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Good Friday processions in Baliuag or Holy Week procession in Baliuag, Bulacan is an event taking place in Holy Week, in a traditional Roman Catholic culture of the St. Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag. In the Philippines, Good Friday [nb 1] [1] while others contend that it is a corruption of "God Friday".
The Baliwag Lenten Procession on Good Friday is one of the longest Lenten procession in the Philippines. [14] The procession around the town is joined by the parishioners along with floats ( carozas or carriages) of life-size dioramas depicting scenes during the time of Jesus. [ 15 ]
The Baliwag Good Friday procession is the longest Lenten procession in the Philippines. [16] Baliwag currently has 118 statues and scenes portraying the life of Christ. [17] This activity is well-attended by both local and foreign tourists, and follows the main liturgical service of the day. Mass is not celebrated on this day.
Flagellants and Lenten Rites: Paombong (Good Friday) Lenten Procession: Baliwag (Good Friday) Barong at Saya Festival: Pandi (April 17) Halamang Dilaw Festival: Marilao (April 21 – May 8) Kneeling Carabao Festival: Pulilan (May 14–15) Obando Fertility Dance: Obando (May 17–19) Buntal Festival: Baliwag (Month of May)
Before the 1521-1898 Spanish colonization of the Philippines, Makinabang was already a settlement or sitio and the largest in Baliuag. When the Spanish friars, particularly the Augustinians, founded Saint Augustine Church in 1733, a Spanish mestizo introduced a wood sugarcane press to the area.
A Holy Week procession is a public ritual march of clergy and penitents which takes place during Holy Week in Christian countries, especially those with a Catholic culture.
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Baliwag, officially the City of Baliwag (Tagalog: [bɐˈliʊag]; Filipino: Lungsod ng Baliwag, Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Baliwag/Siudad ning Baliwag, also spelled as Baliuag), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 168,470 people.