The Holy Week celebration in Marinduque started yesterday, Palm Sunday, with the ubiquitous morions walking along the major streets of Boac, Gasan and Mogpog (joined in recent years by Sta. Cruz, Torrijos and Buenavista), in two's, in groups or individually. These masked and Roman-centurion costumed men, women and children have made the island of Marinduque a must-see destination during the Lenten season. Nowhere else in the world is the miracle of the Roman soldier Longinus, the first Christian convert after the Resurrection, celebrated in this manner. Over time, his myth, Longinus' life and times are re-enacted in Marinduque's six towns in ways that these communities may wish.
Above video "Head to the Moriones Festival" is from OurPhilippinesTV.
