Pagsungko ki Ina' 2013 Jardin Real de Naga Clubhouse

'Pagsungko ki Ina', 2013 

Jardin Real de Naga Clubhouse

The annual traditional Pagsungko ki Ina

came a little late this year in Jardin Real,

 

…literally came two weeks late, last week of October

while it came on the first week last year,

…and chronologically came late in the afternoon,

a lot earlier compared last year.

‘Pagsungko’ is a pre- fiesta tradition where the image

of Our Lady of Penafrancia  is carried by devotees

on their shoulders and brought to a certain community

all over the Bicol Region for an overnight vigil.

We waited for the procession 

to pass by our house,

...but it silently breezed away that  the image was

already  few blocks away when we saw it.

 

So off we drove to the Clubhouse where 

the mass and the vigil would be held, 

...brought flower offerings for the makeshift altar 
and waited for the image to arrive.

 

After about an hour- the procession 

arrived at the clubhouse,

 

… and the image of the Lady of Penafrancia

was  slowly brought to her improvised altar…

…amidst devotees chanting and praying,

 

…singing hymns, 

 

…and shouting ‘Viva la Virgen’.

 

In a little while, she was  ready for 

the mass, and the overnight vigil.

 

Another Pagsungko unfolded 

and again would unfold next year

and the years to come-

…an unending testament of the Bicolanos’

tireless devotion to their beloved

'Patrona de Bicol'.

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Pagsungko ki Ina, 2012

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