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Filipino Catholics celebrate Easter Sunday with 'Salubong'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/04/16/041617_east.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Catholics in Legazpi City, Albay celebrate Easter Sunday with the Salubong. <cite>Photo by Karen Canon</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Catholics all over the Philippines celebrated Easter Sunday with the traditional &#x27;Salubong,&#x27; or the reenactment of the Biblical account of the meeting of the Virgin Mary and the resurrected Jesus Christ.</p><p>In Quiapo, Manila, hundreds joined the Salubong at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene at dawn today.</p><p>Devotees in Quiapo joined the procession of the images of Mother Mary and the Risen Jesus.</p><p>Hundreds also flocked to Angono, Rizal to witness the Salubong which is held annually in the park of Bloomingdale subdivision.</p><p>The park was already full of devotees as early as 3 a.m. as Angono is known to celebrate the Salubong with colorful pageantry.</p><p>The Salubong in Angono ended with a procession of 20 images of the Virgin Mary to the San Clemente church where the Easter mass was held.</p><p>In Legazpi City, Albay, thousands also joined the mass at the Legazpi City boulevard for the Easter Sunday mass.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1455017" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>A little girl dressed as an angel was lowered down to the ground to lift the veil from the image of the Virgin Mary.</p><p>This is the most awaited part of the Salubong, which symbolizes the end of her mourning after Jesus Christ&#x27;s death.</p><div><strong>-- with reports from Angel Movido, Bianca Dava and Karen Canon</strong></div>

<p>Catholics all over the Philippines celebrated Easter Sunday with the traditional 'Salubong,' or the reenactment of the Biblical account of the meeting of the Virgin Mary and the resurrected Jesus Christ.</p>

Catholics all over the Philippines celebrated Easter Sunday with the traditional 'Salubong,' or the reenactment of the Biblical account of the meeting of the Virgin Mary and the resurrected Jesus Christ.