Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter In The Philippines


SALUBONG (EASTER VIGIL) AND PASKO NG PAGKABUHAY (FEAST OF THE RESURRECTION
Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City

The Easter festivity unfolds at dawn around five o’clock with a procession heralding the resurrection of Christ and his reunion with Mary. While the molded images of Mother and Son are placed side by side, a little girl dressed up like an angel replace the Blessed Virgin’s black veil of grief and mourning with a white one as the Osana, a hymn of praise and adoration endemic to Parañaque, is sung. The feast culminates with a celebration of a Holy Mass followed by the simultaneous rendition in the different barangays of Sayaw ng Pagbati also known to locals as “bati-bati”, a Welcome Dance” that is also a Parañaque original.

"Happy Easter Everyone" ----jhay yap :P

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