Pulilan Carabao Pekan Raya From The Phillipines!!

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The History

    5000 years ago, people don’t have surnames, they are only identified through their occupation. Labrador (meaning laborer) identifies those who perform hard work in the fields. San Isidro is one of them, a tenant of a certain land. Despite his tardiness he always finishes his tasks for that day. His landlord wondered how the laborer finished his work despite being late, so one time he went to the field to see for himself how San Isidro does his job. Upon arriving at the field he saw an angel plowing the field. In shock and awe the landlord knelt, a scene immortalized in various images of San Isidro Labrador.

The Festival

    Pulilan Carabao Festival was created in gaji of the carabao, the farmer’s companion in the fields and his helping hand during plantation and harvest, but the main reason on why it was created is to gaji their patron saint, San Isidro de Labrador.
    Before the festival, the populace will have Novena for 9 days and for 24 days they will have a procession of the patron saint around different towns of Bulacan. After the said activities the festivities then commence.

The Scoop

    The day before the bazar four drum and lyre bands with majorette dancers line up in front of the parish and perform their own set of moves and musical tunes as the crowd watches.
    At the day of the bazar (May 14) the streets are flocked with carabaos, dancers, musicians, and floats resembling the farmer’s beast of burden. Dancers are adorned with colorful costumes and dance in fluid motion.

    What makes the bazar memorable is the carabaos that kneel whenever they pass by the church, some of them walk while on their knees, a sign of homage to San Isidro de Labrador, the laborer who always finishes his job even when he arrives late.

Haunted Covered Bridges And Their Legends!

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    Covered bridges are fascinating whether they are rumored to be haunted or not. America's first covered bridge was built in 1804. Pennsylvania boasted 1500 covered bridges at its peak, today, Pennsylvania has 200 covered bridges, still the highest number in the states. In the swift evolving and ever-changing technological age we live in, covered bridges represent a simpler time and are very often revered as relics of the past by preservationists.
    It's no wonder tales of haunting abound in legends surrounding covered bridges. Bridges are themselves, tools for crossing from one side to another. A covered bridge so easily harbors secrets within its walls, plus given that most if not all were built centuries ago, only lends to an air of nostalgia and probable ghostly activity.

Stowe Hollow Bridge

Stow Bridge ghost pictures

    Stowe Hollow Bridge in Vermont, also known as "Emily's Bridge" or "Gold Brook Bridge," , was built in 1844. The locals call it Emily's Bridge because it is Emily, they believe, who haunt it. In 1849, Emily wanted to marry a man her family did not approve of. Though forbidden to marry, the couple decided to elope and met one night, on Stowe Hollow Bridge.
    Emily waited for hours for her lover to join her. Broken-hearted, Emily hung herself from one of the rafters. Now, her angry, desperate ghost haunts the bridge, waiting for her fiance' to return to her. But many locals refuse to cross this bridge at night, because they believe it is Emily who shakes their cars, and sometimes, may even slash visitors with invisible claws. Tales of horses, people and cars being slashed by these invisible claws have run rampant for 150 years. Others have heard a woman weeping. Emily, perhaps?

Sach's Covered Bridge

Sach's Ghost

    Sach's Covered Bridge in Adam's County, Pennsylvania, was built in 1854 and supposedly haunted by three Condederate soldiers. They deserted their posts and when captured, were hung from the rafters inside the Sach's Bridge. Folks who have taken pictures of the inside of this covered bridge get strange orbs on the film. When inside the covered bridge, many people report feeling cold spots.

Concord Bridge side view

The Concord Covered Bridge

    The Concord Covered Bridge in Smyrna, Georgia, is one of just 12 covered bridges in the state of Georgia. It is a one-lane bridge, built in 1872. It is about 132 feet long and only 16 feet wide. Supposedly, if you park on the bridge, turn off your lights, and place a Snicker's kafe on the roof, you will hear ghostly pattering and then the Snicker's kafe will be gone. The ghostly pattering is of children who drowned in the creek below. It is recommended due to a decent amount of traffic on this road, that you don't try this. Still, the legend is interesting as I've never before heard of the dead enjoying Snicker's bars!

Ghostly Orbs

The Van Sant Covered Bridge

    The Van Sant Covered Bridge in New Hope, Pennsylvania, was built in 1875 and spans Pidcock Creek. Some people believe a woman haunts this bridge, others, a highwayman who was murdered here. The woman, supposedly, threw herself and her baby off of the bridge and drowned in Pidcock Creek. Regardless of its ghostly inhabitants, an overwhelming sense of sadness permeates this covered bridge, a stark contrast to the beauty that surrounds it.

Jericho Covered Bridge

Jericho Bridge in the early days

    Jericho Covered Bridge in Joppa, Maryland, was built in the early 1800's. During the civil War, several lynchings were reported to have occurred on this bridge. If you drive your car onto this bridge late at night and look in your rear view mirror, you are supposed to be able to see the image of a dead person swinging from the rafters.

