BIBICLAT, Nueva Ecija — It is well before daybreak in Bibiclat, a village in the northern Philippines surrounded by rice fields. Using only light from their cellphones to cut through the darkness, devout Catholics venture into the fields.
Devout Catholics walk, dressed in dried banana leaves, towards the church of Saint John the Baptist during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024.
Devout Catholics, dressed in dried banana leaves, walk towards the church of Saint John the Baptist during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024. Devout Catholics, dressed in dried banana leaves, participate in mass at the church of Saint John the Baptist during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024.
Devout Catholics, dressed in dried banana leaves, pray outside the church of Saint John the Baptist during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024. Devout Catholics cry as they participate in mass at the church of Saint John the Baptist during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024.
A Catholic boy receives the holy communion from a priest during the mud festival at Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, Monday, June 24, 2024. They smear mud over their bodies and then soak dried banana leaves in the mud. After dressing themselves with the leaves, they walk to the church of St. John the Baptist.
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