Holy Week Fever
By Blue Rose on Saturday, 11 of April , 2009 at 6:19 pm
How’s your Holy Week? How and where did you celebrate it? Have you seen new things and happenings?
I guess just like most of the people, I’m also excited about holy week. You know, relatives will arrive, my friends will return from work, all along from different part of the Philippines, new gifts arrive from friends and relatives..that’s not a good reason, but reasonable…hehehe… Don’t you also long for it, or when you’re the one arrive from Manila or from other place your relatives are asking about “pasalubong” (presents). I guess it’s just natural and it’s in our culture since birth of Juan de la Cruz, isn’t it?
Anyways, I’m not going to talk about that, I’m going to talk about Holy Week. How do we celebrate Holy Week in our place? We celebrate, just like in other town, having drama about life and death of Jesus Christ, Crusifixion of some devotees, then what we called “penetensya” (penetence) people are hurting theirselves, and the most popular is the Saint Parade or we call it “Prusisyon ng mga Santo.”
Our town is one of the popular town in Camarines Sur, when Holy Week comes. Why? Because of our Meraculous Jesus Image lying in bed when he was removed from the crusifix, we call it “Hinulid” which means “putted in bed.” People from different part of the region or from Manila, visits this Image every Holy Week, or people here visit every first and last Friday of the month. 
I was so amazed when I go with the parade, because there’s a lot of people, me and my cousins wonder where all of this people come from. But that’s the way it is. I already tried celebrating Holy Week in Tagaytay City, but nothing compares in your own town, right. But I want to experience Holy Week in Bulacan, can anybody bring me there next time?hehehe.. I hope you like my story and pictures. Thank you.
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Tags: jesus christ, philippine holy week, tagaytay city
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Nice Eastern Pictures. Thanks for your articles on this site. I am always amused to see what you are coming up with next.
Romeo
Nice Pictures. I wish you the best in your writing. I hope to see more information about places to visit in your lovely country.
