing to the beat of bamboo musical instruments.

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Pintaflores Festival

Pintaflores is coined from the words Pintados, the concept behind the Nabingkalan Tattoo Festival, and the "flores", the Spanish word for flowers that dominated the theme of the Dances of Flowers. The Pintaflores street dancing and ritual competition highlights the annual Pintaflores festival every November 3-5.

It features rhythmic dances and dance dramas of life and death and the triumph of good against evil that depict the people's thanksgiving of merriment, abundant blessings and success. As part of the Pintados Tradition, the faces, arms, bodies and legs of the dancers are painted with flowers to express gratitude to man and his environment.
The street dancing is culminated by a dance ritual performed at the City Auditorium. Different dance steps and musical accompaniment add to the thrill of the competition. The Human flower formation is another impressive part of the dance ritual that products the ingenuity and skills of the choreographers and dancers.

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Lubi-lubi Festival

Lubi-Lubi sa Glan Festival is a dance festival held every 25th of November, extolling the many uses of the coconut in homage to Sta. Catalina de Alexandria. Glan is one of seven towns of Sarangani which is located on the southern tip of the island of Mindanao. The town is touted as the tourism capital of the province. The Lubi-Lubi sa Glan Festival shows that there is more to the coconut than just copra.

The Lubi-Lubi Festival showcases the various uses of the coconut tree through street dances and other celebrations.

The residents of the peaceful town of Glan's version of the mardi gras or lubi-lubi serves as the highlight of the festivities in honor of the Sta. Catalina de Alexandria.

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Ibalong Festival

Relive the epic story of the ancient heroes is the theme of the Ibalong Festival, a feast that is celebrated every second week of October, and last for days, in Legaspi, Albay. People involved in this clamorous merriment parade in the streets wearing masks and costumes to immitate the appearances of the heores and the villains, portraying the classic battle that made its way to the history of Bicol.

In this event, the spectators also play a good part of the celebration. People who dress in outstanding costumes win prizes, while everyone else is invited to dance behind the floats in the bandís music. Not only costumes of the famous heroes are seen. Some are costumed depending on the chosen theme of the year for each tribe or group, like wearing costumes of ancient warriors complete with weapons such as spearheads, while other wear large body costumes of paper mache.

In this 3-kilometer parade from Legaspi, stalls populate the entire route selling almost everything under the sun. Acitivities such as trade fairs, art exhibits, tours, and beauty pageants, and sports competitions are also held.

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