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Simbang Gabi (/ sim.ˈbʌŋ.ˈɡʌ.ˌbi /; Filipino for "Night Mass") is a devotional, nine-day series of Masses attended by Filipino Catholics in anticipation of Christmas. It is similar to the nine dawn Masses leading to Christmas Eve practiced in Puerto Rico called Misa de Aguinaldo.
Saturnalia (Latin: Saturnaliorum Libri Septem, "Seven Books of the Saturnalia ") is a work written after c. 431 CE by the Roman provincial Macrobius Theodosius (b. c. 390 CE - d. ?). [1] The Saturnalia consists of an account of the discussions held at the house of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus during the holiday of the Saturnalia.
Public sacrifice and banquet for the god Saturn; universal wearing of the pileus. Date. 17–23 December. Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through 19 December. By the 1st century B.C., the celebration had been extended ...
Holy Week in the Philippines. Philippines. Holy Week (Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups. One of the few majority Christian countries in Asia ...
The parol is regarded as one of the most iconic and important symbols of the Filipino Christmas season. [1] [2] In the Philippines, Christmas (Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [a] is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Christian world. It is celebrated as a public holiday in the country on December 25, concurrent with other ...
The word paról is the modern Filipino spelling of the original Spanish name farol, meaning "lantern". [7] In the native languages, parol and lanterns in general are also known as paritaan. [8] The tradition of the parol becoming associated with Christmas dates back to the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
The Tagalog Wikipedia was launched on 1 December 2003, [citation needed] as the first Wikipedia in a language of the Philippines. As of 3 February 2011, it has more than 50,000 articles. [ 2 ] Bantayan, Cebu became the 10,000th article on 20 October 2007, while Pasko sa Pilipinas (Christmas in the Philippines) became the 15,000th article on 24 ...
The Magandang Balita Biblia (lit. 'Good News Bible') is a translation of the Bible in the Tagalog language, first published by the Philippine Bible Society in 1973. It follows the tradition of the Good News Bible; however, it is not a direct translation but rather only a parallel translation of it.