BAYANIHAN REPUBLIC:
Every
Holy Week, our family and relatives have a tradition -- Pabasa (day
long chanting of Jesus Christ's story), Walk to Kapitangan and sometimes
Prusisyon (procession of biblical images). That's why it's a NO NO for
me to go elsewhere at that time of the year since our family have a
yearly Lenten practice and a reunion as well. How can I let go of such
wonderful tradition and bonding time right? Anyway, while planning for
this year's Holy Week activities, my Tita Elvie and I thought of
something different this time around. And that gave birth to the idea
of a day long, Bulacan-wide Visita Iglesia!
Visita Iglesia is a Catholic tradition done every Holy Week to pray and remember Christ's life, death and resurrection. This is just like the Stations of the Cross where people stop and pray every station (there are 14 stations) that represents a stage in the Passion of the Christ. In Visita Iglesia on the other hand, each church represents a station.
