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Being a Catholic country, Philippines is making the Lenten season a holiday. It is week long commemoration of the life that Jesus experienced on His quest to the cross up to the day that He has risen. In every Philippine municipality, you could also find a catholic church wherein it houses the municipality’s patron saint. During Lenten Season, Easter celebration is the most festive among the days. Every catholic church will have the Salubong , a Tagalog term which means “meeting of two people”. It believed to be the meet up of the risen Jesus and His mother Mary. This meet up is done during the break of the dawn and a lot of people would gather to witness it as they catch flower confetti thrown by the singing children dressed up as little angels. These little angels would sing hymns as the meet up takes place and the lead angel, who is seated in a suspended chair decorated with flowers, removed the black veil of Mary. After the removal of veil, the angels will throw the confetti of flowers to the crowd. Afterwhich, the crowd will enter the church and attend the first mass of the day. This is how Filipinos welcome Easter Sunday followed by egg huntings and beach celebrations afterwards. Philippines Celebrates ‘Salubong’; A Unique Way of Welcoming Easter is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →