Izinsuku Zezinsuku Zomphakathi Wonke
I-Fiestas ePhilippines ibanjwe ukugubha ingcwele ye-patron (iPhilippines yiyona kuphela iningi lamaKhristu elizweni eliseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia) noma ukubhala ukuhamba kwezinkathi zonyaka, kuye ngokuthi iyiphi ingxenye yezwe ongaphakathi. UKhisimusi, lapho izwe lonke liphuma khona emikhosini engaqala isikhathi eside ngaphambi kukaDisemba.
Izimpande zaseFhilippines zibuyela emuva ngisho nangaphezulu - emuva kwabanqobi baseSpain befika kuma-1500.
Esikhathini esidala sama-animation, iminikelo yesikhombisa evamile yenziwa ukuba ibeke onkulunkulu, futhi le minikelo yavela emagcekeni esiwaziyo namhlanje. Isikhathi esihle se-fiesta sisho inhlanhla yonyaka wonke.
Kulawo maPhilippines ngabanye, ama-fiestas angaba yindlela yokuncenga amazulu noma ukwenza izilungiso zeziphambeko zangaphambilini. Endaweni eyodwa, ama-penitents azibopha ngezibhamu; Kwesinye isikhathi, abesifazane abangenamntwana badansa emigwaqweni bethemba isibusiso somntwana.
Wonke amadolobha namadolobha ePhilippines anesibalo saso; noma nini isikhathi sonyaka, kukhona isiqiniseko sokuthi i-fiesta iya endaweni ethile!
Umkhosi we-Black Nazarene
I-Quiapo, iManila
NgoJanuwari 9
I-Black Nazarene iyisithombe esenziwe ngomdwebo wesandla sikaJesu Kristu, esivela esitaladini saseManila sikaQuiapo ukuhola inqwaba yamapenitenti angenalutho, konke okuzungeze isithombe esicacisayo esithi "Viva Señor!"
Ama-penitents akholelwa ukuthi ukuthinta isithombe kuyomnika umuntu isimangaliso empilweni yomuntu; izindaba ziye zazwakala ngezifo eziphulukisiwe nezinkinga zomuntu ezixazululwe ngemuva kokuthinta isithombe esimnyama.
Ukudweba kumnyama, umlando uthi, ngoba umkhumbi owawuletha wawubamba umlilo; naphezu kwesimo salo esithandwayo, kuyisithonjana esibalulekile sokuthi uManila uthembekile.
Umkhosi we-Ati-Atihan
Kalibo, Aklan
Januwari 1-16
Umkhosi we-Ati-Atihan uhlonipha i- "Santo Niño", noma i-Christ Child, kodwa udonsa izimpande zawo emasikweni amaningi amadala. Abahlanganyeli bemikhosi bembatha izingubo ze-blackface kanye nezinhlanga ukuze balingise abantu base-Ati "abakwa-Ati" abamukela iqembu lamaMalay asebalekela eBorneo ngekhulu le-13.
Lo mkhosi uguqukile waba yi-Mardi Gras-like-explosion of activity - izinsuku ezintathu zemigodi kanye nokuthokoza okukhulu okuphelela ekuqhubeni okukhulu. Izixuku zeNovena zakwaKhristu Ingane zinikeza izindlela ezidutshulwayo kanye nezitaladi ezihoxayo ngokudansa amadolobhana.
Ngosuku lokugcina, "izizwe" ezihlukene ezidlalwa ngamadolobha ezindawo ezimnyama kanye nezembatho ezisezingeni eliphezulu zithatha izitaladi, zincintisana nemali yokubonga kanye nenkazimulo yonyaka. Umkhosi uphela ngebhola elimnyama.
Ezinye imikhosi ePhilippines, njengeSinulog eCebu naseDinagyang e-Iloilo, ziphefumulelwe ngqo yi-Ati-Atihan.
