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The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Imperial Roman soldiers as interpreted by locals. The Moriones tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the ...
The townsfolk of Boac, Gasan and Mogpog are dressed in masks and helmets (moriones), depicting Roman soldiers. The rest of the locals portray St. Longinus and hide among the houses while the others search for him. Unlike most of the country, Marinduque observes Holy Week in a much more joyous manner. [2]
Poverty incidence of Marinduque 10 20 30 40 50 2006 40.51 2009 33.58 2012 32.91 2015 16.95 2018 14.72 2021 15.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Marinduque is an agricultural province, primarily growing rice and coconuts. Handicrafts from Marinduque are also exported to dıfferent parts of the world, and fishing is another important part of the economy. Mining was once an important ...
Poverty incidence of Boac 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 24.70 2009 26.54 2012 7.50 2015 15.23 2018 13.44 2021 14.65 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Boac Business District view from Mercader Street Boac Business District view from Gov. D. Reyes Street In the centre of town, the Boac Public Market is one of the town's landmarks. Vendors sell dry and wet products in four air-conditioned buildings ...
The pursuit for cultural discovery in Marinduque was pioneered by the German-Russian anthropologist Fedor Jagor in the 1860s when he discovered elongated skulls in one of the province’s caves. Similar skulls were also found in Cagraray and Albay. These were the very first findings of such skulls in the East, thus sparking interest in the West.
Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance; who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. [4] His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. [5] The lance is called in Christianity the "Holy Lance ...
Alejandro Reyes Roces (13 July 1924 – 23 May 2011) was a Filipino author, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of the Philippines for literature. He served as Secretary of Education from 1962 to 1965, during the term of Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal. Noted for his short stories, [1] the Manila-born Roces was married to Irene ...
For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a deterrent. MARK BANCHEREAU. August 26, 2024 at 3:48 AM. THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she ...