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Join the BellaRoca Moriones Festival this Holy Week on 2-5 April 2010!
This lenten season, feel the magic in a breathtaking new destination and experience a moving festival that depicts the passion of Christ.
Surrender to your whims and spend four (4) glorious days at the luxurious BellaRocca Island Resort and Spa, an exclusive resort perched on a 20-hectare island of mountainous rolling terrain, reminiscent of Santorini, Greece. Bellarocca Island Resort and Spa offers a fantastic experience unlike any other place in the Philippines and across South-East Asia. Located in Marinduque, the Bellarocca Island Resort and Spa is the perfect place to stay in as you prepare to witness and experience the Moriones Festival.
Known as one of the most colorful and intriguing festivals in the country, this week-long celebration is filled with Roman costumes, painted masks and exotic settings. Legend has it that Longinus, a half-blind Roman centurion, pierced Jesus on the cross with his spear and was healed by the blood that spurted out from Christ’s wound. The Moriones Festival is a commemoration of Longinus and the miracle that converted him to Christianity.
Don’t miss the spectacle and join the festivities! Otherwise, you have to wait for another year!
Slots are running out! Book now and avail of our early bird rate!
For more info about Bella Roca Island Resort and Spa, please visit www.bellaroccaresorts.com.
Good Friday, 2 April 2010
“Sinakulo” - A street play about the passion of Christ. Morions, the participants of the festival in Roman costumes, take part in this play.
“Via Crucis” - Also known as the Way of the Cross, it is a re-enactment of the passion and suffering of Christ while He was making His way to Calvary. This re-enactment is done along the streets of Boac and culminates at the Moriones Arena.
Tawak Drinking - A ritual of drinking an herbal potion against poisonous bites.
Flagellantes - At the Boac and Gasan cemeteries, men inflict suffering on themselves by whipping their backs as a form of atonement for their sins.
Good Friday Religious Procession in all town centers.
“Kristo: Ang Tagapagligtas” - A stage presentation about Christ, the Redeemer, at the People’s Park.
Black Saturday, 3 April 2010
“Pugutan” - A stage presentation about Longinus and about how he caught the ire of the centurions because of his conversion to Christianity. The re-enactment reaches its climax when Longinus is caught and beheaded.
“Sinakulo” - Another stage presentation about the story of Longinus and about the Resurrection of Christ. This is done with the morion groups and cenaculistas.
Mistah Morion Group Torch Parade and Vigil.
Easter Sunday, 4 April 2010
“Salubong at Bati” / “Aleluyahan” - A ritual celebrating the appearance of the Risen Christ before the Blessed Mother through dancing.
Easter Mass in all Parishes.
“Gasang-Gasang Easter Sunday Street Dancing Festival” - An annual competition of various contingents in choreographed movements and morion-inspired costumes.
Grand Parade and Awarding of Prizes to Morions
Parade of MISTAH Morion Group, Boac Poblacion
“Traditional Pugutan” - A ritual showing a mock beheading of Longinus.
“Pugutan” – A mock chase along the streets showing how Longinus was discovered, caught and beheaded.
5 April 2010 Return to Manila at 8:30 am flight with estimated arrival at 9:30 am.
Inclusions:
• Roundtrip airfare
• Roundtrip land and sea transfers (Marinduque Airport – Resort – Marinduque Airport)
• Welcome refreshments at the Resort
• Triple sharing in luxurious accommodations with breathtaking seascape and mountain view.
• Three (3) brunches and Three (3) 3-course dinners
• Tour of the Marinduque Mainland and its Environs, particularly for the Moriones Festivities
Others:
• Each Hotel Deluxe Room comes with individual climate control; Plasma TV with DVD Player and state-of-the-art home theatre stereo system, satellite cable TV, Ipod dock and Hi-Fi compact sound systems; pillow selections; modern bath and shower facilities with complete range of bathroom amenities; and private balcony or garden
• Complimentary internet connectivity in the accommodation (cable) and select public areas (Wi-Fi)
• Complimentary drinking bottles of water in the room, replenished daily
• Complimentary coffee & tea selections in room
• Golf cart service
• Complimentary access to the resort’s range of exclusive facilities and recreational activities, i.e. 9-hole golf course, 2 main swimming pools, tea house, meditation sanctuary and fitness gym, entertainment room, among others
• Inclusive of applicable government tax and service charge
PACKAGE COST:
Please note that the budget rates below reflect more than 40% discount of the actual resort value. Rates are quoted per person.
Triple Sharing Twin Sharing Single
Package Cost 44,000 50,000 75,000
10% Early Bird Rate 39,600 45,000 67,500
5% Early Bird Rate 41,800 47,500 71,250
Early bird rate:
Get a 10% discount for payment made on or before 5 Feb 2010
Get a 5% discount for payment made on or before 1 Mar 2010
Rates for Children 12 years below: P20,000 with same inclusions.
To book a slot, please email travel@islandsphilippines.net or call (63 2) 638 8374 now!
We have a very limited booking capacity so it will be on a first come, first served basis. Hurry! Book your slots now!
