Feasts
| Traditional Feasts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Date | Location | |
| Liputan Festival | 2nd Sunday of May | Barangay Liputan | After a nine-day novena, the fiesta culminates with a colorful fluvial procession in honor of the "Mahal na Señor ng Isla Liputan", an image of the Crucified Christ venerated on the island of Liputan. The image, along with those of the Virgin and St. Joseph, are placed on a kasko, a makeshift bamboo bier constructed on boats and decorated with buntings. The images are then taken to the old church in the center of Meycauayan for a mass. |
| Feast of St. Francis of Assisi | October 4 | Barangay Poblacion | A celebration held in oldest church in Meycauayan, which commemorates the foundation of the city in 1578 by the Franciscans. Of late, it has come to be known as the "Kawayanan Festival", and includes an animal parade, street dancing and other related cultural activities. |
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