Flores De Mayo Festival in Manila

 

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FLORES DE MAYO

 

A month-long celebration of purity and innocence, in which young girls in white strew flowers like ylang-ylang, hibiscus, and sampaguitas on the streets. This festivity is also thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary, for the end of summer and the coming of rain responsible for flowers blooming. – viakeo.com

 

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Flowers like ylang-ylang, hibiscus and sampaguitas are strewn around Manila by young girls in white during the city’s Flores de Mayo festival. A month-long event, it celebrates virginal virtues and serves as a rite of passage for Filipino youth. Spanish conquerors introduced the Flores de Mayo festival more than a century ago, and it is marked by a range of events and activities, including the nine-day celebration of the Holy Cross. – whatsonwhen.com

 

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During the festival in May  flowers are offered to the virgin Mary at the altar in the church. Young children, girls, dressed in white, will visit the church with cut flowers and baskets of petals in their hands. While walking to the altar, they sprinkle the petals in honour of Mama Mary. At the altar they leave the bouquet of flowers. Every afternoon.  Nine days of prayer  in honour of the Holy Cross, precedes the procession the Santa Cruzan.The procession is always the final part of the festival of Flores de Mayo. The procession is a pageant held in many cities and even in small villages. – philippines.hvu.nl

 

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