Moro-moro, also called comedia, the earliest known form of organized theatre in the

Philippines; it was created by Spanish priests. Other than epic recitations, whatever indigenous
theatrical forms may have existed there before were obliterated by the Spanish to facilitate the
spread of Christianity.

Santacruzan is a religious-historical beauty pageant held in many cities, towns and even small
villages throughout the Philippines during the month of May. This custom and celebration
started after the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 and after the
publication circa 1867 of Mariano Sevilla’s translation of the devotional Flores de Maria or
Flowers of Mary.

The Pasyón (Pasión) is a Philippine epic narrative of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of
Jesus Christ. In stanzas of five lines of eight syllables each, the standard elements of epic poetry
are interwoven with a colourful, dramatic theme.

(music) A small, plucked stringed-instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics
of Spain and various Latin American nations.
Pastores is Christmas season folk dance and song practiced in many parts of Samar. The pastores
(shepherds) recounts the story of the shepherds who visited the child Jesus in the manger through
a song.

Senakulo is a nationwide event that helps devout locals relieve biblical events pertinent to the
life, tribulations and ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Salubong (Tagalog for “meeting”) is a traditional Filipino devotion that reenacts the encounter of
the risen Christ with his mother. In communities in the Philippines, on the morning of Easter
Sunday, the faithful carry statues of the risen Christ and of the Blessed Mother through town in
two separate processions.