Asian Geographic - 01.01.2018

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NO. 129 ISSUE 1/2018

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER JOEL FORTE!

His image of the Taong Putik Festival in the Philippines

has been selected as our Photo of the Month! The winning

Photo of the Month is published on our Postcard page in

ASIAN Geographic magazine and is also featured on our

social media pages. The Photo of the Month winner will

receive an annual subscription to the magazine.

At the Taong Putik Festival in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, in the centre of the island of

Luzon, hundreds of Christian devotees transform themselves into taong putik (mud

people) by bathing in mud and wrapping themselves in banana leaves. The tradition

stems from a story in which Japanese soldiers were ambushed by Filipino rebels;

the soldiers ordered their execution on holy ground in their village. But at the time

of the scheduled execution, the heavens opened, and the Japanese – who saw the

downpour as an omen – decided to set the men free. Today, the community celebrates

their release by giving thanks to St John the Baptist for the miracle.

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IMAGE © JOEL FORTE

postcard (FroM tHe pHiLippines)

Canon EOS 50D, f/6.3, 1/40s, ISO400