Umkhosi we-Sinulog
I-Cebu City
NgoJanuwari 6-21
Njengo-Ati-atihan, umkhosi we-Sinulog ungenye imikhosi yamaKatolika ehlonipha uKristu Child (Santo Niño), enezimpande ezijulile zamaqaba. Umkhosi usuka emfanekisweni we-Santo Niño onikezwe uFerdinand Magellan endlovukazi yaseCebu esanda kubhapathizwa.
Lesi sithombe satholwa kabusha nesosha laseSpain phakathi komlotha wokuhlala okushisayo.
Umkhosi uqala ngentshisekelo yokusabalala ekuseni ebonisa ukufika kwamaSpain kanye nobuKatolika. Umlandela ulandela iMisa; "sinulog" ibhekisela kumdanso owenziwa abahlanganyeli emkhakheni omkhulu - izinyathelo ezimbili phambili, isinyathelo esisodwa emuva, kuthiwe kufana nokuhamba komfula wamanje.
Ababambe iqhaza badonsela ekubetheni amadubhu, bememeza "Pit Señor! Viva Sto. Niño!" njengoba behamba ngomjikelezo.
Moriones Festival
I-Marinduque
Ngo-Ephreli 18-24
Isifundazwe saseMarinduque sigubha i-Lent ngomkhosi omibalabala okhumbula amasosha aseRoma abasiza ekubetheleleni uKristu. Imikhosi iqala ngoMsombuluko Ongcwele, futhi iphela ngeSonto lika-Easter.
Amaski okugqoka amadolobha asetshenziselwa amasosha aseRoma, ayingxenye yokuqhathaniswa nokulinganisa umphathi wekhulu lamaRoma owaguqula igazi likaKristu waphulukisa iso lakhe eliyimpumputhe.
Imikhosi ihambelana nokufundwa nokulingiswa kwe-Passion of Christ, yenziwa kabusha emadolobheni ahlukahlukene kulo lonke elaseMarinduque. Ama-Penitents angabonakala ewabetha ngokwabo ekuhlawuleleni izono zonyaka.
I-Panagbenga (i-Baguio Flower Festival)
Baguio City
Februwari 26
Idolobha laseBaguio elisezintabeni ligubha imbali yalo yemifino - yini enye? - a fiesta flower! Njalo ngenyanga kaFebhuwari, idolobha liphethe umcibisholo ngezinti zezimbali, imikhosi yama-tribal, namaqembu emigwaqo, nephunga lezimbali ezidala isignesha eyingqayizivele kule mkhosi oyingqayizivele.
Igama elithi "panagbenga" lithi i-Kankana-ey ye "isikhathi sokuqhakaza". I-Baguio yiyona ndawo ephambili yePhilippines yezimbali, ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukuthi umkhosi omkhulu womuzi uhlose ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. Enye imikhosi ihlanganisa i-BAguio Flower beautyant pageant, amakhonsathi eS SM Mall yendawo, neminye imibukiso exhasiwe nguhulumeni wasekhaya nabaxhasi bangaphandle.
Maleldo Lenten Rites
ISan Pedro Cutud, eSan Fernando, ePampanga
Ngo-Ephreli 17-24
UMaleldo ubhekene nokuchazwa ngokuthi yi-Extreme Lent: Umzana waseSan Pedro Cutud ePampanga ugubha okungenzeka ukuthi umbukiso we-Good Friday ngoLwesibili emhlabeni wonke, njengoba ama-penitents azibandakanya ngezibhamu ze-burillo futhi azibophezele ngokoqobo.
Isiko saqala ngawo-1960, njengoba izakhamuzi zazitholela ukubethela esiphambanweni ukuze zifune ukuthethelelwa kukaNkulunkulu noma izibusiso. Kwabe sekulandela abaningi, amakhulu amakhulu enza "i-panata" (isifungo) eminyakeni edlule. Namhlanje, bobabili abesilisa nabesifazane bahamba ngesimiso esihle kakhulu.
Ngo-2006, umsakazo waseScotland u-Dominik Diamond wazinikela ekujoyineni ama-penitents, enethemba lokuthi uzobhekana nethemba lakhe lethelevishini yase-UK. Ngeshwa, wakhishwa njengalokhu kwakuyisikhathi sakhe sokuboshwa. ("UNkulunkulu wangikhulula ukubethelwa kwami", Times Online .)
