TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roces, Alejandro R.
TI  - Fiesta
AV  - GT 4881 .R648 1980
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Philippines
PB  - Vera-Reyes,Inc.
KW  - Festivals
KW  - Philippines
N2  -  2) an old woodcut of a nineteenth century Filipino community in New Orleans, U.S.A;  3) an old Philippine Christmas story that antedates Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol by a full century;  why childless couples pilgrim to Obando to dance before the image of San Pascual Baylon;  why one of the images of St. Michael the Archangel in Iligan city is called Guerillero while the other one is known as St. Michael the Collaborator;  why participants in the Ati-Atihan blacken themselves with soot and shout: "Hala bira! Hala bira!;  why people supplicate for fair weather offer eggs to Santa Clara;  why processioners in the turumba point to the image of the Virgin, then touch those around them;  why the people who fix bet in the cockpit are known as kristos. Other highlights of the book are the following: 1) painting of a monument to the ancient Filipino called Bathala; Describes the activities that take place during a festivity as well as cites the rationale of the occasion, and explains not only what fiesta did for a Filipino but what the Filipino did with the fiesta. Narrates that: Nuestra Señora de Guia is the oldest Marian image in Luzon, prior to the conquista, a pagan idol
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