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Kids dress up for costume dance-off in Manila
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-18 22:00

School children perform before the start of "Caracol 2009", a local version of Mardi Gras, along Makati, the financial district of Manila January 18, 2009. The word "Caracol" was derived from Spanish word "snail, shell" and school children dress up in costumes and compete in a dance-off with choreography loosely based upon ethnic rituals and local folklore. [Agencies]