I-Pahiyas
Lucban, Quezon
Meyi 15
I-Pahiyas iyindlela kaThisban ehlukile yeTechnicolor yokugubha umkhosi weSan Isidro, umgcini wezilwane. Njengoba kugcinwe ukugubha isivuno esikhulu, amaPahiyas akhiqiza imidwebo nemidlalo yendabuko - ifaka futhi ukuqhuma kombala ngokusebenzisa ama-rice wafers okuthiwa yi- kiping .
Amashidi we- kiping anemibala futhi ahlonywa ezindlini, indlu ngayinye izama ukukhipha enye ngombala nokucaciswa kwezibuko zabo ze- kiping .
Ngaphandle kwe- kiping , izithelo nemifino esisha kuyo yonke indawo ukuze izivakashi zithande futhi zijabulele. Ikhekhe lelayisi eyaziwa ngokuthi i- suman nayo yonke indawo ishicilelwe - ngisho nabantu abangabazi ngokuphelele bayamukelwa ezindlini zaseLucban ukuze bajabulele iminikelo yokudla.
Ama-Obando Uhlobo Lokuzala
I-Obando, i-Bulacan
May 17-19
Idolobha lase-Obando lithatha isenzo somkhuba wobuqaba owenziwe ngobuqaba obunamandla obuKatolika obubeka phezu kwalo, okubandakanya amaphenitende adansa emigwaqweni ngamathemba ukuthi abangcwele bayonikeza isifiso sabo.
I-penitents iphakamisa amalothi amapulangwe phambi kwabo ethwele umfanekiso wesanta abafisa ukunxusa. Umsanta uhlukile kuye ngokuthi yini eceliwe - iSan Pascual Baylon kulabo abafuna umfazi, uSanta Clara de Assisi kulabo abafuna umyeni, kanye noMama wethu weSalambao kulabo abafuna ingane. Umbukiso uqhubeka phansi emigwaqweni yonke eya esontweni lomuzi.
I-Flores de Mayo
Kuzwelonke
May
Imiphakathi kulo lonke elasePhilippines igubha i-Flores de Mayo, imikhosi yemifula enyanga yonke ehlonipha iNdodanakazi kaMariya iphinda iphinde ilandise indaba yomlando wokubuyiselwa kwe-True Cross kaMongameli ka-Emperor Constantine u-Helena.
Okuqakathekile kunoma yikuphi ukugubha kwe-Flores de Mayo yi-Santacruzan, ongowesifazane onobuhle onokwenkolo ophethe amahlekazi omphakathi (noma azalwa kahle) ahamba emgwaqweni edolobheni.
Abahlanganyeli bagqoke izingubo zendabuko ezinhle kakhulu, kodwa akekho ogqoke kangcono kunenkosikazi emele iNdlovukazi u-Helena, ohamba ngaphansi kwesigodlo sezimbali. Uhamba phambili ekuthwaleni okuthantayo isithonjana seMariya uMariya. Ngemva kokuqhubeka eSontweni, idolobha lonke ligubha ngedili elikhulu.
Kwaphela iminyaka eminingana, amadolobhana amancane aphethe imilenze yaseSacacruzan engumama-gay, kuze kube yilapho umkhadineli ebeka i-kibosh kulowo mkhuba. ("I-Cardinal Bans Gays eSacacruzan", i-CBCPnews.)
Kadayawan sa Dabaw
I-Davao City
Agasti
Idolobha eliseningizimu yeDavao liphethe umkhosi walo omkhulu ngo-Agasti, isonto lonke lezimpi, izinhlanga, kanye namaphephandaba abanjelwe ukugubha isivuno esingenayo. I-Kadawayan iyisiboniso esithakazelisayo sezinhlanga namasiko ayingxenye yomlando ngemuva kwalowo muzi omusha.
