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THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION of Holy Week in the Parish of San Nicolas de Tolentino, Cabatuan, Iloilo is climaxed by the staging of a traditional ceremony locally known as “DAMPUG.” DAMPUG is an angel personified by a small boy or girl who will announce the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death. The ceremony takes place at 4:30 A.M. of Easter Sunday. It is preceded by a procession from the Church to the “dampugan” or the place where the ceremony will take place. During the procession, the images of the Risen Christ and His Sorrowing Mother, borne on the shoulders of devotees, will meet at the “dampugan” and then the ceremony starts. This year, the personification of our “dampug” will assume the personality of a girl. She is IRA DANII MARQUEZ GUIDORIAGAO. IRA DANII is the only girl among the three children of Ramon Dominic Guidoriagao and the former Rhoda Marquez. Her twin brother is Ire Dominique and her little brother is Pete Daniel. She is the granddaughter of Avelina Suobiron Marquez and the late Pedro Marquez on the maternal side and Elias Guidoriagao and the late Melba Barrios Guidiriagao on the paternal side. Ira, as she's fondly called, is 7 years old and in First Class in Guardian Angel School in Dublin, Ireland. The last year's Dampug, Claire Marquez Sulatra, is her first cousin. PASKWA SANG PAGKABANHAW NI HESUKRISTO Ang mga dampug magkapala Ang mga alupu-op maghalawa Kay ang kasakit nga bugana Natigayluhan na sang himaya. Maghimaya ka O Reyna nga langitnon Kay ang gindala sang imo tiyan Nabanhaw nga wala mag lidan Siling sang iya pinamulong. Magkinalipay ang kalibutan Magkinasadya ang katawuhan Maghimaya ang kalangitan Kay ikaw ang ambahan nila. O halangdon nga prinsesa Emperatriz sang langit kag duta Atubanga ang himaya Talikdi ang kasakit kag kagha. Maghimaya ka kag magkasadya Kay nyan natapos na Ang pagpanubos sang mga sala Sang mga inapo ni Eva. Yanang bilidhon mo nga korona Nga sa ulo mo napahantang Amo ang tanda sang paghigugma Sang Dios sa kalangitan. Kag didto ka kunina pagakoronahan Sa himaya nga matam-is kag luntad Nga gintigana nga daan sa imo Sang Santisima Trinidad Busa, paalam na ako Sa mahal nga atubangan mo Kag didto magahulat ako Sa langit nga imperio. Viva! Viva! Viva! Iloy sang Dios kag iloy man naton tanan. Photo and info by Peter John Mina Cudo, Rhoda Marquez Guidoriagao |
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