Fiestas or Feasts of Malolos, Bulacan
Singkaban Festival
- A festival of arts and culture in honor of Capitol's patron saint, "Our Lady of Victory"
- The festival is celebrated in every second week of September which is in conjunction with the "Linggo ng Bulacan which is held on September 8–15
- Week-long celebration consisting of various colourful cultural presentations, art and culinary exhibits, arts and skills contests, and the prestigious annual Dangal ng Lipi Awards Night
- Held during the last Sunday of January
- The festivities begin with an exhibit of "Santo Niño" (Holy Child) and culminate in a grand procession of hundreds of folk, antique and new statues of the Holy Child in different depictions
- The highlight of this festival is the hundred year-old antique miraculous image of Senor Sto Nino de Malolos
- Held annually on Trinity Sunday
- Commonly called Pista ng Santisima Trinidad because the barangays of Santisima Trinidad and Pinagbakahan were once annexed to Barangay Barihan
- This fiesta started since 19th century where thousands of people attending this fiesta to pray for petition and wishes also to view the procession of three, miraculous and highly venerated antique icons of the Holy Trinity
How religious groups affect the locality's culture
Religion provides a theistic code of morals for use in binding order in society and culture. Some cultures identified themselves by their religion, their religion was the center which held the culture together. Home, farming, relationships, marriage, birth and death, these are all common events in cultures; often these events have a religious significance. So many cultures have bound themselves together in common that they might all achieve the goal of life, by providing those social structures which bind religion and man.
http://religion.answers.wikia.com/wiki/What_impact_does_religion_have_on_culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malolos#Feasts_and_Festivals
Religion provides a theistic code of morals for use in binding order in society and culture. Some cultures identified themselves by their religion, their religion was the center which held the culture together. Home, farming, relationships, marriage, birth and death, these are all common events in cultures; often these events have a religious significance. So many cultures have bound themselves together in common that they might all achieve the goal of life, by providing those social structures which bind religion and man.
http://religion.answers.wikia.com/wiki/What_impact_does_religion_have_on_culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malolos#Feasts_and_Festivals