23/06/2024
TAONG PUTIK FESTIVAL OF BIBIKLAT NUEVA ECIJA
The annual Taong Putik Festival is held every June 24 in the Barrio of Bibiclat in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija. On this day, the people of Bibiclat and other devotees pay homage to their patron saint, St. John the Baptist by wearing costumes patterned after his attire. The taong putiks or Mga Nagsa-San Juan soak themselves in mud and cover their bodies with dried banana leaves and go around houses in the village to ask for alms of candles or money they would use to buy candles.
After the ritual, participants gather at the church yard to hear Mass. They light the candles and offer prayers before washing themselves to join their families for the fiesta celebration later that day.
-HugotSemininarista
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