Obando Fertility Rites
obando fertility rite dance ritual anitist origin later became catholic festival celebrated every may obando bulacan philippine local pilgrim sometimes dressed traditional costume dance sing town street honour beseech obandos three patron saint san pascual paschal baylon santa clara clare assisi nuestra señora de salambáo lady salambao fertility rite initially done honour anito diyan masalanta tagalog goddess love lakapati tagalog fertility deity bathala supreme deity tagalog people rite performed within vicinity dambana spanish arrived forcibly converted native roman catholicism changed religious belief regarding fertility rite rite observed triduum may st paschal baylon may st clare assisi may lady salambáo three day usually begin morning mass said parish priest procession held immediately thereafter consists three saint image followed band playing instrument made bamboo brass devotee dance fandango singing hymn santa clara pinungpino saint clare refined image saint lead procession designated feast day rite especially fertility dance popular pilgrim philippine supplicate triad saint child spouse general good fortune throughout three day devotee joyously dance street form prayer asking spirit life enter womb woman st clare assisi oldest saint declared patroness catanghalan town former name image first enshrined chapel built missionary order friar minor town st clare thcentury italian nun founded poor clares according rule teaching contemporary st francis st clare became patroness good weather spanish name clara also referred clearer sky storm formed basis filipino custom offering chicken egg st clare ensure good weather spanish word egg white albumen clara also pun name devotee participating rite would sometimes hold egg sway fandango introduction st clare spanish franciscan replacement precolonial tagalog god especially deity conception diyan masalanta transformed old animist kasilonawan dancing ritual offering fandango saint prevent cure sterility woman eventually st clare evolved patroness individual seeking mate child particularly daughter santa clarang pinongpino santa clarang pinongpino ako po ay bigyán mo ng asawang labíntatló sa gastos di magreklamo saint clare refined unto bestow spouse thirteen expense shant complain variation santa clarang pinongpino ang pangakò ko ay ganitó pagdatíng ko sa obando sasayáw ako ng pandanggo saint clare refined promise like arrive obando shall dance fandango th century franciscan missionary built town church introduced veneration saint paschal baylon surname baylon taken mean one like dancing ultimately derived spanish bailar dance like st clare saint also became patron invoked fertility wealth abundance anecdote tell childless couple neighbouring town hagonoy met youth selling crab young man told couple visit obando participate rite ameliorate condition upon entering obando church couple amazed sight saint paschals image face looked exactly like young crab vendor origin st paschals patronage childless couple wish child particularly son june image lady salambáo formal title lady immaculate conception salambáo last saint whose cultus introduced obando legend tell three fisherman named juan julián diego dela cruz caught virgin mary image salambáw fishing net supported bamboo crosspiece mounted raft fishing place known hulingduong binwangan part malabon decided bring image neighbouring town navotas boat suddenly grew heavy immobile eventually decided bring image obando instead boat quickly lightened became easy paddle taken sign virgin wanted enshrined obando church still venerated local patroness fishing good harvest world war ii church large portion obando ravaged fire included amongst damaged property image three patron saint year war end archbishop manila vicar obando church forbade fertility dance due pagan origin prohibition normal religious procession still held triduum without lively street dancing parish priest rev fr rome r fernández komisyon ng kalinangan commission culture obando helped ban lifted reviving ancient dance ritual still practised day novel noli tángere josé rizal philippine national hero character chapter captain tiago attribute longsought pregnancy rite pregnancy result birth one novel principal character maría clara rite featured pilot episode filipino teleserye ina kapatid anak used fertility issue plot device colegio de san pascual baylon folk catholicism religion philippine sexuality philippine single mother phenomenon philippine reyes r delos e de guzman j lozano obando alamat ng isang sayaw obando legend dance language tagalog english spanish angelfirecom february retrieved june hernandez jose w obando fertility rite fiesta seasiteniuedu retrieved june obando fertility rite fertility dance mayobando bulacan lakbaypilipinascom retrieved june british airway event detail obando fertility rite britishairwayscom retrieved june philippine daily inquirer obando bulacan philippine daily inquirer inqnet liong ricardo obando church – 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