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| ==Bayanihan in Moriones Festival at Manila Hotel==
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| *Source: http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/05/02/bayanihan-in-moriones-festival-at-manila-hotel/
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| *Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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| :by : manilastandardtoday.com
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| BAYANIHAN re-created the Moriones Festival, one of the most popular Philippine festivals during the Lenten season at the historic Manila Hotel. The national folk dance company of the Philippines performed at the Grand Lobby recently as part of the Hotel’s centennial celebration series. It was the second performance for Bayanihan at the country’s oldest premiere hotel this year. Just last February, it executed a beautifully-crafted performance inspired by the Panagbenga flower festival of Baguio.
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| The Moriones Festival is a folk-religious festival in Marinduque that re-enacts the story of Saint Longinus, a Roman centurion who was blind in one eye. It is a week-long celebration that starts on Holy Monday and culminates on Easter Sunday. The moriones who represent Roman soldiers during the time of Christ, wear colorful costumes and masks of handcarved wood or paper-mache topped by a helmet adorned with multi-hued paper flowers. They carry painted wooden swords, spears, and shields.
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| Philippine festivals are featured in the centennial series to give hotel guests and visitors a taste of Filipino culture.
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| ==[[Marinduque Archived News]]== | | ==[[Marinduque Archived News]]== |
| The older news reports are kept [[Marinduque Archived News|here]] | | The older news reports are kept [[Marinduque Archived News|here]] |