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KAKAIBANG EBA

Photos by Federica Palmarin

These lovely ladies from the Philippine island of Cebu are named Ping Ping, Booba, Paige, Nicksie, and Candy. They are performers in the "Amazing Philippine Show," a hugely popular theatrical variety revue full of all kinds of razzle-dazzle, including folk dances, lip sync numbers, comedy acts and really loud techno. Oh and Ping Ping, Booba, Paige, Nicksie, and Candy are also what is known as Kakaibang Eba, which in Tagalog means "another kind of Eve" and which in the universal language of Duh means "they are dudes." ...