page_title: 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony
section_title: The Energy of the People (Sigla)
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony / Proceedings / Main event / The Energy of the People (Sigla)
caption_attribution_description: English: A production number focused on the Bahay Kubo during the Opening Ceremony of the 30th South East Asian Games held at Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. (Mar Jay Delas Alas/PIA 3)
context_page_description: The opening ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games took place on the evening of Saturday November 30, 2019 at the Philippine Arena, in Bocaue, Bulacan. The event commenced at 19:00 PST and ended at 20:35 local time. Floy Quintos was the creative director of the ceremony. The ceremony featured LED strips and panels, which represent a bamboo forest, and was the first indoor opening ceremony of the Southeast Asian Games.
context_section_description: The third production suite called "The Energy of the People" (Sigla), featured Christian Bautista and Aicelle Santos singing a rendition of "Minamahal Kita", with a bahay kubo being carried into the middle, representing Bayanihan. The song rendition represents the courtship tradition of "Harana" (serenade). After which, hip-hop dancers explode from the bahay kubo, with Iñigo Pascual, Elmo Magalona, and KZ Tandingan  singing "Mga Kababayan", "Man From Manila", and "Tayo'y Mga Pinoy", as a tribute to the late Francis Magalona. Black Eyed Peas' apl.de.ap then performed the song Bebot. At this segment, the LED backdrop featured the indigenous Indic script Baybayin, street art which depicts street games played by Filipino children, the Pis Syabit textile of the Tausug people, and the modern tattoo patterns inspired by Kalinga Warrior Status.
caption: "The Energy of the People" featured the Bahay Kubo.
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