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040 _aAEA
_cAEA
050 _aGT 4881
_b.R648 1980
100 _aRoces, Alejandro R.
_936782
245 0 _aFiesta /
_cAlejandro R. Roces.
260 _aPhilippines :
_bVera-Reyes,Inc.,
_c1980
300 _a260 p.
_bill.
520 _a 2) an old woodcut of a nineteenth century Filipino community in New Orleans, U.S.A.
520 _a 3) an old Philippine Christmas story that antedates Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol by a full century.
520 _a why childless couples pilgrim to Obando to dance before the image of San Pascual Baylon
520 _a 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
520 _a why participants in the Ati-Atihan blacken themselves with soot and shout: "Hala bira! Hala bira!
520 _a why people supplicate for fair weather offer eggs to Santa Clara
520 _a why processioners in the turumba point to the image of the Virgin, then touch those around them
520 _a 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
520 _aDescribes 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
650 _aFestivals
_zPhilippines.
_974565
942 _cFR
999 _c46551
_d46551