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First youpublished wantin Sunstar Pampanga
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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isA Ritual Dance for a templateGood Life: pageSan UseJuan thisBasa templatein whenBetis
by Ian Ocampo Flora
First youpublished wantin Sunstar Pampanga
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
THE old road from Guagua town leading to usethe photosBetis anddistrict was noticeably sparse with the usual traffic.
An unusual occurrence, since the road is the most traversed route textfrom Guagua leading to tellBacolor yourtown story.and Clickthe EasyEdit,capital thencity. highlight
this
But on textTuesday, withduring the feast of St. John the yourBaptist, cursormotorists and typedrivers overseemed itto withavoid the yourroad ownwhile words:commuters Youwoke canup writeearly asto muchavoid asbeing caught up in the middle of water cannons and rabid youlocals want!spewing water (sometimes rainage water) on unsuspecting passengers.
ThisThe samplepeople photoof isBarangay easySan toJuan replacein withBetis, oneGuagua use a section of yourthe road for a tradition that traces its roots since own:ancient Clicktimes.
Similarly, other towns and villages in the EasyEditcountry button,named highlightafter St. John the placeholderBaptist imagewould atactually leftobserve andthe hitsame "delete."peculiar Thencustom. click
Around 9 a.m., before the "image"high buttonmass in the toolbarlocal chapel, crowds would gather along the once busy street and usetransform it into a stage for what would turn into a myriad of water-throwing and splashing.
This might be the welcoming highlight for an adventure-hungry-visitor attending the "Kuraldal" in Barrio San Juan Bautista on its celebration of the feast of St. John the Baptist every June 24th of the "browse"year.
According to local artist Ruston Banal, two fire trucks buttonhave been commissioned for the event to findshower people on the imagestreets youwhile wantdancing to insertthe rhythm fromof yourthe computer.ati-atihan It'sand thatmarching easy.bands each year.
The texthighlight canof bethe wrappedevent aroundis youra image,venerated orbronze cross, which is being passed youon to revelers. Banal cansaid anyone "wanting to have a bountiful life all year round" would hold the textcross high startup belowin the photo.air Youwhile canbeing alsosplashed with water.
move
This would continue until the photocross is returned to the rightchapel or until every one is satisfied, in which case the ritual may drag until noon.
Banal said their version of the Kuraldal is a ritual also observed annually in the nearby sideBarrio of Sta. Ursula every month of July.
In the page.case of Sta. Ursula, Kuraldal is Seea yourritual choicesdance for photoa good harvest. In the past, this place was a fishing and textrice-planting village. They believed that a ritual dance while walking from the heart of the barrio towards the Betis church would assure a bountiful harvest.
Ruston said in the '70s, Kuraldal placementwas being accompanied by clickinwhat onthe old people termed as Libad (fluvial procession) in Barrio San Juan Bautista. During the phototime withwhen the Betis River yourwas mousestill wide and thendeep, boats are being tied up clickingtogether "image"to form several pagoda-like structures on thea wide flat form, enough to hold large number of toolbar.people.
YouHowever, cansilt alsoon the river changehas stopped the sizeLibad ofand youronly photoritual bydancing and water clickingsplashing on itthe oncestreet toremained.
highlight
The it,fiesta thencelebration byhere clickingstill has the "plus"usual orhome "minus"feasts signprepared infor visitors but with the "Editstrange twist of having to take a bath, Image"literally, toolbox.before Whenreaching the house you're allsupposed to visit.
The event done,attracts savedevotees, young and old, into a practice of folk devotion as interpreted by yourlocals. page.
