Rarely would you see two famous Philippine festivals in one. So when Moriones Festival of Marinduque showed-up in this year's Baguio Panagbenga Festival, the spectators got a double treat. Moriones presence in the Summer Capital is aimed to promote Marinduque as the Lenten Capital of the Philippines.
I got this interesting article about Moriones Festival here. Legend has it that the blood which flowed from Christ’s body landed in Longinus’ bad eye, curing him of blindness. This miracle caused him to convert to Christianity and he was consequently hunted by his fellow centurions. This part of the story is dramatically retold by costumed participants, the Romans wearing huge painted masks depicting fearsome faces. The performances take place in various locations throughout the island of Marinduque.
Moriones is one festival i've been wanting to go to. I hope i would be able to go this year. Amazing masks and costumes! The story of Longinus and the Wandering Jew legends have always been interesting. There was a movie in the 80's called The Seventh Sign, one of the main protagonists was a Roman centurion who hit Jesus before his death and was condemned to wander the earth until judgment day.:D
ReplyDeleteWould be nice to see the Moriones sa Marinduque mismo this Holy Week :)
ReplyDeleteso colorful.....
ReplyDeletegreat shots by the way.....
So colorful with all kinds of costume.Nice shot!.
ReplyDeletehmm. i don't know the story behind the moriones festival. ma-google nga. :)
ReplyDeletegaling nga. parang they support each other's fiestas. sana lahat ng fiestas nasa panagbenga nga!
ayos! yan ang gusto ko talagang makita this holy week.
ReplyDeleteastig! nagpopromote na rin sila.
natakot naman ako sa mga gruesome faces na mga yun!
ReplyDeleteLooks very Romanesque...thanks for sharing this with us!
ReplyDeleteSandi
great shots!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice costumes. Love this part of the series.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting parades. Love the colourful costumes too.
ReplyDeleteI love mask festivals! It's great that they brought Moriones to Baguio. Many people must had been surprised, ehehe.
ReplyDeleteWow! Parang gusto ko ma-witness yun story telling part with costumes and everything! Isasama ko na ito sa listahan ko. Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice meeting you last Friday, Kuya Oman. Sa next travel sana makasama ulit kami. :)
so this is really an invasion I guess-----we owe it to the beautiful flowers of Baguio......
ReplyDeleteparekoy, yang moriones din ang gusto kong makita balang araw
ReplyDeleteIm scared of those masks....
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed a double treat ! People go to Marinduque to watch the Moriones :) Nice coverage :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to see the Moriones Festival too but I prefer to see it in Marinduque.
ReplyDeleteOMG. Ang cutee pie naman ng nasa first pic. bakit kailangan pa nya magmask kung ganyan naman sya ka cute. Go na talaga ko dyan.
ReplyDeleteIba ang dating kapag merong mga ibang festivals na nagjo-join. Last year nagjoin sa amin dito sa dinagyang festical ang taga batanes. It's the way na mapromote din ang kanilang sariling festival.
ReplyDeletesir, nice shots... kaso wala ako sa mga shots mo... hehehe. im one of the moriones who goes to baguio last panagbenga. tsaka ung mga moriones dun eh represented by employees of the provincial government not kapatiran nor mistah although may mga members po ng kapatiran at mistah
ReplyDeletemarinduque still a nice province ever since...proud to be marinduqueno...nice pOst...ty po for helping us to promote our very own province..
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