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Suppose to be fasting during the holy week. No chance as had crepes with strawberry for breakfast today. Still no meat so a slim excuse still exists. Will try to skip lunch today. Not really to observe the holy week rituals but to lose weight. Need to lose about 10 kg by June this year. Ha ha ha..
Back in the Philippines, holy week is usually spent going to beach resorts or to the provinces with the family for a short vacation. But no chance to be solemn and respectful during the most important time in the Christian faith. Instead, time spent more lazing in the beach and drinking San Miguel beer.
The only time solemnity is observed is when watching the holy week parades in the streets in the early evenings. The parades are organized by the local Catholic church I think to herald the Spanish prince and princes who defeated the Moors long again in Spain. A tradition left long ago from the Spanish occupation.
A more grisly procession is when penitents walk the streets whipping themselves with sharp whips or have themselves crucified in crosses. A bloody spectacle seen usually along the main highway in the provinces of Pampanga on the way to Baguio city - the summer capital. All these memories are starting to make me hungry.
Suppose to be fasting during the holy week. No chance as had crepes with strawberry for breakfast today. Still no meat so a slim excuse still exists. Will try to skip lunch today. Not really to observe the holy week rituals but to lose weight. Need to lose about 10 kg by June this year. Ha ha ha..
Back in the Philippines, holy week is usually spent going to beach resorts or to the provinces with the family for a short vacation. But no chance to be solemn and respectful during the most important time in the Christian faith. Instead, time spent more lazing in the beach and drinking San Miguel beer.
The only time solemnity is observed is when watching the holy week parades in the streets in the early evenings. The parades are organized by the local Catholic church I think to herald the Spanish prince and princes who defeated the Moors long again in Spain. A tradition left long ago from the Spanish occupation.
A more grisly procession is when penitents walk the streets whipping themselves with sharp whips or have themselves crucified in crosses. A bloody spectacle seen usually along the main highway in the provinces of Pampanga on the way to Baguio city - the summer capital. All these memories are starting to make me hungry.
