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Description	Our Lady of Peñafrancia is a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that is venerated in Naga City, Bicol Region, the Philippines. The image is known to devotees by the title Ina, the local term for "mother", and serves as a place of spiritual tranquility. The feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is celebrated every September at a site by the Naga Rivere. This video contains footage of the festival, vividly illustrating the intangible meaning and value of the celebration and the beliefs that connect and unite people of different region and generations.
Manage No	VI00000322	Running Time	26:04
Country	Philippines
ICH Domain	Social practices, rituals, festive events
Videos Photographer	Sheik MAMARIL, Rodel MERCADO	Year	2018
Place	Bicol Region	File Size	N/A
Definition	N/A	File Format	N/A
Copyright	ICHCAP, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) of the Philippines

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PI00003824 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines, is attended by many devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the country, especially the Bicolanos, who consider the Virgin Mary their mother. This one of the biggest Catholic ceremonies in the Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003831 Our Lady of Penafrancia
A member of the NCCA ICH video team covers an event for the documentary on the feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003830 Our Lady of Penafrancia
NCCA ICH video team interviews a priest for the documentary on the feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003829 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast for Our Lady of Peñafrancia culminates in a fluvial procession at the end of a novena, where the image is carried on a boat in the river, aside from the procession the streets.

Philippines 2018
PI00003828 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast for Our Lady of Peñafrancia culminates in a fluvial procession at the end of a novena, where the image is carried on a boat in the river, aside from the procession the streets.

Philippines 2018
PI00003827 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast for Our Lady of Peñafrancia culminates in a fluvial procession at the end of a novena, where the image is carried on a boat in the river, aside from the procession the streets.

Philippines 2018
PI00003826 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines, is attended by many devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the country, especially the Bicolanos, who consider the Virgin Mary their mother. This one of the biggest Catholic ceremonies in the Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003825 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines, is attended by many devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the country, especially the Bicolanos, who consider the Virgin Mary their mother. This one of the biggest Catholic ceremonies in the Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003823 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines, is attended by many devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the country, especially the Bicolanos, who consider the Virgin Mary their mother. This one of the biggest Catholic ceremonies in the Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003822 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines, is attended by many devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the country, especially the Bicolanos, who consider the Virgin Mary their mother. This one of the biggest Catholic ceremonies in the Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003821 Our Lady of Penafrancia
Devotees and pilgrims gather at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral for the feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003820 Our Lady of Penafrancia
A devotee lights votive candles and pray during the feast day for Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines. The image is a center of devotion.

Philippines 2018
PI00003819 Our Lady of Penafrancia
Devotees and pilgrims gather at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral for the feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003818 Our Lady of Penafrancia
Devotees and pilgrims gather at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral for the feast day and traslacion ritual procession of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines.

Philippines 2018
PI00003817 Our Lady of Penafrancia
The centuries old image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is the center of devotion, especially during her feast day and traslacion ritual procession in September in Naga City, Bicol Region, Philippines.

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DI00000594 Peñafrancia, the 300-year-old Fluvial Procession Festival in the Philippines
September marks the celebration of one of the most famous and oldest festivals in the Philippines, the Peñafrancia where thousands of people flock to Naga City and show their fervent devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the patroness of Naga City in the Bicol Region. For more than three hundred years, religious devotees and pilgrims have attended the religious rites for the Peñafrancia Festival. The Peñafrancia Festival involves two festivities. The celebration for the Divino Rostro or the Divine Face, usually held in the second week of September, is to pay homage to the image of Jesus Christ. People’s devotion to the Divino Rostro may have begun in 1882 during a sudden spread of cholera from Manila that reached Naga City. During that period, there was no cure for the epidemic, but according to the locals, when the image of the Divino Rostro was placed at the altar of the town’s cathedral, the epidemic astonishingly vanished. The weekend following the celebration of the Divino Rostro are the festivities for Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Due to the popularity of the Peñafrancia Festival, Naga has been dubbed the “pilgrim city” in the Philippines. Due to the 333-year Spanish colonization in the Philippines, various cultural traditions have been hemmed and blended into the country’s heritage particularly on religion. At present, almost 85 percent of the Philippines’ population are Roman Catholic. Thus, most festivals in the Philippines are associated with Catholic beliefs and traditions. The devotion of millions of Roman Catholics to Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City every year is one of the most intense religious rites in the country. During the festival, a nine-day novena is dedicated to Our Lady of Peñafrancia. A ceremony called Translación marks the first day of the novena through a land procession to transfer the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia to Naga Cathedral. The most awaited part of the festival is the ninth day of the novena when the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is returned to Basilica Minore in a fluvial procession along the Naga river. During the fluvial procession, images of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and Divino Rostro are boarded in a gazebo on a boat with Catholic clergies. The barge with the religious images is then followed by long canoes paddled by young men in colorful shirts. They paddle as fast as they can as though in a boat race. Only men are allowed to paddle the canoes, according to the beliefs of locals from the Bicol region, as women could trigger disaster. However, only chosen devotees (voyadores) can ride the canoes while the remaining devotees watch the procession on the shores of the river as they cheer “viva la Virgen.” A religious mass is held once the religious images arrive at the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Photo 1 : A scene of Peñafrancia ⓒ Gregory Ian Nicerio Opeña Photo 2 : A scene of Peñafrancia ⓒ Gregory Ian Nicerio Opeña

ROYCE LYSSAH MALABONGA 2018