Libot ken Ramada

by Ranolfo Ugalino Sr
(as published 2 years ago in MVP)


Intayon maki-libot ken sumuknal diay ramada.

Ramada-Making in Magsingal

by Ranolfo Ugalino
(as published 2 years ago in MVP)

These photos were taken in 2010 Holy Week season - ramadas being built in preparation for the processions.  Let's see if you can identify your barangays.

Holy Week in Magsingal

by William Realon

 

Candlelights flicker from every window and sometimes on the fences as they faintly brighten the unpaved dusty streets where people peacefully await the approaching procession called libut. The priest surrounded by religious elderly approaches leading a crowd of people praying fervently in unison and singing church hymns to the beat of drums and trumpets from the rear of the formation. As the procession passes by, some people on the street inconspicuously march in when they recognize friends among the scattered formation, or simply trail behind the statues that devout men carry on their shoulders. They walk for miles around the town, stopping momentarily at intersections where a ramada, a tall shed-like structure adorned with foods, stands. The crowd prays and continues on to its final destination - the church in the middle of the town built probably generations earlier.