Make your candles burn longer even for hours. I've tried this at home and it's really effective.  I had lighted this one for 2 straight hours but it can still be lighted for additional 3 hours or even longer. Amazing, isn't it? Here's how. 1. Place a candle in the middle of the glass by melting its bottom. I suggest you use a...

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Decorated with white fresh flowers, Bantayan's Carozza of the Santo Entierro looks very regal and heavenly among all other carozzas during the Good Friday Procession. The antique statue of Jesus is placed in a canopy-designed bed highly elevated enough for someone to see the statue even 20 meters away. It is decorated with white anthuriums, Malaysian mums and wild chrysanthemums. Carozza of the...

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In the heart of the Shoe Capital and the Heritage City of Cebu, Carcar City, nestles a historical rotunda. The roundabout is believed to be a hub where ancestors of Carcar had settled to avoid assaults in Valladolid. During the administration of Mayor Mariano Mercado, a kiosk was built inside the rotunda. The rotunda maneuvers vehicles to Barili to the west, San Fernando...

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Bantayan Island, Cebu has been known for Holy Week Procession having life-size statues, well-decorated and well-lighted carozzas. These statues are processioned every Maundy Thursday, locally called as Huwebes Santo to commemorate the Passion of Christ. Check the photos below to see more carozzas depicting the suffering of Jesus.      Bantayan's  Carozza of Jesus' Agony in the Garden & Carozza of Judas' Betrayal - Ang Pagluib...

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The Carozza of the Santo Entierro, known as the Holy Burial but locally termed as "Haya". The family-in-charge of this carozza had kept this tradition for more than 50 years since it was first started by our ancestors, our great grand parents. The carozza's color had been changed through-out the years. It first started as black, then gold, and for the first time...

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For over five decades, this carozza had been passed on to three different generations. I'm blessed to be one of the few who gets to decorate for the Holy Week Processions. The Scourging at the Pillar Carozza, locally termed as the "Ang Paglatos", is processioned every Holy Tuesday and Good Friday. Early 90's, it was moved on Thursday and Friday. Recently, with new...

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The Carozza of the life-size statue of Jesus Christ carrying the cross, popularly known as the Nazareno, is well decorated with various light-colored flowers resting on its feet and around the corners. There are yellow chrysanthemums  surrounded with red anthuriums accented with little white flowers. For this year's Holy Week, the family-in-charge of the carozza get rid of their traditional decoration replicating the...

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