
The Holy Week [Semana Santa] for many Filipinos affords us a few days’ vacation when we can go away for a well-deserved break or seek some quiet and do some deep thinking. For others, it is an opportunity to do some penance by recreating the events leading to Christ’s crucifixion and his rising from the dead.
Estan Cabigas documents Semana Santa in the Philippines in these timeless photographs. This year, will you be spectator or participant?
You may also browse Estan Cabigas’s other site: Travel blog.
Mabuhay ka, Pilipino!















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BRAVO!
[...] Armand invited me last week for a slideshow of photographs that will be featured in time for the Holy Week. Spanning a good three summers of documenting the rituals and practices around Quezon, Laguna and Makati City, thirty photos comprise this work. You can view it at pinoycentric.com. [...]
[...] slideshow of Lenten photos that I took is now ongoing at pinoycentric.com. This represents three summers of [...]
Superb documentation of Holy Week in the Philippines!
Photojournalism at its best! Congrats Estan!
I’m having goosebumps. This is the best documentation of Semana Santa in the Philippines. BRAVO!