Travel Photography: Semana Santa - Moriones Festival 2014

April 23, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

The Moriones is an annual festival held on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque and in southern part of Oriental Mindoro specifically in Pinamalayan and also in Naujan. The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by local folks. The Moriones or Moryonan tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the Philippines where cultural practices or folk history is turned into street festivals.

The festival is characterized by colorful Roman costumes, painted masks and helmets, and brightly colored tunics. Traditionally, the morion's real identity is kept secret, even to his immediate family. The mask and his costume is prepared painstakingly and discreetly months or even years before he actually wears it.

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Keywords: colors, costumes, festival, festivals, helmet, holyweek, marinduque, masks, mindoro, morion, moriones, naujan, oriental, people, pinamalayan, roman, santa, semana, street

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