IN PHOTOS: Frat holds Oblation Run in protest of 'naked path'

December 14, 2015 - 7:27pm

Students of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity display placards as they run naked around the Arts and Sciences building in the traditional "Oblation Run" to dramatize the important issues of the year at the University of the Philippines in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Hundreds of students turned out to watch the traditional annual run by about two dozen students. Placards, from left, read: "Go for naked path(ic)," "People suffer on a sham path" and "Fight for indigenous peoples' rights." AP/Bullit Marquez

MANILA, Philippines — Several members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) fraternity of the University of the Philippines Diliman on Monday ran naked around the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy on Monday.

The Oblation Run, the traditional annual run of the fraternity which is also referred to as the "ritual dance of the brave," seeks to dramatize pressing issues of the year.

This year, the run bears the theme "Huwad na Daan o Hubad na Daan" in protest of President Benigno Aquino III's "Tuwid na Daan" or straight path.

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The fraternity challenged the presidential and vice presidential aspirants to offer themselves to serve the public.

"Tulad ng sinisimbolo ng Oblasyon, hinahamon ng aming Kapatiran ang mga nangangarap maging pangulo at pangalawang pangulo ng bansa na ihubad ang kanilang mga pansariling interes at ialay ang buo nilang pagkatao sa paglilingkod sa bayan," APO said in a statement.

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