When it encountered some strongly ingrained social traditions, oftentimes borne out of dark, superstitious, and dangerous periods of communities history and legacy, it has tried to coopt certain socalled pagan practices to carry its religious dogma in a. In the outskirts of metro manila lies obando, a municipality of. Obando feast of the three saints and fertility dance catholics. The obando fertility rites are mentioned explicitly in dr. The catholic church pragmatically convinced the natives to conduct their dances in front of saints images instead of idols. The famous obando bulacan fertility rites philippine evolution. It is where local babaylans danced as an offering to the deities of nature. The obando fertility rites are a filipino dance ritual. For a country that is largely catholic, some festivals in the country are an eyeopener into the beliefs and practices that the locals hold dear. Every year during the month of may, to the tune of musical instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men, women and children of obando, bulacan, philippines wear traditional dance costumes to dance on the streets followed by the images of their patron saints san pascual baylon st. Top list of philippine festivals dance classes events.
From may 1719 every year, san pascual baylon church holds a threeday devour that draws individuals from all through the nation for masses, long moving parades through the avenues, and excited dedication inside the congregation. Obando has been the town of three saints since early in its history. In fact, the celebration was even mentioned in the book, noli me tangere. Philippine festival filipino american association of.
Massive numbers of men and women dance towards the town church praying for a wife, husband or a child. Identify the theatrical elements of the obando dance ritual. The obando fertility rites 1 are a dance ritual, initially an anitist ritual, and later also became a catholic festival celebrated every may in obando, bulacan, philippines. Fertility rites obando feast in spite of all its rich humanistic endowment, the authorities of the catholic church, in its more than two millennia of recorded history, have never shied away from savvy street survival tactics. This fertility dance is part of the obando fertility rites. May 18, 2007 obando fertility rites is a filipino dance ritual. The rites, expressed through dances, prayers, incantations, and sacred dramas, seek to control the otherwise unpredictable forces of nature. Apr 19, 2017 it was founded by franciscan friars and it is where the threeday fertility rites are held annually, in honor of st. The fertility dance was actually a prechristian ritual. The obando orational fertility dance has a few characteristics that set it apart in the pantheon of philippine fiestas.
It is a dance ritual and catholic festival celebrated every may in obando, bulacan, philippines. Jun 04, 2012 obando fertility rites festival may 2012 this is the second time i was able to enjoy and experience the traditional fertility dance in obando bulacan. The festival is also mentioned by the countrys national hero, jose rizal, in one of his epic novels noli me tangere. From may 1719 each year, san pascual baylon church holds a threeday feast that draws people from throughout the country for masses, long dancing processions through the streets, and frenzied devotion inside the church. Fertility rites article about fertility rites by the free. The obando fertility rites is a festival wherein devotees and tourists dance in the streets in the form of a religious procession with the intent of bearing a child. The obando fertility rites and dance monument in front of the town hall of obando, bulacan. Fertility rites obando feast in spite of all its rich humanistic endowment, the authorities of the catholic church, in its more than two millennia of recorded history, have.
Clara fertility festival begins, travel and leisure, philippine headline news online, 1998, nakuha noong. Claire should be considered as the patron saint as to. City of malolos the popular obando fertility rite dates back to the 14th. Sayaw sa obando world library ebooks read ebooks online. Fertility dance at obando popularly known as sayaw sa obando, this fertility dance is part of the obando fertility rites, a festival celebrated annually every may in obando, bulacan. To my knowledge, the late romulo ting delos reyes wrote the first documentation of obando history in obando, alamat ng isang sayaw obando, legend of a dance. The famous obando bulacan fertility rites philippine. San pascual paschal baylon, santa clara clare of assisi and nuestra. The book history of theater by brocket described the origin of th. Of course i wasnt expecting the dance fertility rites session, but i wanted to. They hold a raw egg while they dance as a symbol of fertility. Jose rizals novel noli me tangere, where dona pia alba had to dance the pandan. A festival celebrated annually every may in obando, bulacan. Obando fertility rites recreated in burlingame, ca balita.
As with cave pictures that show animals at the point of mating. The obando fertility rites 1 are a filipino dance ritual. The obando fertility rites is an ageold threeday ritual held during summer in obando, bulacan, philippines. My friend and i were doing our visita iglesia yesterday. Whether it be for a religious occasion, a charter day, etc. Jan 21, 2016 before, people believed in the tradition of obando fertility rites. Obandos fertility rites dance festival philippines street dance. Apr 17, 2019 in this case, we first visited the san pascual baylon parish church or commonly known as the obando church.
