Aired (March 27, 2024): Sa Paombong, Bulacan, ang mga bulaklak na ipinapalamuti sa karosa kasintabay raw ng kanilang pananalig tuwing Semana Santa. Ang paggawa ng paper flowers, alamin sa video.
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00:00 Even if you're just watching, you'll be mesmerized by the beauty of the carousel.
00:04 And what's more, the images are so colorful and vivid.
00:11 That's the story that Katrina Son learned.
00:13 Carousels are one by one being processed by a large-scale vehicle.
00:21 And it gives life to flower decorations.
00:28 But in Paombong Bulakan,
00:30 the flowers that Rosario Sacarosa is making bloom
00:35 are not just random.
00:39 They're made of paper because it's their way of celebrating every Holy Week.
00:45 The paper used to make paper flowers by Rosario Sacarosa is very important.
00:55 We also have a saint who is processing them.
00:58 I studied how to make my own paper flowers.
01:00 I put paper flowers in their carousel,
01:03 in churches, altars, or sometimes in exhibits.
01:08 You should know that Rosario calls paper flower baskets for her works.
01:14 It's a tribute to the baskets of Cebuano,
01:17 or handmade flowers that happened in the chambered nautilus shell.
01:22 According to the scholar Antonio Pigafetta,
01:25 when Ferdinand Bajalan visited Cebu,
01:28 Cebuano people love to eat the baskets.
01:31 We make shells like the ones in Cebu.
01:35 I use paper shells.
01:37 I make it hard.
01:38 It looks like a shell when it's far away.
01:41 In making paper baskets,
01:43 the flowers are first cut using a pattern.
01:50 Then, wood glue is applied and the alambre is attached using two papers.
01:55 When it's dry and hard,
02:00 it's cut into pieces
02:03 and beads are designed.
02:08 These are glued together to make a flower arrangement.
02:18 The arrangement we make is a spray,
02:21 a stem,
02:22 a swag,
02:23 a carved flower,
02:25 and a garland.
02:27 It's really long.
02:30 We make 100 or 200 sprays for one carousel.
02:36 We can make one carousel in two or three weeks.
02:43 For a price of P3,000 to P5,000,
02:47 Rosario can make more than 100 flowers.
02:51 It's been almost two decades since the family of Rosario designed and processed the carousel every Holy Week.
03:01 Aside from the town of Paombong,
03:03 Rosario also makes paper baskets for the flowers in Santo Domingo Church in Manila.
03:09 Paper flowers take a long time to make.
03:12 In Holy Week, the procession is Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
03:17 They don't remove the flowers anymore.
03:19 They recycle them until the next year.
03:23 They hide the paper in a cooler
03:27 so that it won't get dirty and enter any sector.
03:31 If the care and maintenance of the paper basket is done correctly,
03:35 it can last for up to three years.
03:40 Along with decorating the flowers and wearing festive clothes for the saints,
03:47 the carousel looks more like a Christmas decoration.
03:53 I'm Katrina Son, and this is the story you need to know.
04:00 (music)
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