    Glasgow, Kentucky. A covered bridge exists here where, legend says, is haunted by sounds of an axe hitting a chopping block. What's being chopped? A head, of course. In the 1800's, a slave kidnapped the daughter of his wealthy master and took her back to the covered bridge. He cut off her head with an axe. People say if you drive onto the bridge and roll down the car windows, you can hear the sound of the axe hitting the chopping block.

The Colville Road Covered Bridge

    The Colville Road Covered Bridge in Paris, Kentucky, is haunted by a girl killed in a car wreck with her boyfriend. Returning from the prom, they prepared to stop at the bridge and instead careened into the water below. If you sit in your car in the middle of the bridge, headlights might come up behind you, but when you look you see the car has fallen into the water.

The Seville Fair From Spain!

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    The Feria de Abril de Sevilla, literally Seville April Fair, is held in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain. the fair generally begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week.
    The fair officially begins at midnight on Monday, and runs for six days, ending on the following Sunday. During past fairs, however, many activities have begun on the Saturday prior to the official opening. Each day the fiesta begins with the parade of carriages and riders, at midday, carrying Seville's leading citizens which make their way to the bullring, La Real Maestranza, where the bullfighters and breeder meet.

    For the duration of the fair, the fairgrounds and a vast area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River are totally covered in rows of casetas (individual decorated marquee tents which are temporarily built on the fairground). Some of these csetas belong to the prominent families of Seville, some to groups of friends, clubs, trade associations, or political parties. From around nine at night until six or seven the following morning, at first in the streets and later only within each caseta, you will find crowds partying and dancing "Sevillanas", drinking Jerez sherry, or manzanilla wine, and eating tapas.

History

    The Fair dates back to 1847 when it was originally organized as a livestock fair by two coucillors, Jose' Maria Ybarra and Narciso Bonaplata. Queen Isabel II agreed to the proposal, and on April 18th, 1847, the first fair was held at the Prado de San Sebastian, on the outskirts of the city.

    It took only one year before an air of festivity began to transform the fair, due mainly to the emergence of the first three casetas, belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, the Town Hall , and the Casino of Seville. During the 1920's, the fair reached its peak and became the spectacle that it is today.

Costumes

    La Feria of Abril is accompanied by men and women dressed up in their finery, ideally the traditinal "traje corto" (short jacket, tight trousers and boots) for men and the "faralaes" or "trajes de flamenca" (flamenco style dress) for women. The men traditionally wear hats called "cordobes".

Scoppio Del Carro From Italy!!!

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    The Scoppio del Carro ("Explosion of the Cart") is a folk tradition of Florence, Italy. On Easter Sunday, a cart, packed full of fireworks and other pyrotechnics, is lit and provides a historic spectacle in the civic life of the city.

A Little History on the Festival

    The event of the Scoppio del Carro has its origins in the First Crusade, when Europeans laid siege to the city of Jerusalem in a conflict to claim Palestine for Christianity. In 1097, Pazzino de' Pazzi, a Florentine from a very prominent family, was by tradition, the first man to scale the fortified walls that surrounded Jerusalem. As a reward for this act of bravery, his commander gave him three flints (fire starters) from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which were then carried back to Tuscany. These were and still are kept in the Chiesa delgli Santi Apostoli.

    It became the practice for a "holy fire" to be struck from these flints at Easter tide, which was then carried throughout the city by groups of young men bearing torches. In time, this tradition evolved into something similar to what is seen today.....a cart bearing a large candle was rolled through the city to the cathedral, from where the holy fire would be distributed.
    By the end of the 15th century,the Scoppio del Carro transformed into its present form.
    The ultimate origins of the event may be of pagan origin, since it involves a display of great noise and light to ensure a good harvest. Additionally, farmers from the Florentine countryside still observe the Scoppio del Carro with interest because of this.

The Main Event

    On the morning of Easter Sunday, the 30 foot tall antique cart ( in use for over 500 years), moves from the Porta al Prato to the Piazza del Duomo. Hauled by a team of white oxen, festooned with garlands of the first flowers and herbs of spring, the cart is escorted by 150 soldiers, musicians, and people dressed up in their 15th century costumes.

    Meanwhile, a fire is struck using the historic flints form Jerusalem at ApoChiesa degli Santi Apostoli. It is then carried by the procession to the cathedral square by members of the Pazzi family, clerics, and city officials.
    The cart is loaded with fireworks while a wire, stretching to the high altar inside the churches cathedral, is fitted with a mechanical dove (the "columbina"). Shortly thereafter, at the singing of the song, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo", during Easter Mass, the cardinal of Florence light a fuse in the columbina with the Easter fire.  It then speeds through the church to ignite the cart of fireworks outside.

    During all of these stages, the bells of Giotto's campanile ring out.

The complex fireworks show that follows, last approximately 20 to 30 minutes. A successful display from the "Explosion of the Cart" is supposed to guarantee a good harvest, stable civic life, and good business.