Izithelo ezintsha nezimbali (okubili okushiwo yi-Davao's export key) konke kutholakala kalula, futhi izixuku zibuthana ukuze zibuke i- indak-indak sa kadalanan (i-Mardi Gras-efana nezembatho ezimibalabala, nakuba igqoke ukugqoka kwezizwe). I-Davao Gulf eliseduzane nayo idlala imikhosi yemikhumbi, kokubili yendabuko nesimanje. Ukulwa kwehhashi kuqhutshwa ngesikhathi saseKadayawan, isibuko esinonya esivela emasikweni asekhaya.
I-Peñafrancia Festival
I-Naga City
Septemba 19
Ihlonipho lika-Lady of Peñafrancia eNaga City, iBicol. Imikhosi ihambisana nesithombe sikaDaily, esithathwe abazinikela besilisa besuka ekhoneni lakhe eNathedral Naga. Izinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye ezilandelayo yiqembu elikhulu le-Naga - imidwebo, imicimbi yezemidlalo, imibukiso, kanye nezithombe zokubukeka zibukela izivakashi.
Ngosuku lokugcina, lesi sithombe sibuyiselwa e-shrine ngaphesheya koMfula iNaga, emgodini ohamba ngamanzi okhanyisa ukukhanya kwamakhandlela.
Umkhosi weMaskara
Bacolod City
14-21 Okthoba
I-Masskara yindlela emisha yamuva (1980) emisha emikhosini yeCalter Day yeBacolod City, kodwa kumnandi kakhulu nokho. Abadayisi bezimoto ezigqoke izingubo ezimnandi ezidansa emigwaqweni yaseBacolod City, enikeza umbukiso oyinhloko ngomcimbi ohlanganisa imincintiswano yokugibela amapulazi, imikhosi ye-gorge-till-you-drop, kanye nekhasi elihle elihle.
Higantes - Idili likaSan Clemente
Angono, Rizal
Novemba 23
Isiko se-Higantes (Giants) sizalwa ngehlaya elikhulu ngaphakathi. Ngesikhathi idolobha lase-Angono laliyindawo enkulu yokulima ephethe umnikazi wendawo yaseSpain, amandla anqunywa ukuthi izikhathi ziyinkimbinkimbi, futhi avimbela ukugubha noma yikuphi ukugubha ngaphandle kwemikhosi yaseSan Clemente ngoNovemba.
Amadolobhana asenqume ukugcoba amakhosi abo asebenzisa ama-bigger-than-life acids ngesikhathi esivunyelwe usuku lomkhosi - abaphathi babengahlakaniphile, futhi isiko sazalwa.
Ngenkathi ama-giant-giant-foot-high-giants ayishumi-aphakeme aphakanyiswa, amadolobha ahlangana kahle ngamanzi izibhamu namabhakede. Abazinikeleyo baphatha isithombe sikaSan Clemente (umphathisihlalo wabalobi) endaweni ehamba phambili eLaguna de Bay.
I-Angono nayo idume ngokuhweba kwezobuciko kanye nokuhweba kwezobuciko: idolobha likhiqize abanye abaculi abavelele kunazo zonke ezweni, futhi isasondelene nabantu abasebenza ngobuciko nemidwebo yobuciko. Thatha isikhathi sokubheka ngempahla yakho ngenkathi usedolobheni.
Umkhosi omkhulu we-Lantern
I-San Fernando, ePampanga
Disemba 3
Phakathi noKhisimusi, izibani ezinjengezinkanyezi ezibizwa ngokuthi i- parol ihlume lonke izwe. I- parol enkulu kunazo zonke futhi enhle kakhulu eyenziwa eSan Fernando, ekhangisa izinto zayo embukisweni omkhulu kaKhisimusi. Izakhamuzi zihlola i-pastol elula yesikhathi esidala, zikhiphe ubuhle obukhulu bemiklamo ngamapaneli akhanyayo. Ngemuva kokubuka eziningi ze- parol eziboniswayo, ungathenga owakho ukuyisa ekhaya!