Paintings and Drawing of Leo Carlo R Rotor
Dr Abe V Rotor
All Saints Day
November 1 is a special day worldwide, a church tradition since early Christian time, in remembering the dead. It is celebrated by visiting their tomb, quite often with the ambiance of family get together and picnic. It is Halloween in the western world, with its religious significance balanced with to the lighter side of modern life.
Harana
Harana is a traditional Filipino serenade of Spanish origin, a courtship in song with guitar accompaniment in a "Romeo and Juliet" setting. The suitor is accompanied by friends, pleads for the the girl to open the window and listen to the harana. The most popular harana song is O, Ilaw (Oh, Light). Asa an endangered art the harana clings precariously to its traditional roots in the remote rural communities.
Ash Wednesday
"From dust you came, and to dust you shall return," humbles the human being of his temporal existence on earth, cautioning him against excesses in affluence and power, and that nothing material can save him but by the acceptance of his Creator of the meaning for which he has lived.
Domingo de Ramos
Palm Sunday is the start of the Holy Week when Christ entered the city of Jerusalem. The harvesting of young leaves of coconut and other palm trees in making palaspas, costs millions of pesos loss in the coconut industry and in the destruction of other trees among them the cycad or oliva, considered as living fossils.
Pahiyas
Pahiyas is a celebration in honor of San Isidro, patron saint of farmers and workers, every May 15 in Lucban, Quezon. It is an agricultural festival likened to the Greek's harvest festival in honor of the Goddess Ceres, an important tourist attraction, but losing much of its original significance. Pahiyas is unique in its colorful and artful decorations made of kiping (leaf shape rice wafer), with houses competing and vying for handsome prizes.
Araw ng Kalayaan
Philippine Independence Day was moved during President Diosdado Macapagal's time from July 4 (co-celebration with US Independence ) to June 12, the day the country gained independence from Spain in 1898, but it was short-lived when Spain ceded the country to the US and placed it under Commonwealth rule. Re-enactment of June 12 independence is held at Kawit Cavite at the residence and shrine of the first and controversial president of the First Republic of the Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo.
Grotto
A shrine in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the grotto is a replica of the Grotto of Lourdes in France where a miracle took place when 14-year old Bernadette witnessed the first and subsequent apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1858. The grotto is perhaps the most copied shrine in the Christian world, proliferating in home gardens, church yards, retreat centers, catholic schools, and other establishments. 
Fluvial parade
Fluvial parade venerating the Blessed Virgin Mary is a grand celebration in Bocaue (Bulacan) and Peñafrancia (Bicol). Humble celebrations such as this, is far from being frivolous (bongga). Fluvial parades draws thousands of people of all walks of life, and tragedies are not uncommon such as the sinking of the fluvial ferryboat in Bocaue and the collapse of a bridge in Peñafrancia some years ago.
Procession
Procession of religious icons is an important activity of the church. The Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Christ (the most venerated and celebrated woman in the Christian World) is honored on two occasion: her feast day, Immaculate Conception (December 8), and Assumption of the Virgin Mary to heaven (August 15.
Parol (Christmas Lantern)
Traditional Christmas lanterns or parol grace homes and establishments, the star representing a universal message of peace and hope. Pampanga leads the country's art in making beautiful and giant lanterns, attracting many tourists come Yuletide Season, and opening a new export which makes Philippine parol famous in the world. ~
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