Pagoda sa Wawa.

Held annually on the 1st sunday of July at Barangay Wawa, Bocaue Bulacan.

The festival features a fluvial parade in honor of the miraculous " Krus sa Wawa". A huge pagoda bearing the image of the Cross accompanied by some 200 devotees symbolizes a dramatic tradition inspired by centuries-old tales. It is believed that the mounting of such a festival assures the agricultural town of Bocaue a bountiful harvest.

Pagoda sa Wawa, in the truest sense, is an exploration of the medium of the water or the river to dramatize the meaning of Christianity in the lives of the local folks. Legend says that a wooden cross was seen drifting along the Bocaue River one day of July, in the year 1850. Found at the intersection of two tributaries, the cross was left to float by a local fisherman named Crispin Mendoza and tested on which direction it would go.

And when the tide led it naturally to the direction of Bocaue, it was brought immediately to the church to become the parish's principal object of veneration, eclipsing on most occasions the original patron saint of the town, Saint Martin of Tours.

Boat races, nine-day prayers, games, revelry and races are all done in the river before the Miraculous Cross is transferred to the church where it will be enshrined for the entire year.

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Pagoda sa pista sa Bocaue, dinagsa

Muling dinagsa kahapon ng libu-libong deboto at mula sa mga lokal na turista ang pagdiriwang ng Pagoda ng Mahal na Poong Krus sa Wawa sa ilog ng bayan ng Bocaue, Bulacan.

Ito ang ikatlong taon na ibinalik ang makulay na Pagoda na naglayag at nag prusisyon sa ilog ng Wawa matapos ang malagim na trahedya noong taong 1993 na kumitil ng daan-daang deboto,

Nakumpirmang naging maingat ngayon sa pagpa patupad ng safety measures ang mga organizer ng kapistahan ng Krus sa Wawa sa paglalayag ng Pagoda dahil limitado lamang sa 250 deboto ang nakasakay sa makulay na Pagoda para maiwasan ang over-loading, pawang nakasuot ng life vest at nakarehistro sa passengers manifest ang mga sumakay sa Pagoda.

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