Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants are expected to be able to:


1. define the words "holy" and tradition

2. list examples of traditions that they have in Japan

3. compare and contarast this tradition to their own tradition like "Golden Week"




Holy Week in the Philippines
By Quiling Secusana


Being the only Christian nation in the Far East, the belief of such religious observance was inherently Christian in origin brought to the Philippines by the Spanish Conquistadors when they first planted the Cross, symbol of Christianity, on the islands thus signaling the advent of the conversion of the natives to the faith of the Conquerors.


Holy Week culminates with all the solemn observance of Christian and pagan rituals. The practice is nationwide and has varying undertones of religious significance that is both moving and touching in its entirety. There are countless "Cenaculos" and "Pabasas" reciting and reenacting the passion and death of Jesus Christ in traditionally written verse form and dramatized version of the original sacrifice two thousand years ago.



Let's try this.


1. What is "holiness" or being holy?

2. Do you believe in "Holy Week"?

3. Do you have similar religious tradition in Japan?

4. What is Golden Week?

5. Is it similar with Holy Week?