UP Oblation Run - a Naked Run for Protection of PHL Rivers (Photo and Video)
Members of a fraternity in the University of the Philippines make their way through a crowd naked during their traditional "Oblation Run" on Friday. The event draws inspiration from the university's symbol, the Oblation, a statue of a nude man with only a fig leaf covering its private part. Photo by Joel Liporada, abs-cbnNEWS.com
More than 30 members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) run naked in around UP Campus in the highly anticipated annual and traditional event in the University of the Philippines.
The event first organized in 1977 at University of the Philippines Diliman to promote Hubad na Bayani (Tagalog for Naked Hero), a play. It draws its name from the Oblation, a statue of a nude man located in every University of the Philippines (UP) campus, which symbolizes “a selfless offering of one’s self to the country.”
Now on its 34th year, the UP oblation run was done with an ecological purpose – for the protection of Philippine rivers.
Themed “A Run for Philippine Rivers,” APO members not just run wearing only a mask but they also carried bearing messages about the protection of the Philippine rivers - a vow they placed during the Sagip Ilog Project last April 22, 2011.
According to Myrna Julieta Jimenez, Executive Director of the Save Philippine Rivers Movement, the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity is not just a group of people who involved themselves in frat wars but are brotherhood who push the betterment of the country.
The event first organized in 1977 at University of the Philippines Diliman to promote Hubad na Bayani (Tagalog for Naked Hero), a play. It draws its name from the Oblation, a statue of a nude man located in every University of the Philippines (UP) campus, which symbolizes “a selfless offering of one’s self to the country.”
Now on its 34th year, the UP oblation run was done with an ecological purpose – for the protection of Philippine rivers.
Themed “A Run for Philippine Rivers,” APO members not just run wearing only a mask but they also carried bearing messages about the protection of the Philippine rivers - a vow they placed during the Sagip Ilog Project last April 22, 2011.
According to Myrna Julieta Jimenez, Executive Director of the Save Philippine Rivers Movement, the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity is not just a group of people who involved themselves in frat wars but are brotherhood who push the betterment of the country.
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