My Move to the Philippines

On our last visit to the Philipines in February of 2008 we decided to have the house blessing at our new house in Laguna. For those of you who have not experienced a house blessing it is one of the most interesting filipino and Catholic traditions. It consists of a priest walking throughout the house blessing everything in sight including the furnitiure. He also blesses an offering of coins, flower petals, and candy which is strewn from room to room by the owner. Invited guests, especially the children then retrieve the candy and coins to keep. There is usually a roasted pig involved (lechon) and plenty of other food as is the case in all filipino celebrations. Click the link below to see some pictures of our house blessing.

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