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Easter Sunday. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week (Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia, Catholics make ...
Moriones Festival. 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 ...
Pabasa (ritual) A group in Magdalena, Laguna take part in the Pabása tradition. An elderly woman chanting a verse of the Pasyon in the Kapampangan language. Pabása ng Pasyón (Tagalog for "Reading of the Passion "), known simply as Pabása is a Catholic devotion in the Philippines popular during Holy Week involving the uninterrupted chanting ...
One of the most important Holy Week traditions in the Philippines is the Visita Iglesia (Spanish for "church visit"). [75] On Maundy Thursday, the faithful visit seven churches to pray the Stations of the Cross, and in the evenings, pray in front of each church's Altar of Repose. [76]
Crucifixion in the Philippines is a devotional practice held every Good Friday, and is part of the local observance of Holy Week. Devotees or penitents called magdarame in Kapampangan willingly have themselves crucified to reenact Jesus Christ 's suffering and death, while related practices include carrying wooden crosses, crawling on rough ...
Beginning with Ash Wednesday, Lent has a sombre mood that becomes more pronounced as Holy Week (Semana Santa) arrives. Holy Week in the Philippines is a period especially rich in centuries-old tradition, which have undertones from indigenous customs and beliefs that date back to the pre-Christian period.
There are three crosses with nailed men on the top of the hill with spectators, both local and foreigners, watching them. The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites is a Holy Week re-enactment of Christ's Passion and Death which takes place in Barangay San Pedro Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga in the Philippines. It includes a passion play culminating with ...
Holy Week [46] March to April [46] nationwide [46] week-long event honoring Jesus Christ's death on the Cross [46] Centurion Festival [46] March (Holy Week) [46] General Luna, Quezon [46] believed to be the origin of Marinduque's Moriones Festival [46] Kariton Festival [58] March: Licab, Nueva Ecija [58] carabao-pulled carts, thanksgiving and ...