Obando fertility rites 2019 in philippines, photos, fair. Locals and pilgrims, sometimes dressed in traditional costume, dance and sing in the towns streets to honour and beseech obando s three patron saints. Chronicles on filipino popular piety and ecclesiastical history. May 21, 2018 the obando festival in bulacan is said to grant couples an offspring. In prehispanic times may was also the season for fertility dances. Two saints, san pascual baylon and santa clara, reflect the influence of franciscans in the. The fertility dance of obando is both a festival and a prayerful appeal for devotees. The dance ritual is celebrated annually, usually sometime in the month of may. May 12, 2020 sayaw is a transliteration for both swallow bird and the nounverb for dance in. Considered as a catholic festival, locals and pilmgrims dance and sing in the streets of obando to honor the towns three patron saints.
Dos palmas resort in palawan philippines our newly contracted resort. The triumvirate of obando by alejandro roces obandenian. Obando fertility rites project gutenberg selfpublishing. In obando are found the roots of our dancing traditions. Jose rizal, mentioned this tradition in his novel, the noli me. The chief one being that it is not dedicated to one or two saints, but three. Every year, during the month of may, to the tune of musical instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men, women and children of obando, bulacan, philippines wear traditional dance costumes to dance on the streets followed by the images of their patron saints san pascual st.
Photo courtesy of parokya ni san pascual baylon cosc via their facebook page. But obando has for long been the town of three saints since its earliest history. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you. The fertility dance and stories of faith daily tribune. The town of obando benefited greatly from tings career in the department of tourism, eventually becoming director of dot. May 14, 2011 the obando fertility rites is a filipino dance ritual wherein men, women and children of obando, bulacan, philippines and other devotees and visitors from other towns in the philippines dance in the streets in the form of a religious procession primarily in order for the spirit of life to enter into the wombs of women. The month of may has always been the season for the fertility dance. The popular fertility dance serves as a form of prayer for couples who are hoping to conceive. Sep 24, 2017 the popular obando fertility rite dates back to the 14th century, but it was converted into a catholic festival by spanish friars when bulacan was christianized. The obando fertility rites and dance monument in front of the town hall of. A strong belief in god coupled with an ancient tradition takes center stage at the obando fertility rites, happening from may 1719. World fair philippine festivals, the internet 1996 world exposition, no. From the biggest cities down to the smallest barangays.
Throughout the years, the obando fertility dance can be considered to have a very. They find their annual trek from cagayan valley to bulacan a heartwarming and worthwhile journey. This is obandos fertility dance a celebration of life in obando and a. The story of how they became a part of the festival is the story of obando. Fertility dance in obando popularly known as sayaw sa obando. Spanishlanguage novel, the noli me tangere in chapter 6. The obando festival in bulacan is said to grant couples an offspring.
Both she and her husband are devout catholics and have been attending the sayaw sa obando the obando dance since 2011. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias. The troupe performs traditional festive presentations like the obando fertility rites, and enacts excerpts of important events in the countrys history the liberation of bulacan, the letters of jose rizal to the women of malolos, the battles of gregorio del pilar, in song and drama. As with the sacrifices of humans which many scholars think that ancient peoples made to ensure good fortune be that as to harvests or hunting or warfare or other endeavors, fertility rites are a variety of sympathetic magic in which the forces of nature are to be. Obando fertility rites held from may 17 to 19 in obando, bulacan. Most participants of the fertility rites ask and pray to the patron saints for a child, a partner in life or good fortune. This festival dates back even before the spanish era.
It is really a historic church as it was erected in 1754. Founded by franciscan missionaries, under the spanish flag, it is the venue of the threeday obando fertility rites held annually in honor of three patron saints, namely. Saint mary frances was born to a hard father, who mistreated her. The first time i attended the festivity was last may of 2008. The dance was particularly important to women who were considered of low stature if they could not conceive. Reflections on what will happen to our town and culture. Before the coming of the spaniards, townsfolk observed a celebration called kasilonawan. Rizal, mentioned the rites in chapter 6 captain tiago of his 1887 spanish novel. My pope digs up the answer to that and other interesting facts about this popular place of worship just 10 miles north of manila the church has an official name. The obando fertility rites are a dance ritual and catholic festival celebrated every may in obando, bulacan, philippines. Claire of assisi and our lady of salambao, a celebration that was mentioned by jose rizal, the philippine national hero, in the pages of his spanish. Obando, bulacan municipalities of bulacan info abo. History of obando fertility rites the fertility dance is seems like a christianized version of a prechristian fertility celebration called kasilonawan.
We talked to devotees on the supposed power of this fertility dance and why they continue coming back. The obando fertility rites are a dance ritual, initially an anitist ritual, and later also became a catholic festival celebrated every may in obando, bulacan. Obando feast of the three saints and fertility dance. This ancient fertility ritual was very important to the early filipinos because a womans fertility is equal to her worth. Sayaw sa obando wikipedia, ang malayang ensiklopedya. The obando fertility rites are a dance ritual, initially an anitist ritual, and later also became a catholic festival celebrated every may in obando, bulacan, philippines.
