Showing posts with label Flores de Mayo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flores de Mayo. Show all posts

Friday, April 30, 2021

flores de Mayo

May Day is here and wonder | wander | world is reminded of our Flores de Mayo  and Santa Cruzan celebrations back home. 

Santacruzan de Mayo provincial parade, Iloilo

A parade of the town’s loveliest ladies dressed in their dazzling best reenact the search and discovery of Christ’s Cross by Queen Helena and Emperor Constantine in an evening procession that culminates in the town plaza in front of the main cathedral.

vintage photo of the Bacolod Plaza, 1923

The towns all along the coast of Negros Island take their turn dressing up their fairest and hosting fiestas to celebrate the occasion in their own distinct style.