The System of Sponsorship for Processional Images and the Traditions Associated with them in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines
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In the town of Cabiao, as in other towns in the Philippines,Holy Week culminates in the commemoration of thepassion, death and resurrection of Jesus. Tableaux of theimages of Christ, Mary, the disciples and other saints -called santos - are borne in procession through the mainstreets of the town. Members of the town ‘élite’commissioned the images and now stage the processions. To better understand their role, this paper analyses thedynamics of this form of sponsorship, including thesystems, structures and practices of santo patronage,using the older images to help identify sponsors in theSpanish period. I used documents to find out more aboutthe background of members of this élite – the estates andproperties they owned and the political posts they held. The manuscripts also gave some clues about how and whythe sponsorship of santos developed as it did in the mid-19th century. NB. ‘Élite’ is used here to refer to a particular strata ofPhilippine rural society. It does not have the negativeconnotations (uncaring wealth and privilege) that the termsuggests in many other parts of the English-speakingworld.
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In the town of Cabiao, as in other towns in the Philippines,Holy Week culminates in the commemoration of thepassion, death and resurrection of Jesus. Tableaux of theimages of Christ, Mary, the disciples and other saints -called santos - are borne in procession through the mainstreets of the town. Members of the town ‘élite’commissioned the images and now stage the processions. To better understand their role, this paper analyses thedynamics of this form of sponsorship, including thesystems, structures and practices of santo patronage,using the older images to help identify sponsors in theSpanish period. I used documents to find out more aboutthe background of members of this élite – the estates andproperties they owned and the political posts they held. The manuscripts also gave some clues about how and whythe sponsorship of santos developed as it did in the mid-19th century. NB. ‘Élite’ is used here to refer to a particular strata ofPhilippine rural society. It does not have the negativeconnotations (uncaring wealth and privilege) that the termsuggests in many other parts of the English-speakingworld.