MANILA, Philippines — If you are in the Southern Tagalog island province of Marinduque for the annual Moriones Festival, which takes place every Holy Week, it would be great if you can take some time ...

MOGPOG, Marinduque — The sleepy island province of Marinduque comes to life during Holy Week, with thousands of local visitors and foreign tourists coming down to see one of the Philippines’ oldest ...

BOAC, Marinduque, Philippines — Months ahead of this year’s Holy Week, Mark Montevirgen already had his new set of Morion costume ready. He had ordered a mask with a custom-made body armor of an ...

VILLAINS OF LENT Wooden masks, which sell for P4,000 to P5,000 each, are used during the Moriones Festival, one of the oldest religion-themed festivals in the country. The annual weeklong tradition ...

Boac, Marinduque—The first time that I saw Moriones was in Holy Week of 1996, a month after one of the country’s worst environmental mining disaster happened when more than 2.5 million metric tons of ...

Wooden masks, which sell for P4,000 to P5,000 each, are used during the Moriones Festival, one of the oldest religion-themed festivals in the country. The annual weeklong tradition starts with a grand ...

Moriones festival, usually referred to as the mask or visor festival, is celebrated every year during the holy week in Philippines. The “Moriones” – men and women in colorful costume and masks ...

My first and only trip to Marinduque was way back in 1981, staying in Boac and visiting Mogpog for a day. I was on a mission to witness firsthand the famous Moriones festival, and naturally, I was ...