Sell An Enot na Piyesta kan Penafrancia sa Bikol/The First Penafrancia Fiesta in Bikol best price

The story of the devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia is intimately connected to the religious identity of the Bikols. Wherever they are in the world, they carry with them the image the Virgin and perform the act of devotion like the novena masses and the fluvial processions. In this book, Fr. Wilmer Tria, recipient of the Gawad Pambasang Alagad ni Balagtas for Bikol essays and translations has retold the historical background of the devotion to this Marian whom the Bikols fondly call, Ina or Mother. In this book, however, Fr. Tria highlights the participation of the local indigene commonly refereed as the cimarrones, or the mountain people. By locating the significant role of these people in the history of the devotion, Fr. Tria is suggesting that in the process of historicizing, one must never forget the active role played by the locals particularly those that are marginally labeled as cimarrones.