Chairs and Faith

A few weeks ago, I attended the Inter-faith rally held at Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila. This was the first time I had attended or photographed a rally, since the martial law anniversary rally held at the corner of Paseo de Roxas, a couple of years ago.

But this was my first time to set foot again in Liwasang Bonifacio, probably since the mid-80s, at the height of the "yellow revolution" against President Marcos.

I arrived early at Liwasang Bonifacio, coming from my Friday class in UST.

And snapped these pictures of empty chairs.


One of Manila's famous landmark, the Central Post Office, is seen at the background. Gosh, I haven't entered that building in years. I remember I used to come to the Central Post Office a lot during the 70s, when I was in high school to pick up mails from my penpals.


The Philippine flag flies proudly as a network camera tries to find the best angle to cover the rally. Still the empty chairs await the rallyists! It was already around 2:30pm.


A religious statue stands in the middle of the row of chairs. Am sure many will be inspired to pursue the quest for truth. But how long will it take?


A few minutes after Mayor Alfredo Lim arrived, the rallyists started to arrive too! But they wouldn't sit on the empty chairs.