Philippines 2014 – 100 pesos

REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Philippines
YEAR PRINTED: 2014
VALUE: 100 pesos

This stamp is one of a set issued by the Philippines government in 2014 featuring cultural celebrations. This stamp depicts a mask from the Philippines Festival of Masks (MassKara Festival) held annuall in the city of Bacólod, every 4th of October. Although originally this festival focused on traditional Filipino indigenous masks, it now has become more of a tourist attraction feature masks inspired by the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Venice, Italy.

This stamp is unusual in having glitter glued to its surface.

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Philippines 2014 – 10 pesos

REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Philippines
YEAR PRINTED: 2014
VALUE: 10 pesos

This stamp is one of a set issued by the Philippines government in 2014 featuring cultural celebrations. This stamp depicts the Higantes Festival of the town of Angono in Rizal Province.  The higantes (giants) featured in the festival are full-body masks that parade and dance in honor of the town’s patron saint, San Clemente.

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Philippines 2014 – 10 pesos

REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Philippines
YEAR PRINTED: 2014
VALUE: 10 pesos

This stamp is one of a set issued by the Philippines government in 2014 featuring cultural celebrations. This stamp depicts the Moriones Festival of the island of Marinduque, where the Passion of Christ is reenacted by masked characters.

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Moryonan (Moriones) Mask

TITLE: Moryonan (Moriones) Mask
TYPE: helmet mask
GENERAL REGION: Asia
COUNTRY: Philippines
SUBREGION: Marinduque
ETHNICITY: Filipino (Tagalog)
DESCRIPTION: Moryonan Mask
CATALOG ID: ASPH001
MAKER: Unknown maker in Marinduque
CEREMONY: Moryonan Festival
AGE: 2005
MAIN MATERIAL: palm wood
OTHER MATERIALS: oil paint; palm fibers; metal hinges & hardware; animal hair; rubber strips

Every year during Holy Week, Catholic inhabitants of the island of Marinduque stage a passion play in which some dress as Roman soldiers and Syrian mercenaries who persecute and ultimately crucify a man playing the role of Jesus to expiate the town’s sins. The soldiers, or Moryonan (usually called Moriones in the media) wear palm wood and fiber helmet masks in imitation of the Roman legionary’s galea.

This specific mask was made in 2005 and used in the Moryonan Festival in Marinduque in 2006.

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