Friday, December 31, 2010

PHILIPPINES





Penafrancia Festival in Naga City, Bicol is held every 3rd Sunday in September in honor of the Virigin of Penafrancia, the Miraculous patron saint of the Bicol Region.  A nine-day novena is done in honor of the Virgin.  On the ninth day, the impage of the Virgin is paraded in a colorful fluvia procession on the river in downtown Naga.  When it reaches its destination, the devotees shout "Viva la Virgen!".

Thanks ginay for the card (PH-21367).