2024
FESTIVAL DE BINABAYANI
Festival and cultural event
A beautiful tribute to the war between the Aetas and Christians, re-enacted ...Read more
Olongapo City
2024
CUTUD LENTEN RITES
Religious festival
Read moreIf the festivities linked to Holy Week are legion in the Philippines, San Pedro Cutud, a barangay in the city of San Fernando, north of Manila, has acquired a most atypical (not to say "gory") reputation. Indeed, every year on Good Friday, believers, mostly men, flock there, wearing crowns of thorns, to reenact the Passion of Christ with scourging and other crucifixions. The Church itself does not support this practice, mentioned here for information purposes rather than as an incentive, of course.
San Fernando
2024
FESTIVAL DES LANTERNES GÉANTES
Festival and cultural event
Production of sumptuous lanterns (up to 5 m in diameter!) and parade. One ...Read more
San Fernando