The dead will walk (and run) in Makati

On Halloween night, the zombie apocalypse comes to Makati City’s central business district.

A fun run organized by the city government and events management firm J.R. Usi will deploy around 3,000 ‘‘zombies” in what is dubbed as the biggest activity involving the undead to hit the metropolis.

A statement from City Hall warned that these ‘‘zombies” might just dart out of street corners and chase participating runners at the Makati CBD.

Media coordinator Ed Uy said the fun run dubbed “Makati After Dark: Run and Survive Hallowfest” will be from 6 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. the following day.

The city’s Department of Public Safety will close the following streets to vehicular traffic:  Gil Puyat Avenue from Paseo de Roxas to Nicanor Garcia Street (west bound) from 3 a.m. on Oct 31 to 5 a.m. Nov. 1; and N. Garcia from Gil Puyat to Jupiter Street (east bound) from 5 a.m. on Oct. 31 to 5 a.m. Nov. 1.

The fun run will start near the Petron Station at the corner of Makati and Gil Puyat avenues. Uy said participating runners are encouraged to also come in Halloween costumes.

The fun run is one of the crowd-drawing gimmicks in the metropolis leading to All Saints’ Day, which persist despite repeated appeals from the Catholic Church to observe the holiday by celebrating the lives of saints instead of dressing up as ghosts, demons or ghouls. Niña Calleja