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A Morning Stroll in Cebu City

February 7, 2014 – 3:58 pm
Selling Breakfast Snacks in Cebu City

It was pretty early in the morning in Cebu City when I took this picture – around 6:45 – and there weren’t many people on the streets yet. This man was selling some kind of breakfast snack. I didn’t get a chance to look inside the buckets, so I don’t know what it was. Just a couple of hours later, this sidewalk was crowded with …

Woman Selling Prayer Candles in Cebu City

February 7, 2014 – 1:52 pm
Woman Selling Prayer Candles

All the women selling prayer candles outside the Basilica del Santo Nino in Cebu City had pretty much the same selection of candles to choose from. I don’t know where they get them from, but I assumed that they came from the same place. I also don’t know if these women were working for someone else and had to share the proceeds or if they …

Selling Candles in Cebu City

February 7, 2014 – 12:56 pm
Selling Candles in Cebu City

This woman is one of many selling prayer candles on the street outside the Basilica del Santo Nino in Cebu City in the Philippines. Inside the basilica, it is possible to buy small red candles to light as you make your prayer. These women sell candles on the street to people who are passing by and don’t have the time to go inside the basilica. …