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→Fiestas and Traditions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City
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==Fiestas and Traditions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City== | ==Fiestas and Traditions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City== | ||
[[Image:1 116146497l.jpg| | [[Image:1 116146497l.jpg|right|150px]][[Image:Santo Sepulcro.jpg|left|150px]]Aside from the yearly celebration of the barangay fiesta, which is celebrated every September 24 in honor of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Ransom) is another tradition that is being done by almost all the Mercedeños is the celebration of Christ's Death and Passion. | ||
Literally known as the Santo Entierro, images depicting Christ's passion and death and owned by the prominent and old families of Mercedes, are paraded along the streets of the old Calle Real in observance of the Holy Week. | Literally known as the Santo Entierro, images depicting Christ's passion and death and owned by the prominent and old families of Mercedes, are paraded along the streets of the old Calle Real in observance of the Holy Week. | ||