{"id":3231,"date":"2016-05-05T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2016-05-05T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T07:23:33","slug":"obando-fertility-rites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2016\/05\/05\/obando-fertility-rites\/","title":{"rendered":"Obando Fertility Rites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">It\u2019s rare for Christian beliefs and ancient pagan rituals to be seen in Philippine festivals, which makes them all the more interesting. One of the most peculiar combinations is the <strong>Obando Fertility Rites.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3232\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/photo.jpg\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>THE OBANDO FERTILITY RITES. A strong belief in God coupled with an ancient tradition takes center stage at the Obando Fertility Rites, happening from May 17-19. Photo courtesy of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanpascualobando\/\"><em>Parokya ni San Pascual Baylon \u2013 COSC via their Facebook page<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Known to Filipinos as the <em>Sayaw sa Obando<\/em>, it is one of the festivals that perfectly combines our country\u2019s ancient practices with Christian beliefs. The festival is held every May, from the 17<sup>th<\/sup> to the 19<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">During the festival, thousands flock to the town of Obando, Bulacan to witness childless couples from all over the region (and at times, the country) dance in order to increase their chances of child birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The event\u2019s highlight is when childless couples dance to the tune of <em>Santa Clara Pinung-pino<\/em>, the traditional music of the festival. They dance during the grand parade, where images of the town\u2019s three patrons (St. Pascual Baylon, St. Claire, and the Our Lady of Salambao) are taken around town on floats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The Obando Fertility Rites will be held on May 17, 18, and 19 at the town of Obando, Bulacan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Source:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philippinestravelhub.com\/events\/obando-fertility-rites\/\"><em>Philippines Travel Hub<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SayawSaObando\/info\/?tab=page_info\"><em>Obando Fiesta and Dance Facebook page<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/obando81.angelfire.com\/en\/home.html\"><em>Obando: Legend of a Dance<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s rare for Christian beliefs and ancient pagan rituals to be seen in Philippine festivals, which makes them all the more interesting. One of the most peculiar combinations is the Obando Fertility Rites. &nbsp; THE OBANDO FERTILITY RITES. A strong belief in God coupled with an ancient tradition takes center stage at the Obando Fertility Rites, happening from May 17-19. Photo courtesy of Parokya ni San Pascual Baylon \u2013 COSC via their Facebook page. &nbsp; Known to Filipinos as the Sayaw sa Obando, it is one of the festivals that perfectly combines our country\u2019s ancient practices with Christian beliefs. The festival is held every May, from the 17th to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulacan","category-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3235,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3231\/revisions\/3235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}