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PAMPANGA: Best of the Islands
Philippines CUTUD LENTEN RITES A re-enactment Christs's passion and death is done every year during the lenten season at Cutud, San Pedro, San Fernando, Pampanga. The re-enactment is complete with the passion play and culminates with the actual nailing of at least three flagellants on wooden crosses a top a makeshift calvary. SABAT-SANTACRUZAN A moro-moro feature of the Santacruzan that occurs at certain places. During the procession, the Goydo, said to be non-christian knight errand, confronts St, Helen and her handmaiden and tries to stop her search for the cross. After armed skirmies between the two groups and a series of drmatic dialogues in vernacular jousts, the Goydo and his men are converted into Christian faith. |
APUNG IRU FLUVIAL FESTIVAL
Celebrated every June 27-29 of
every year, the feast of St. Peter and Paul is observed with
a fluvial parade with gaily decorated motorboats and colorful
bancas roving up and down the Pampanga River. The 3-day celebration
honoring Apung Iru starts on June 27 and culminates on June 29
when the image is brought back to its shrine at Capalanagan.
PAMPANGA DAY ( December 11)
The people of the entire Pampanga
province celebrate its foundation day with various programs and
festivities such as cultural shows, trade exhibits and other
socio-economic projects.
GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL
Days before Christmas, giant
lanterns made of colored crepe and japanese paper with frames
of intricate tinwires skeletons containing electrical mechanism
and a thousand bulbs, highlight the San Fernando Giant Lantern
Festival. The lanterns dance, blink and brilliantly twinkle in
kaleidoscopic pattern in cadence with the band music.
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APUNG IRU FLUVIAL FESTIVAL Celebrated every June 27-29 of every year, the feast of St. Peter and Paul is observed with a fluvial parade with gaily decorated motorboats and colorful bancas roving up and down the Pampanga River. The 3-day celebration honoring Apung Iru starts on June 27 and culminates on June 29 when the image is brought back to its shrine at Capalanagan. PAMPANGA DAY ( December 11) The people of the entire Pampanga province celebrate its foundation day with various programs and festivities such as cultural shows, trade exhibits and other socio-economic projects. GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL Days before Christmas, giant lanterns made of colored crepe and japanese paper with frames of intricate tinwires skeletons containing electrical mechanism and a thousand bulbs, highlight the San Fernando Giant Lantern Festival. The lanterns dance, blink and brilliantly twinkle in kaleidoscopic pattern in cadence with the band music. Source of Information:
Department of Tourism, Philippines |