{"id":4362,"date":"2017-04-06T15:05:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T07:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=4362"},"modified":"2021-07-12T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T00:22:57","slug":"holy-week-tradition-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/04\/06\/holy-week-tradition-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week Tradition in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated\u00a0as of March 30, 2021\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Philippines has been dubbed as the largest Christian country in Asia.\u00a0 With this, majority of Filipinos are baptized as Catholics and taught about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Thus, one of the most important religious seasons commemorated by Filipinos is the Holy Week.<\/p>\n

The Holy Week, as cited by the\u00a0Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, is the time to commemorate the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as for Catholics to commemorate their redemption and salvation.<\/p>\n

It is composed of Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, and Easter Sunday. In the Philippines, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are declared as national holidays.<\/p>\n

If you visit the country during Holy Week, here are some of the traditional practices you may see that Filipinos still follow:<\/p>\n

Fasting<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fasting is one way of sacrifice by Catholics that help them remember the sacrifice of Jesus to save humankind. Fasting can be done in any form such as lessening consumption of food, avoiding vices, and reducing hours of leisure activities. Since people try to lessen \u2013 sometimes even refrain \u2013 their consumption of meat during this season, the usual viands would be replaced with vegetable and seafood dishes.<\/p>\n

Also read: Expat’s Guide: Food served during the Lenten Season<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Pab\u00e1sa ng Pasy\u00f3n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Pabasa<\/em> or “reading” in English is the act of chanting the lines on an early 16th-century\u00a0epic poem, Pasyon, which\u00a0narrates the life,\u00a0passion, death, and\u00a0resurrection\u00a0of\u00a0Jesus Christ. It is usually done in groups where they take turns in reading.<\/p>\n

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Visita Iglesia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Visita Iglesia is being done as meditation and repentance for the Holy Week that\u00a0starts on the evening of Maundy Thursday when the Catholics visit seven churches to pray for the Blessed Sacrament in each church.<\/p>\n

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Stations of the Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stations of the Cross is the being done by reciting prayers at the 14 stations depicting Jesus Christ’s last day on Earth as a man. The first station shows the scene when Pontious Pilate condemned Jesus to die while the fourth station shows Jesus being placed in the tomb.<\/p>\n

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Senakulo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Senakulo<\/em> is a Passion play that re-enacts the happenings of Jesus\u2019 carrying of the cross and crucifixion. Here, Catholic devotees wear clothes used way back in ancient Rome and take the roles of significant characters in Jesus\u2019 life.<\/p>\n

Also read: Holy Week Activities: Good Friday<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Images grabbed from\u00a0Go Visit Philippines<\/a>, wikimedia.org<\/a>, publicdomainpictures.net<\/a>, flickr.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Source: catholic.org<\/a>, cbcpnews.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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