(Confraternity of the Holy Child Jesus of Ternate)
January 24, 2016
3rd Sunday of January
Celebrating the feast of Santo Nino by a Mass in his honor. Every year, a child (boy) acts as the Hermano Mayor. A Mass for the families of the Hermano Mayor was held in the morning and in the dusk before the procession. The Hermano Mayor is usually dressed in formal wear to the Mass in the morning and dress like the image of the Santo Nino clothing image of the Mass and procession at dusk. After the procession, the transfer of Bara Alta was held to the next Hermano Mayor led by the parish priest.
Hermanidad is a Spanish word which means Brotherhood. The feast of the Holy Child Jesus as celebrated by the people of Ternate, Cavite and devotees was led by a Hermano, an individual chosen to lead the festivities. For the said event, the Hermano would be a Boy. It will start with a Holy Mass and then followed by a Procession of the Santo Niños and the patron saint Santo Niño de Ternate. Hermanidad is a regular practice among many church organizations and the Hermanidad dedicated to the Santo Niño conducts annually on every third Sunday of January (The feast of the Santo Niño/Holy Child) for Catholics and for the Aglipayans, a week after.
Catholic:
THE PROCESSION:
Hermanidad de Santo Nino de Ternate (Catholic) 2016
Aglipayan:
Hermanidad de Santo Nino de Ternate (Aglipayan) 2016
The Caracol/Turumba Festival in honor of the Santo Niño de Ternate Updated: February 11, 2017
Karakol is a religious procession dance/street dancing ritual and a colorful form of thanksgiving is practiced and performed during fiestas. The tradition of Karakol (Turumba is the other name of Karakol in Ternate) starts with a procession to bring the image to Maragondon River. As the image of the Holy Child was brought out of the church, the karakol will start with a parade of performers (usually devotees, and locals) going to the town proper while dancing to effervescent music to show their sincere devotion to the Holy Child and will end at Maragondon River (in Barangay San Jose) for the fluvial procession. RANRICH BEACH RESORT Ranrich Beach Resort in Ternate, Cavite where the Fluvial Procession of the Santo Nino takes place. Fronting the Balot Island (Isla de Balut) at the boundary of Maragondon River and Manila Bay.
It features a fluvial procession performed by folk music played by a brass band or a recorded music (mobile sound system) and street dancing by children, teenagers, and women in fancy dress and hat. It is then placed aboard on a large banca (boat) with improvised alter decorated with flowers, balloons and paper flags, for the fluvial parade where thousands of devotees, young and old alike, dance to the rhythm of the brass band. Spectators at the riverbank also dance and pray while watching the activity. After the fluvial parade, the Santo Nino followed by the devotees and pilgrimage is brought to the streets for the actual Karakol around the town proper. Different groups joined the Karakol and merrily dance to the music of the brass band.
The image of the Santo Niño de Ternate is said to have been brought by Jesuit missionaries from the Group of Moluccas Islands in Indonesia (also known as Spice Islands in History books) to Cavite where Malay settlers, including the Sepoys from India, were given settlements and enjoined to keep a lookout on seafaring marauders.
The Karakol of the Roman Catholics is held every January 5 or the eve of the feast of the Santo Nino while the Karakol of the Aglipayans is held every January 6 or the feast day of the Santo Nino. The difference is that the Roman Catholics starts the Karakol first and then followed by the Fluvial parade while the Aglipayans starts the Fluvial parade first and then followed by the Karakol. Before the Karakol starts, the image of the Santo Nino changes its vestments ready for the event.
