Ice Cream! Ice Cream! Anyone?

Sorbetes is traditional Filipino ice cream usually made of coconut or carabao milk. Sorbetes is being sold by mamang sorbetero (ice cream guy) through a cart which he pushes along the streets. The vendor would go around ringing a bell to signal his arrival and the kids would love running towards him to have their ice cream in cones. This scenario was common in the old days especially in the provinces. Such memory is relived through a street art in Baguio City. There was even this popular song about mamang sorbetero.

Right across the memories along Carantes Street and on the wall of Tiong San Harrison is another memory of two mamang sorbetero and their push carts. Oh well, the second sorbetero seem to be selling ice scramble instead of ice cream. Ice scramble is flavored crushed ice.

The painting depicted a real-life scenario back in the days like the way how the sorbetero dressed, a child eagerly waiting for her ice cream and how the carts were painted. The carts usually have the name or brand of the sorbetero. On this painting, the carts have the name of the street Eskinita Carantes which means Carantes Alley. I think that should be Kalye Carantes for Carantes Street, instead of alley.

On the lower right side of Carantes cart is a can of Baguio Oil. Yes, there is a cooking oil with that brand.

To the left of the carts is a symbol which I do not know. I can not decipher the writings around the circle but it looks like those ancient writings in movies. This must mean something. I searched the internet but did not find any explanation. Anyone, please help me out if you know anything about it.

I once saw a photo of this painting on my niece's FB page where she blended with it. The painting looked liked 3D on a sphere and not a flat wall. It looked so good as if it is real life and not just a painting. I remembered that so I stole a few shots when people were passing by. Indeed, the painting looked alive and blended with breathing creatures! Just look at those student and what seemed to be her father. They seem to be passing by alive sorbeteros and not a painting.

Also with this woman who just left the sorbeteros. She seem to have blended with a real-life background and not a painting.

I took this photo to include the sleeping old woman as reference. Why? Because there is still a long stretch of painting to the left of the wall that I will be catching up. 😁

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This as an entry to the CCC Street Art Contest #117 which is being hosted by @digi-me. Thank you!