Merry-Go-Round
Marinduque's Moryons
By FLORO M. MERCENE
April 5, 2012, 3:55pm
Part of the reason is to cater to tourists. The other is an honest-to-goodness desire by scholars and educators to revive an otherwise dying, highly localized ethnic tradition. The old moryon practices, seen by native residents as spontaneous, unrehearsed Lenten jollity, have turned into a ritualized display of religious fervor.
History will judge whether the transformation was a positive spin that allows us to enjoy this unique Lenten tradition, or we have simply lost and will never regain the old comical, amusing, unrehearsed way Marinduqueños view their Lenten rites..... MORE
Source: MB.com
URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/356368/marinduques-moryons