The cluster of simple lilac-colored flowers remind me of those nights when people are lined up on the street to witness the parade of ladies all dressed in traditional finery, with flowers in their hair and flowers adorning their carriages. In the sweltering heat of the flickering incandescent bulbs the beauties are able to hold their own, mustering abundant smiles for as long as the parade goes. It is their night. After all, they were chosen from among the many for that year's Flores de Mayo, a much awaited Filipino festival.
