Pahiyas 2011
Since I was absent on my last shift last Saturday, I decided to join Nelly to experience Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon. Pahiyas Festival is a colorful feast in honor of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers.
It was soooo hot the whole day so we started it by buying huge native hats which originally cost 85Php but we haggled and got it for 80 pesos. Not bad!
We first went to Kamay ni Hesus Healing Church and went through the (almost) 300 steps to the shrine. Here’s the picture:
Imagine us after that- our knees are shaking for real!
From Kamay ni Hesus, we rode a tricycle going to the town proper of Lucban. Saw people chanting for peace. It’ll give you the festive-feeling and you’ll just say, “We are sooo here!”
Chant for Peace goes like this: Gopala Govinda Rama Madana Mohana - they chant these five words repeatedly.
And these pictures below are my faves:
me being amused and lost..
beautiful flower.
kipingsssss!
and ofcourse, my partner that day-Nelly who loved the rainbow colored bunot ng niyog. People are really creative.
Us making habhab the pansit of Lucban known as ‘Pancit Habhab’.
Nope. This one is not a float. This is one of the houses which they decorated with different agricultural products such as tomatoes, grain of rice, pumpkins, etc. Apparently, this is the Grand Prize Winner and awarded 60,000 pesos.
And to end this, here’s a picture of me and the people who went there for the Pahiyas. It was tiring yet fun. I was able to have short conversations with few strangers. People from Lucban are generally nice.
And to end this, here’s a picture of me and the people who went there for the Pahiyas. It was tiring yet fun. I was able to have short conversations with few strangers. People from Lucban are generally nice.
My legs still hurt since we walk like, uhmmm, most likely 10km for the whole day. Great work out!
photo credit: Nelly
♥jindra
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