At dawn on Easter Sunday, usually around 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. children wearing white dresses gather in front of the St. Andrew’s Cathedral Parish. Holding their banderas (flags) that match their dresses, they perform the Sayaw ng Pagbati, a century-old tradition unique to Paranaque

The streets of Pampanga transform every Holy Week where the people traditionally come in hooded figures, known locally as magdarame (meaning “to share in sorrow” in kapampangan).

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