What's the difference between getting wet on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday? The Holy Week observance in the Philippines has combined the religious faith with folk and even pagan beliefs. HolyWeek2023
blessed on Palm Sunday as an effective charm. Theshould be placed on the door of homes to ward off evil and bad luck. It is said to help cure ailments when mixed with coconut oil.A cultural anthropologist explained in a March 2018 episode ofof GMA Public Affairs that this belief is patterned after Jesus Christ’s suffering from his crucifixion on the same day. As it took three days before Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, wounds acquired on Good Friday also don’t heal as easily.
A sociologist explained that this belief might have been prompted by the desire to make children behave during Holy Week. Because the faithful ought to be in a contemplative mood, children are discouraged by their parents from engaging in physical activity during this weekIn the morning of this day, children are advised to jump high before the church bells ring to help them grow taller – similar to the belief during New Year’s Eve celebration.
On the one hand, superstitions disallow baths or even laundry at 3 pm of Good Friday, considered the hour of Jesus Christ’s death. Anyone who disobeys this belief is said to be befallen by evil. On the other hand, being wet on Easter Sunday is considered holy. Superstitions say that rainfall on this day is holy water, and may have healing powers.: This volcano complex located between Laguna and Quezon is popular among pilgrims. It is considered a holy mountain, and is even believed to be the “New Jerusalem.” Pilgrims bathe in its waterfalls for its alleged healing powers.
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