(24 Jun 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of street zoom in to residents throwing water on passing car
2. Welcome to San Juan sign above road, tilt down to residents with buckets of water asking jeepney to stop, running around to rear of vehicle
3. Interior of jeepney, passengers being soaked with buckets of water
4. Children cheering, throwing water as jeepney drives away
5. Wide of people cheering by roadside
6. Various of man with hose watering jeepney passengers
7. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Andrew Franco, Driver, San Juan Resident:
"Since the beginning it has been a tradition here, of St John the Baptist, so people should not get upset. If they will get mad they should not pass San Juan so that they won't get wet because that's what makes the people of San Juan happy."
8. Woman being soaked with water
9. Boy throwing bucket of water at police officer riding on passing vehicle
STORYLINE:
Residents of San Juan, a suburb of Manila, celebrated the feast day of the town's patron saint on Wednesday by dousing each other with water.
The festivities commemorate the feast of Saint John the Baptist, after whom the town was named.
The revellers soaked residents and passers-by with water to depict the baptism, a Christian sacrament, which Saint John performed on Jesus Christ.
This year there were fewer passers-by to be drenched as classes in the primary and secondary schools were suspended due to a coming storm.
However, this did not dampen the celebrations as the residents continued splashing each other with water, an act they believe brings good fortune.
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