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In the Philippines the palaspas (palms) are made from the unopened leaves of the coconut. The palaspas are woven at the site where they are sold.

 

Palm Sunday / Domingo de Ramos

Palm Sunday is a moveable feast which falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates an event reported by all four Canonical Gospels - the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion.
The Gospels go on to describe how Jesus rode into Jerusalem, and how the people there lay down their cloaks in front of him, and also lay down small branches of trees.
On Palm Sunday, in the Roman Catholic Church, palm fronds are blessed outside the church building and a procession enters, singing, re-enacting the entry into Jerusalem.
These palms are saved in many churches to be burned the following year as the source of ashes used in Ash Wednesday services.

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In those pictures the priests are blessing the palaspas (palms)  in front of the Tondo Church.

(Source: Most information for this Holy Week series was taken from the outstanding book "Cuaresma" published by Bookmark.)

            Lent /Holy Week

You can see my Cutud, Pampanga pictures (crucifixion, flagellants) here.

The Moriones Festival in Marinduque (+ Via Crucis, Salubong in Boac, flagellants in Gasan) here. 

            Ash Wednesday

Remember that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.

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In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty-six days before Easter.
Ash Wednesday is a time for repentance and the beginning of Lent. Ashes were used in ancient times, according to the Bible, to express penitence.

Everybody had a great time !