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Bocaue is traversed by the Bocaue River, a continuation of the confluence of Santa Maria River and San Jose River and a few other minor rivers and creeks, all of which are distributaries of the Angat drainage basin. The main source of Angat River and the Angat drainage basin, as well as their distributaries, is the Sierra Madre mountain range.
The Bocaue River Festival is an annual celebration held every first Sunday of July in Bocaue in honor of the Holy Cross, the Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa, established in 1850 in the Bocaue River, a tributary of the Santa Maria River. The festivities involve a decorated pagoda on top of a barge surrounded by small boats accompanying it. A ...
The Bocaue Pagoda Festival, also known as the Bocaue River Festival, is an annual religious celebration in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. It is best known for its river procession dedicated to the Catholic relic , the Holy Cross of Wawa ( Tagalog : Krus sa Wawa ).
Battle of the Bocaue river (March 29, 1899) – American forces were ambushed in midcrossing at the river northwest of the town of Bocaue, Bulacan, taking 29 casualties in ten minutes. [ 38 ] Capture of Malolos (March 31, 1899) – Malolos, northwest of Bocaoe, was taken by American forces unopposed.
Bocaue Pagoda tragedy: Unknown 2 July 1993 226-279 Unknown Unknown The pagoda, which was used for the Bocaue River Festival in Bocaue, Bulacan was estimated to carrying 800 to 1000 devotees. At 8:15 p.m, the pagoda sank in the middle of the Bocaue River. [25]
It hosts the Holy Cross of Wawa, a wooden relic believed to be miraculous by devotees, which is the centerpiece of the recurring Bocaue River Festival. [1] [2] [3] In 1969, the parish founded a church-based credit union cooperative known as the St. Martin of Tours Credit and Development Cooperative (SMTCDC). [4]
Santa Maria's existence can be traced as early as the year 1647 when it is still a barrio (village) of Bocaue.The barrio was believed to be established on the same period when the Dominicans founded the vast Hacienda de Lolomboy that extends up to the Angat river on the north, Bocaue river on the west, Marilao river on the south and the Pulo River (Pulong Buhangin) on the east.
To the southeast are 2 rivers: Santa Maria River of Santa Maria, Bulacan. Bunsuran River of Pandi, Bulacan. Balagtas River of Balagtas, Bulacan, and Bocaue River of Bocaue, Bulacan. Angat's mountainous and hilly area has abundance of trees that are source of timber and wood materials, and unfortunately become an area of illegal logging.