Photos & Video: Santacruzan, Flores De Mayo
[Updated with photos] The Filipino Community celebrated “Flores de Mayo” and “Santacruzan” today [May 27] with a church service and a procession that took place in Hamilton.
In advance of the event, a spokesperson said, “Today the Filipino community in Bermuda will celebrate two popular festivals from the Philippines – Flores de Mayo [Flowers of May] and Santacruzan [after ‘Santa Cruz,’ or the Holy Cross], both being celebrated together in the month of May by Filipino Catholics.
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“Flores de Mayo is a Catholic flower festival in honour of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. This feast is marked with the offering of flowers [which abundantly blooms in the month of May] to the Virgin Mary at the altar in the Church, every day for the whole month of May as a Marian devotion.”
We will have a photo gallery later on and in the meantime the live video replay is below.
The 8-minute live video replay is below:
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Thank yoy so much Bernews for covering this event as we share a new tradition from the Philippines to the Bermuda community. And thank you to all who came today to witness and support us. Mabuhay kayong lahat and God bless Bermuda!
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It’s wonderful to see traditions of different cultures in Bermuda. Very beautiful procession!! Well done to the Filipino community in Bermuda.
Its heartening to see Bermudas culture diversify and enrich as we mature into multi faceted community. Good job to the Filipino community. You are part of makes up who we are.