Ross Belle Santos Balatbat The Pahiyas festival is a tradition that originated in Lucban, Quezon in the Philippines to thank God for the bountiful harvest and honor the patron saint of farmers, Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria Toribia,…
Month: June 2021
Flores de Mayo at São Domingos Church
Fr Leonard Dollentas Flores de Mayo (“Flowers of May”) is a traditional celebration for Filipinos in the month of May. A Filipino in Macau who hails from Cebu recalls: “Decades ago, when I was still a boy, I remember that…