Residents who survive the deadly landslide in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte last October attend Misa de Gallo at a makeshift chapel in the town’s Sitio Tinabon, Barangay Kusiong on Sunda…
Residents who survive the deadly landslide in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte last October attend Misa de Gallo at a makeshift chapel in the town’s Sitio Tinabon, Barangay Kusiong on Sunday, 18 December 2022. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH B. CABRERA
For a long time, villagers happily practiced the tradition of holding Misa de Gallo, which is observed with nine dawn masses from December 16 to 24, just before Christmas Eve. When the landslide struck, most of them ran to the high ground where the devastated chapel was erected, only to find out that it was the first to be hit by the bulk of rampaging mud and boulders.
They also boiled water at their wood-fired kitchen for the native coffee, which flowed for all after the celebration.
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