via Philippine Star, 15 March 2020: The Philippine island of Marinduque has a personal family connection. Its cathedral was recently bestowed Important Cultural Property status and has a number of natural and cultural draws.
Highlights of the centenary festivity were the unveiling of the Important Cultural Property (ICP) plaque bestowed by the National Museum of the Philippines to the Boac Cathedral, and the moryon-inspired Centennial Monument obelisk and the Bantayog-Wika at the provincial capitol complex in Boac.
The locus of the celebration was the Araw ng Marinduque which featured a parade of floats depicting historic events of the province and the cultural heritage of the six towns. Street dances of the various municipal festivals were also held.
The iconic moryons reenacted the “Pugutan” or beheading of mythical centurion Longinus who testified to Christ’s resurrection, the climactic chapter of the Moriones Festival passion play.
