Angono's Salubong.

Angono is in province of Rizal and it is located 30km East of Manila. Every Easter Sunday the people of Angono celebrate the Salubong in a grand way.

Alas I was stuck in the middle of a huge crowd and I couldn't move around to take pictures of everything that took place. Unlike my other series this will only give you an impression of what is going on.

The word salubong refers to the act of meeting someone who is arriving. As the word connotes, the celebration is a re-enactment of the first meeting of Christ and his mother, Mary.

The salubong is a celebration which actually has its roots in Ignatian spirituality. In Ignatius’ personal intimacy with Jesus and devotion to His Mother Mary, he noticed Sacred Scripture never mentions Jesus appearing to his grieving mother after his resurrection. But instead of being troubled by this, he argued that any person with right reason and a modicum of insight would understand that Jesus could not have done otherwise than appear first to his mother after his Resurrection. Out of this insight, came the popular devotion in the Philippines of the salubong. When Jesus meets his mother, her veil of sadness is removed by an angel of the Lord. She is elated in his life; he is gladdened in her elation. And this is the doctrinal content of the Philippine devotion.

(Source: The Jesuit Gourmet)

Comments

[Rach]

She certainly makes a lovely angel.

[dave]

I've never been able to watch the Salubong because it's early in the morning. But when I was young, my father would take me to the dress rehearsal the night before.

The angel here is real cute (^_^) The thick make-up must be for the stage lights and cameras; otherwise, it would really be off.

[[terrorkitten]]

so pretty mack-up on kids unsettles me slightly but here it was for a good reason.

[Cyber Agnes]

What a cute little angel. I like her smile.

[rayts]

she's cute. it's funny but my mother would volunteer me to play this part when we still live in the province (Catanduanes). i tell you, if i was this cute then, i would have posted it in every corner of our house. unfortunately, i was never this sweet-looking, haha.

[deji77]

She's just too cute!

[Toe]

Great portrait of the angel!

[Ashish Sidapara]

Sweet shot!

[Gary]

an angel indeed!

[AL]

:) I like this religious tradition. It is a show! and I enjoy it tremendously. The angel that you photographed is very sweet!

[lasiate]

Ah! Sydney si tu voulais faire un effort dans les cadrages. la 2ème est très belle mais un peu trop posée.

[Ferdz]

You even made it to the salubong? Wow! You're everywhere during the holy week.

[Tin]

what a lovely kid. :)

[rhodora]

The angel's wings look like real!

Lovely girl, but lovelier with no make up on.

[david]

the make up is a little on the heavy side, but what a cute little girl. nicely shot Sidney.

[Régis]

Sweet little angel !

[verns]

When I was still in the province (read: with parents around) I always attend the Salubong even though this is usually done early in the morning, like 4am so that kinda suck hehe but I like it..pretty symbolic.

About the pic, she's a pretty girl but yeah..too much make up especially the lipstick :)

[ian]

A pretty girl - a bit over made up though.

[tina]

aww what a pretty angel-like girl! :)

[Kyels]

She's such an angel!

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[max]

une fille .. elle est belle mais un ange, elle n'est pas.

[eye]

wow, she really looks like an angel...esp. on the 2nd one... if only they could have tamed the make-up a bit? ;)

[carla]

that little girl does look like an angel. =)

[Hildegarde]

A wise insight !
And what a gorgeous shining angel !

[pieterbie]

She truly is a little angel.