Still, in obando, a town on manila bay, one churchs feast is famous for an unusual element, a fertility dance that serves as a form of prayer for couples who are hoping to conceive a child. They had been trying for 5 years to concieve without success. It is a 3 day festival from may 1719 that is celebrated every year by hundreds of people and attended by couples coming from throughout the philippines looking to be blessed with a child and for lovers to find love. May 23, 2020 the obando fertility rite is said to predate the arrival of the spaniards. Two holy people, san pascual baylon and santa clara. Such rites may involve the sacrifice of a primal animal, which must be sacrificed in the cause of fertility or even creation. The obando fertility rites is an annual three day festival celebrated in the municipality of obando in the province of bulacan. Bong enriquez and rheeza hernandez my story, my sm. This was after a prohibition of the practice was imposed by an archbishop of manila after world war ii. The miracles of sayaw sa obando my pope philippines. Fertility rites are religious rituals that are intended to stimulate reproduction in humans or in the natural world. Obando fertility rites festival may 2012 culturetravelerph.
Phyllonorycter obandai, obando fertility rites, miguel obando y bravo, nobanda railway station, obando church, obando, bulacan, juliet obanda makanga. Clare of assisi santa clara, the first patron saint of obando. When the spanish arrived, they forcibly converted the natives into roman catholicism and changed their religious beliefs regarding the fertility rites. Apr 24, 2020 obando, a small town in bulacan, has held to this ageold tradition of fertility dances to the present day and has attracted a lot of tourists the world round. Fertility rites are religious rituals that reenact, either actually or symbolically, sexual acts andor reproductive processes. The obando fertility rites are a dance ritual, initially an anitist download pdf, and later also became a catholic festival celebrated every may in obando, bulacan, and pilgrims, sometimes dressed in traditional costume, dance and sing in the towns.
Characteristics fertility rites may occur in calendric cycles, as rites of passage within the life cycle, or as ad hoc ritualscommonly fertility rituals are embedded within largerorder religions or other social institutions. Set in gujarat, the story revolved around two individuals and tejaswini, who. The fertility dance is seems like a christianized version of a prechristian fertility celebration called kasilonawan. In spite of all its rich humanistic endowment, the authorities of the catholic church, in its more than two millennia of recorded history, have never shied away from savvy street survival tactics. The rites were performed within the vicinity of a dambana. My pope answers this and other questions about the centuriesold bulacan place of worship. The fertility dance of obando has been part of tradition even before the spanish conquest of the philippines.
For a country that is largely catholic, some festivals in the country are an eyeopener into the. Founded the obando fertility rites are a dance ritual, initially an anitist ritual, and later also became a catholic festival celebrated every may in obando bulacan sherman obando 1970 former major league baseball player trotzky augusto yepez obando. In the month of may, parishioners and other devotees perform the kasilonawan, now locally known as sayaw sa obando, or literally, the dance in obando. Part of the celebration included performing a fertility dance to honor three tagalog deities.
A god named linga was the center of the kasilonawan ritual. Rome fernandez, with the assistance from the cultural commission of obando, who revived the celebration of the obando fertility rites or the obando dance in 1972. Of course i wasnt expecting the dance fertility rites session, but i wanted to see the church. Media in category obando fertility rites the following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total. Kevin carlyon helps a dorset couple to concieve on the cerne abbas giant hill figure in dorset. The fertility rites were initially made in honor of the anito diyan masalanta, the tagalog goddess of love, lakapati, the tagalog fertility deity, and bathala, the supreme god of the tagalog people. Considered as a catholic festival, locals and pilgrims dance and sing in the streets of obando to honor the town three patron saints. Locals and pilgrims, sometimes dressed in traditional costume, dance and sing in the towns streets to honour and beseech obandos three patron saints.
These events are reflective of catholicism in the country. The festivities will be recreated in a day in burlingame, ca, on saturday, may 18, at our lady of angels parish and sponsored by the obandenian association of northern california in cooperation with the ola filipinoamerican community of burlingame. One of the highlights of this ritualistic festival is the dancing of. Obando fertility rites festival 2017 yuneoh events.
The obando fertility rites is a filipino dance ritual. Reproductive technology get 247 homework help online. Obando has been the town of three holy people since right off the bat in its history. Salambao also known as obando church, is a roman catholic church located in the municipality of obando in the province of bulacan philippines. Wherein every year during the month of may there will be musical instruments made out ofbamboo materials, the men, women and children of obando, bulacanwear traditional dance costumes and then dance on the streets and form a religious processionfollowed by the images of their patron saints san pascualbaylon, santa claraandour lady. It was then called the kasilonawan wherein it was headed by the katalonan or the high priestess. Fertility rite project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Obando fertility rites are an interesting set of events that take place in philippines. Obando has hosted this festival since prespanish times.
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