good friday in lucban

Lucban is richly blessed with traditions and Holy Week is one attestation.  Lucbanins, local tourists, some are foreigners, photographers and vacationists flood Lucban during Good Friday to witness unique traditions that Lucban is known and can be proud of.

Becoming famous is the procession of the Mahal na Señor (Santo Sepulcro/Dead Christ), proof of which is the participation of some non-Lucbanins, where men walk barefooted as they pull the ropes carrying the carriage of the Señor, the manner of which similar to the Black Nazarene of Quiapo in Manila.

Mahal na Senor

Also worth seeing are the images of saints depicting the various events in the passion until the death of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Devotees also lined up to kiss and venerate the Cross, another tradition that has never ceased to exist.

According to church authorities, this year’s Good Friday was most attended compared to last year’s.  The church is full during the Good Friday ritual and the procession was likewise participated by more people lining up not only the sides but even the center of the streets.

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