6/25/2003: Mud person festival

Undertoad · 06-25-2003, 03:34 PM

Yesterday was June 24 and that means a bunch of Filipinos were celebrating the feast day of John the Baptist like good Catholics everywhere.

But in one Filipino village, there has come about a tradition of covering one's self with mud and branches and stuff. Over time this has been noticed by tourists and so it has come to be the "Taong Putik Festival" -- taong putik meaning "mud person".

Men, women and children all cover themselves in mud, dried banana leaves and vines, and then they go pray, and then they have a parade down the main street.

Good times!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2003, 04:04 PM

Dirty Catholics.

warch · 06-25-2003, 05:39 PM

Great for atoning, refreshing, and minimizing large pores.

Leah · 06-25-2003, 06:27 PM

definitely not my cup of tea. I'd rather a glass of champagne at the beauticians, thank you very much.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2003, 10:09 PM

If you don't want to get dirty, you're not allowed to have an elephant, Leah.

Leah · 06-25-2003, 11:09 PM

Hey Bruce, a few years back now, I went to Thailand and spent the day riding, cleaning, playing, kissing etc etc the baby elephants. I had mud from heat to toe, but it was the best time I have ever had. I even went out for a late lunch after that in the same clothes I was in (mud and all) I really didn't want to change. I would have slept out in the dark to be with them all. Spiders and all.

That's fun mud. Can I have my elephant now?
Leah

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2003, 11:22 PM

YES MA'M!

wolf · 06-26-2003, 01:35 AM

Aren't these the guys from Apocalypse Now? You know, from the end of the movie, with Kurtz?

quzah · 06-26-2003, 04:53 AM

They look like an elite group of Unarmed Special Forces.

Except that guy in the lower picture. He looks too out of shape. Maybe he's a General.

Quzah.

Elspode · 06-27-2003, 02:24 PM

This is why I'm a Pagan...Christian faiths overlook the spiritual aspect of nude mud baptismal celebrations...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2003, 05:34 PM

Quote:

nude mud baptismal

Wow! That would make me a real dirty old man.

06-25-2003, 03:34 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/25/2003: Mud person festival Yesterday was June 24 and that means a bunch of Filipinos were celebrating the feast day of John the Baptist like good Catholics everywhere. But in one Filipino village, there has come about a tradition of covering one's self with mud and branches and stuff. Over time this has been noticed by tourists and so it has come to be the "Taong Putik Festival" -- taong putik meaning "mud person". Men, women and children all cover themselves in mud, dried banana leaves and vines, and then they go pray, and then they have a parade down the main street. Good times!

06-25-2003, 04:04 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Dirty Catholics. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-25-2003, 06:27 PM	#4
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Yuck definitely not my cup of tea. I'd rather a glass of champagne at the beauticians, thank you very much.

06-25-2003, 10:09 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you don't want to get dirty, you're not allowed to have an elephant, Leah. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-25-2003, 11:09 PM	#6
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	elephant mud Hey Bruce, a few years back now, I went to Thailand and spent the day riding, cleaning, playing, kissing etc etc the baby elephants. I had mud from heat to toe, but it was the best time I have ever had. I even went out for a late lunch after that in the same clothes I was in (mud and all) I really didn't want to change. I would have slept out in the dark to be with them all. Spiders and all. That's fun mud. Can I have my elephant now? Leah

06-25-2003, 05:39 PM	#3
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Great for atoning, refreshing, and minimizing large pores.

06-25-2003, 11:22 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	YES MA'M! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-26-2003, 01:35 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Aren't these the guys from Apocalypse Now? You know, from the end of the movie, with Kurtz? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-26-2003, 04:53 AM	#9
quzah Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 375	They look like an elite group of Unarmed Special Forces. Except that guy in the lower picture. He looks too out of shape. Maybe he's a General. Quzah.

06-27-2003, 02:24 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This is why I'm a Pagan...Christian faiths overlook the spiritual aspect of nude mud baptismal celebrations... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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