Good Friday processions in Baliuag or Holy Week procession in

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is an event taking place in

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, in a traditional Roman Catholic culture of the

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. In the

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Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Hol ...

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Friday". is a

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observed primarily by Christians commemorating the

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and his death at

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. The holiday is observed during

as part of the

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on the Friday preceding

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, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of

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. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday, or Easter Friday, though the latter properly refers to the Friday in Easter week. GoodFridayprocessionsinBaliuagjf2001 05

Baliuag Good Friday processions like any other religious

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are found in almost every form of Christian and Catholic worship, such as

processions. Some biblical examples were the processions with the

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and the procession of Jesus on a donkey into Jerusalem.

Carrozas

, the 2013 "Prusisyon ng mga Santo" was the Lenten rite wherein 96 carrozas participated compared to some 83 religious images that were paraded through the streets in the previous years. In the Lenten

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, religious fervor and piety compelled the town people of Baliuag to launch over a hundred richly adorned giant floats depicting the passion of Jesus Christ. Held every Holy Wednesday and Good Friday, the procession starts at 6:00 in the Evening. The grand procession of more than 80 images became an anticipated attraction on Holy Wednesday and Good Friday. The 2013 Good Friday 96 massive carriages carrying life size dioramas depicting a scene in the life of Jesus were paraded all over town after sunset. The solemn rite on Good Friday, called the Baliuag Lenten Procession was witnessed by local and foreign tourists, including the

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' Apostolic Nuncio on that time, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, who was accompanied by his aide Msgr. Gabor Pinter. It is the longest Lenten procession in the Philippines, followed by the Holy Week Procession from the San Isidro Labrador Parish from the nearby town of Pulilan. The 96 Baliuag (

) floats showcased the grand parade of lavishly decorated carriages which event culminated in the blessing with holy water of the floats and the faithful by 2 Baliuag Priests from the Team Ministry of the

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. Passion In the 2017 Holy Week Procession, the carrozas has an approximate of 117 carrozas compared in 2016, when there was 114 carrozas only. In 2018, only 1 carroza was added, making the total number of carrozas to 118, by 2019, there are now 121 (including 3 additional carrozas: 121A, 121B and 121C). And this Year 2020, only 1 carroza was added, making it at 122 carrozas.

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Carrozas

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