This Lenten season, I watched the penitensya (you know,palo-palo sa likod) and unique part was from Tanza (Navotas) some men used to crawl from the street, matching cloth on their face. I freaked out when I first saw that seven years ago e yun pala tradisyon nila yun at akala ko may ginugulping tambay. Gumagapang sila from post to post, libutin ang buong subdivision (and hell ang laki nun ha) and while they pause e hinahampas sila ng ewan ko kung anu tawag dun and you'll start to see them from Monday-Thaursday upto Holy Thursday. Good Friday will be the blast, Ayun may prosisyon ng nagpipinitensya...Ang lansa coz you smell the blood gushing out from their skin at kapag minalas kapa, matatalsikan ka pa ng dugo. I remember when I was a kid, kapag tumungtong na Huwebes Santo wala ng palabas at the afternoon maliban sa Seven Last Words at channel 9 and some few old movies where I watched The San Lorenzo Ruiz Story, Moises (Burt Lancaster) at ang walang kamatayan naThe Redeemer (remember that movie? Yung Christ na hindi nagpapakita ng face). Lubusin mo na kapag thursday dahil magbabalik program lang kapag Easter Sunday na. And when that sunday came, ayun hanapan na ng itlog na halos masira na yung tanim na halaman at bulaklak ng kapitbahay namin na halos habulin kami ng pamalo...hahaha
Monday, March 24, 2008
Holy Week
Holy Week or Greater Week, the last week of Easter, Hebdomada Sancta or just plain old words Semana Santa at Mahal na Araw. The days which we depicted as HOLY or bukod sa pasko meron pang tumitino sa araw ng Marso o Abril. It is a tradition among Christianity where we used to lament at Christ crucification. Some sorrow, some are feast. Some used to have their Panata and some are not. I used to have this so-called Panata of mine few years ago, Opo meron at ako po e bumabasa ng pasyon and I have few ten tunes noh! I'm going to start at 10pm and magpapahinga kami by 4am, then kapag friday na balik kami ng 10am until matapos na sya ng 3pm at tsaka kami manonood ng Horror Films na inarkila bago mag mahal na raw hahaha. But after that year I decided to switch and give a little kick, pahirapan daw ba lalo ang sarili. I'm talking about the famous Grotto Walk. I did only one time and that's the last of it. AYOKO NA! I got cramps everywhere, calluses, backpain, bruises and fever after that. Ikaw ba naman maglakad ng nuknukan ng layo na yung Islander ko naging spartan na sa nipis.
This Lenten season, I watched the penitensya (you know,palo-palo sa likod) and unique part was from Tanza (Navotas) some men used to crawl from the street, matching cloth on their face. I freaked out when I first saw that seven years ago e yun pala tradisyon nila yun at akala ko may ginugulping tambay. Gumagapang sila from post to post, libutin ang buong subdivision (and hell ang laki nun ha) and while they pause e hinahampas sila ng ewan ko kung anu tawag dun and you'll start to see them from Monday-Thaursday upto Holy Thursday. Good Friday will be the blast, Ayun may prosisyon ng nagpipinitensya...Ang lansa coz you smell the blood gushing out from their skin at kapag minalas kapa, matatalsikan ka pa ng dugo. I remember when I was a kid, kapag tumungtong na Huwebes Santo wala ng palabas at the afternoon maliban sa Seven Last Words at channel 9 and some few old movies where I watched The San Lorenzo Ruiz Story, Moises (Burt Lancaster) at ang walang kamatayan naThe Redeemer (remember that movie? Yung Christ na hindi nagpapakita ng face). Lubusin mo na kapag thursday dahil magbabalik program lang kapag Easter Sunday na. And when that sunday came, ayun hanapan na ng itlog na halos masira na yung tanim na halaman at bulaklak ng kapitbahay namin na halos habulin kami ng pamalo...hahaha
This Lenten season, I watched the penitensya (you know,palo-palo sa likod) and unique part was from Tanza (Navotas) some men used to crawl from the street, matching cloth on their face. I freaked out when I first saw that seven years ago e yun pala tradisyon nila yun at akala ko may ginugulping tambay. Gumagapang sila from post to post, libutin ang buong subdivision (and hell ang laki nun ha) and while they pause e hinahampas sila ng ewan ko kung anu tawag dun and you'll start to see them from Monday-Thaursday upto Holy Thursday. Good Friday will be the blast, Ayun may prosisyon ng nagpipinitensya...Ang lansa coz you smell the blood gushing out from their skin at kapag minalas kapa, matatalsikan ka pa ng dugo. I remember when I was a kid, kapag tumungtong na Huwebes Santo wala ng palabas at the afternoon maliban sa Seven Last Words at channel 9 and some few old movies where I watched The San Lorenzo Ruiz Story, Moises (Burt Lancaster) at ang walang kamatayan naThe Redeemer (remember that movie? Yung Christ na hindi nagpapakita ng face). Lubusin mo na kapag thursday dahil magbabalik program lang kapag Easter Sunday na. And when that sunday came, ayun hanapan na ng itlog na halos masira na yung tanim na halaman at bulaklak ng kapitbahay namin na halos habulin kami ng pamalo...hahaha
