Filipiny: Festiwal Wattah Wattah [GALERIA]

Festiwal Wattah Wattah lub Festiwal Basaan to święto św. Jana Chrzciciela, patrona San Juan, Metro Manila i wielu innych wspólnot na Filipinach , odbywających się co 24 czerwca.

Tego dnia mieszkańcy m.in. San Juan oblewają się wodą. Filipińczycy upamiętniają w ten sposób narodziny św. Jana, który oczyścił i przygotował ludzi do przyjścia Jezusa Chrystusa, chrzcąc ich wodą.

epa06046833 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06046834 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

Festiwal Wattah Wattah. fot. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO

epa06046836 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06046837 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06046838 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06046839 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa06046843 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

Festiwal Wattah Wattah. fot. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO

epa06046845 Filipino revelers are doused with water during the 'Wattah-Wattah Festival’ celebrated on Saint John the Baptist’ Feast Day in San Juan City, east of Manila, Philippines, 24 June 2017. Local residents and visitors celebrate by dousing each other with water and with good cheer in honor of the city’s patron saint John the Baptist, who is popularly known in Catholicism as the one who baptized Jesus Christ. EPA/EUGENIO LORETO Dostawca: PAP/EPA.