Philippines. 01st Jan, 2016. "Aguman Sandok Festival" or "Belles of Minalin" is the annual festival of Minalin, Pampanga where men cross-dress and they go dancing in the streets on New Year's Day to give laughter to towns-mates. The festival started in 1932 after the town had experienced extreme drought in 1931: to welcome 1932 with a big bang and to make the people smile after the calamity, a group of men started the new year of 1932 by wearing dress and it became a tradition every year for more than eight decades now. © Sherbien Dacalanio/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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