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Bocaue Pagoda Festival

The Bocaue River Festival is an annual celebration held every first Sunday of July (formerly July 2 from 1850 until 1993) in Bocaue, Bulacan, in the Philippines, in honor of the Holy Cross, the  Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa , found in the river in the 1800s. The festivities involve a decorated pagoda on top of a barge surrounded by small boats accompanying it. A replica of the holy cross is placed at the top of the pagoda. The Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa is a replica of the cross on which the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, is set on a pagoda, which is paraded down the river, led by a retinue of boats. The entire fluvial procession is colorfully decorated and hundreds of devotees from all over the Philippines gather to pay homage to the holy cross of Wawa. The festivities also include 9 days of the novena, which celebrates the rescue of the Holy Cross from the river of Bocaue. Devotees customarily douse each other with water from the river during the festival, especially dur...

The Love Affair

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The Love Affair by Joseph Adrian A. Maramba How does feel about love according to the annulment after the husband discovers his wife having an affair? Does getting hurt give you the right to hurt your back? Making the problems about love. That is why it feels like an annulment after the husband discovers his wife. They consult a lawyer who just broke up. This is strong on the outside but weak, needy, and scared on the inside, and when circumstances force the knowledge to come out, she brings so much emotion to the front. I don’t think I praised a local actor this much, but she deserves all of it. Almost everybody has his or her own breakup experience. It can be caused by so many different things – distance, arguments, or incompatibility – but the most intriguing reason is most definitely infidelity. It’s interesting to explore the psyche of people who feel the need to divert their attention to someone else. And it tackles the Filipino’s fancy, as proven by the myriad of shows in TV a...