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LENTEN RITUAL Devotees pray for intercession before the image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag in Pangasinan province, which is part of the traditional Visita Iglesia (church visits) among the faithful during Holy Week. WILLIE LOMIBAO\/Contributor<\/p><\/div>\n

MANAOAG, Pangasinan\u2014On ordinary days, the image of the Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag wears a sky blue cape with matching secondary veil and apron.<\/p>\n\n

But at the start of Lent, on Ash Wednesday, her vestment is changed to purple.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cHer dress goes with the color of the season. So, now, she wears a purple dress because that\u2019s the color of Lent. It has a penitential character,\u201d said Fr.\u00a0 Ronald Mactal, chaplain and liturgist of the pilgrimage site in Manaoag town, Pangasinan province.<\/p>\n\n

On the night of Black Saturday, the Lady\u2019s dress will be changed to either white or gold to symbolize Easter, a time for celebration.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Virgin Mary goes with us as we journey with our pilgrimage,\u201d Mactal said.<\/p>\n\n

Select group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The task of regularly dressing up and cleaning the more than 400-year-old image of \u201cApo Baket,\u201d as devotees call her, is performed by a select group of church employees and volunteers.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe follow a protocol. We dress her like a queen,\u201d said Mactal.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cEvery month, we would lower her at night from the altar through an elevator and at the sacristy at the back of the altar, we change or clean her vestments,\u201d said Artist Glenn Lopez, 33, a volunteer.<\/p>\n\n

A carpet is first laid out on the floor of the sacristy where the icon is brought down from the altar.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThen we light a candle as a sign of veneration, then we pray. After that, we dress her up,\u201d said Mactal.<\/p>\n\n

Accessories\u2014the crown, halo, rosary and scepter\u2014are first removed and laid out on a table in the sacristy.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThen we remove the vestments. First, we take out the second veil, then the cape and finally, the apron. We would dust them off. Then her face is cleaned and then, her jewels,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n

Cleaning usually takes 30 minutes. But if the vestment is changed, it can take about an hour.<\/p>\n\n

Always a new dress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cIf we dress her for her feasts, it takes us more than three hours because she always wears a new dress for these occasions,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n

New dresses from donors are worn during the town fiesta, on every third Wednesday of Easter (May 7) and during the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary every Oct. 7.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe already have a lineup of donors up to 2017. They have been pleading that they be given a chance,\u201d he said. \u201cThere has to be a social dimension also. So when you donate, you have to also give something for the poor. I think the Blessed Mother will like this better because you are not only clothing her but also the poor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Some donations have intricate embroideries made of gold thread and cost a fortune. Donated dresses have been piling up. Mactal said experts from the National Museum had been consulted on what to do with them.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cOut of the 300 pieces, only 10 percent are of good quality. The rest, we can give them away. So rather than burn them, we cut them into small pieces and distribute them to the people who come here during the feasts,\u201d said the priest.<\/p>\n\n

He said that during Good Friday, people lined up at the back of the altar to touch the dress of Apo Baket.<\/p>\n\n

Touch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a biblical passage that says that the people during the time of Jesus wanted to touch His cloak because just by touching it, they would be cured,\u201d Mactal said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe have heard testimonies on the good things the vestment relic had done to them, either they were cured from their illnesses or something good happened to them. I was very happy about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThere have been many miracles. Some are being reported. We just do not want to highlight it. But people themselves, they are the ones doing it as witnesses. The miracle continues,\u201d Mactal said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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