OBANDO, Bulacan - There was dancing in the streets of Obando town in the Bulacan on Wednesday as people feted patron saints they believe bring spouses, fertility and good harvests. Costumed Catholics ...

OBANDO, Bulacan – In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, many believe the answer to infertility lies in the church. A yearly dance ritual brings hundreds of hopeful couples to Obando ...

Devotees in Obando, Bulacan, observed the town’s fertility rites this ... Devotees were also found to perform the fertility dance in the safety of their own homes in fear of contracting the disease.

There was dancing in the streets of Obando town in the northern Philippines on Wednesday (May 17) as people feted patron saints they believe bring spouses, fertility and good harvests. OBANDO ...

People participate in the annual Obando Fertility Dance Festival in Bulacan Province, the Philippines, on May 18, 2018. Obando Fertility Dance Festival is held to honor the town's patron Saint Clare, ...

MANILA, Philippines—The parishioners of Obando, Bulacan, on Wednesday staged a fertility dance in front of the Supreme Court as they filed a petition seeking the reversal of a Court of Appeals ...

They then engage in the berutuk dance, which mimics the courtship ... Another small town fertility festival is also annually held in Obando, located within the Bulacan region of the Philippines. This ...

OBANDO, Bulacan – Monsoon rains brought by tropical storm Cosme failed to dampen the spirits of devotees in the annual three-day Fertility Festival here as they started dancing on the streets on ...

A popular pilgrimage site widely known for its fertility festival in Bulacan province has been ... the traditional “Pandanggo.” The Obando fertility dance is celebrated in three consecutive ...