"100 Oblations" in an re-enactement of the university's symbol 'the Oblation', in suburban Manila



A participant adjust his fig leave as students and alumni of the country's premier state-run University of the Philippines pose almost naked during the "100 Oblations" in an re-enactement of the university's symbol 'the Oblation', in suburban Manila on December 13, 2008. The ceremony commemorates the university's centennial and refers to the bronze Oblation sculpted by Filipino national artist Guillermo Tolentino in 1935 symbolizing sacrificial offering of service to country and humanity.

Students and alumni of the country's premier state-run University of the Philippines pose almost naked during the "100 Oblations" in an re-enactement of the university's symbol 'the Oblation', in suburban Manila on December 13, 2008. The ceremony commemorates the university's centennial and refers to the bronze Oblation sculpted by Filipino national artist Guillermo Tolentino in 1935 symbolizing sacrificial offering of service to country and humanity



Students and alumni of the country's premier state-run University of the Philippines celebrate after posing almost naked during the "100 Oblations" in an re-enactement of the university's symbol 'the Oblation', in suburban Manila on December 13, 2008. The ceremony commemorates the university's centennial and refers to the bronze Oblation sculpted by Filipino national artist Guillermo Tolentino in 1935 symbolizing sacrificial offering of service to country and humanity