This lenten season, feel the magic in a breathtaking new destination and experience a moving festival that depicts the passion of Christ.
Surrender to your whims and spend four (4) glorious days at the luxurious BellaRocca Island Resort and Spa, an exclusive resort perched on a 20-hectare island of mountainous rolling terrain, reminiscent of Santorini, Greece. Bellarocca Island Resort and Spa offers a fantastic experience unlike any other place in the Philippines and across South-East Asia. Located in Marinduque, the Bellarocca Island Resort and Spa is the perfect place to stay in as you prepare to witness and experience the Moriones Festival.
Known as one of the most colorful and intriguing festivals in the country, this week-long celebration is filled with Roman costumes, painted masks and exotic settings. Legend has it that Longinus, a half-blind Roman centurion, pierced Jesus on the cross with his spear and was healed by the blood that spurted out from Christ’s wound. The Moriones Festival is a commemoration of Longinus and the miracle that converted him to Christianity.
Don’t miss the spectacle and join the festivities! Otherwise, you have to wait for another year!
Slots are running out! Book now and avail of our early bird rate!
For more info about Bella Roca Island Resort and Spa, please visit www.bellaroccaresorts.com.
Good Friday, 2 April 2010
“Sinakulo” - A street play about the passion of Christ. Morions, the participants of the festival in Roman costumes, take part in this play.
“Via Crucis” - Also known as the Way of the Cross, it is a re-enactment of the passion and suffering of Christ while He was making His way to Calvary. This re-enactment is done along the streets of Boac and culminates at the Moriones Arena.
Tawak Drinking - A ritual of drinking an herbal potion against poisonous bites.
Flagellantes - At the Boac and Gasan cemeteries, men inflict suffering on themselves by whipping their backs as a form of atonement for their sins.
Good Friday Religious Procession in all town centers.
“Kristo: Ang Tagapagligtas” - A stage presentation about Christ, the Redeemer, at the People’s Park.
Black Saturday, 3 April 2010
“Pugutan” - A stage presentation about Longinus and about how he caught the ire of the centurions because of his conversion to Christianity. The re-enactment reaches its climax when Longinus is caught and beheaded.
“Sinakulo” - Another stage presentation about the story of Longinus and about the Resurrection of Christ. This is done with the morion groups and cenaculistas.
Mistah Morion Group Torch Parade and Vigil.
Easter Sunday, 4 April 2010
“Salubong at Bati” / “Aleluyahan” - A ritual celebrating the appearance of the Risen Christ before the Blessed Mother through dancing.
Easter Mass in all Parishes.
“Gasang-Gasang Easter Sunday Street Dancing Festival” - An annual competition of various contingents in choreographed movements and morion-inspired costumes.
Grand Parade and Awarding of Prizes to Morions
Parade of MISTAH Morion Group, Boac Poblacion
“Traditional Pugutan” - A ritual showing a mock beheading of Longinus.
“Pugutan” – A mock chase along the streets showing how Longinus was discovered, caught and beheaded.
5 April 2010 Return to Manila at 8:30 am flight with estimated arrival at 9:30 am.
Inclusions:
• Roundtrip airfare
• Roundtrip land and sea transfers (Marinduque Airport – Resort – Marinduque Airport)
• Welcome refreshments at the Resort
• Triple sharing in luxurious accommodations with breathtaking seascape and mountain view.
• Three (3) brunches and Three (3) 3-course dinners
• Tour of the Marinduque Mainland and its Environs, particularly for the Moriones Festivities
Others:
• Each Hotel Deluxe Room comes with individual climate control; Plasma TV with DVD Player and state-of-the-art home theatre stereo system, satellite cable TV, Ipod dock and Hi-Fi compact sound systems; pillow selections; modern bath and shower facilities with complete range of bathroom amenities; and private balcony or garden
• Complimentary internet connectivity in the accommodation (cable) and select public areas (Wi-Fi)
• Complimentary drinking bottles of water in the room, replenished daily
• Complimentary coffee & tea selections in room
• Golf cart service
• Complimentary access to the resort’s range of exclusive facilities and recreational activities, i.e. 9-hole golf course, 2 main swimming pools, tea house, meditation sanctuary and fitness gym, entertainment room, among others
• Inclusive of applicable government tax and service charge
PACKAGE COST:
Please note that the budget rates below reflect more than 40% discount of the actual resort value. Rates are quoted per person.
Triple Sharing Twin Sharing Single
Package Cost 44,000 50,000 75,000
10% Early Bird Rate 39,600 45,000 67,500
5% Early Bird Rate 41,800 47,500 71,250
Early bird rate:
Get a 10% discount for payment made on or before 5 Feb 2010
Get a 5% discount for payment made on or before 1 Mar 2010
Rates for Children 12 years below: P20,000 with same inclusions.
To book a slot, please email travel@islandsphilippines.net or call (63 2) 638 8374 now!
We have a very limited booking capacity so it will be on a first come, first served basis. Hurry! Book your slots now!
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