Galicayo festival of manaoag

 

In the Pangasinan dialect, galicayo means “come here” while manaoag means “to call.” Both words were derived from stories on the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Manaoag where she called on the people to come and build a church.

The apparitions and subsequent miraculous events, which occurred in the late 1500s, inspired the Dominicans to build the church of Our Lady of Manaoag in 1913.

Since then, the town was named “Manaoag” as pilgrims from all over the country and even abroad visit the place for prayer and thanksgiving.

Thus, the weeklong Galicayo Festival, which began last Sunday, is a unique celebration of faith, culture and the arts in honor of Our Lady of Manaoag. 

Our Lady Of Manaoag Church

A popular pilgrimage site for devout Catholics is the shrine for the Lady  of Manaoag ,the patroness of the sick, the helpless and the needy in  Manaoag, Pangasinan.
The image of Our Lady of Manaoag is heavily guarded and secured with bulletproof glass panels on the altar of the shrine. A set of stairs at the back of the church leads to the second floor where the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan allows the people to touch the garment of the image. After a quick prayer and touching the garment, devotees pass through a souvenir shop.

teatro ng ina ng manaoag

“Maganda sigurong isipin na nag-uumpisa ang teatro ng ina ng manaoag sa napapanahong pagpapalipad ng mga pangarap; mas masarap sigurong pakinggan na isang mahiwagang boses ang siyang tumawag sa mga naunang miyembro upang maumpisahan ang grupong ito; lalo pa sigurong nakakatuwa ang ipagyabang na pinaghalong idealismo at kakaibang talento sa teatro.