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It is with a heavy
heart that I left Marinduque the next morning to go home. I wish to thank all Marinduqueños
for their hospitality. Marinduque is for sure one of those places you should
see before you die!
Portraits of young kalutang musicians.
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One of the earliest musical instruments found among the Marinduqueños is the kalutang. It consists of two pieces of wood. Banging together the identical pair of wood on selected points produces notes of definite pitches and tones. The kalutang is graduated in sizes, to produce different note range accordingly to their size. A band of 10 to 12 people can make music.
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Salubong at Bati (The Resurrection).
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The Salubong (The Resurrection) at Easter Dawn commemorates the encounter between Christ and His Mother. Two different processions start at the church of Boac at 4am. The first one with the icon of the risen Christ while the second consist of the Blessed Virgin Mary (covered with a black veil to denote her mourning).
The two processions are heading to a place called Galilea, a four-corner structure of bamboo trunks forming an apex with an opening in the middle. The whole structure is decorated with flowers.
When the two groups meets under the Galilea a band begins to play music. The young man and woman who were leading the processions start to dance the bati while waving up their banners of resurrection. At this point, the ceremony of the meeting begins with the choir singing alleluias as Mary approaches Jesus. Under the canopy an angel descends while singing alleluia. The little angel then lifts the black veil from the Virgin Mary exposing a happy mother who is seeing her son. Uproar of jubilations are heard from the crowd.
The lifting of the black veil from the icon of Mary is the climax of the ritual. It represents the end of the dark days, the forgiveness of sins, and the start of salvation.
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In the procession you
first have the carrozas carrying the different images of the Christ, then the
carrozas with the Santo Entierro (dead Christ) and at the end of the procession
the Mater Dolorosa (the grieving Virgin Mary).
Good Friday procession.
In mid-afternoon, the last words of Christ are spoken and explained in the pulpits. In the late afternoon a procession starts which commemorates the death of the Christ.
Statues on beautifully decorated "carrozas" depicting the life of our Lord are carried around the streets of Gasan. The most important statue is the one with the Santo Entierro (The Dead Christ) and the grieving Mater Dolorosa.
This music instrument is made of a bamboo stick split in two. Both halves are rapidly clapped together and it produces an eerie CLAP CLAP sound.
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There are no female flagellants but women participate in the penitensiya by walking bare foot in black clothes and wearing those headdresses made of leaves. They will join the Good Friday procession in the town of Gasan.
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