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Philippines' colourful festival
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A pig is roasted during a festival in Balayan, Batangas province, south of Manila to celebrate the feast of St John the Baptist. Roasted pigs decked out as superheroes and mud-coated farmers paraded in Philippine villages to mark some of the Catholic nation's most colourful religious festivals and several thousand revellers marched behind mini-trucks carrying roasted hogs through Balayan, with bystanders periodically dousing the raucous procession with buckets of water. (AFP PHOTO)
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Water from the local firebrigade is showered on residents during traditional St John the Baptist Feast Day celebrations in San Juan city, metro Manila. (REUTERS)
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A man shields his baby from water being showered by firefighters and residents during St. John the Baptist Feast Day celebrations in San Juan city, metro Manila. (REUTERS)
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Residents, covered with dried banana leaves and mud, take part in a religious ritual known locally as "Taong Putik" (Mud People), while attending a mass to celebrate the Catholic feast day of Saint John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija, north of Manila. (REUTERS)
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A devotee, covered with dried banana leaves and mud, participates in a religious ritual known locally as "Taong Putik" (Mud People), during a mass to celebrate the Catholic feast day of Saint John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija, north of Manila. (REUTERS)
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Residents are sprayed with water as they celebrate the feast day of St John the Baptist in Manila. Residents traditionally greet everyone with splashing water in a belief that it is a way of spreading good blessings on St John's Day. (AFP photo)
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A woman hoisted into the air by friends after they were sprayed with water as residents celebrate the feast day of St John the Baptist in Manila. (AFP photo)
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man holds up a religious icon of John the Baptist as residents (in background) are sprayed with water to celebrate the feast day of St John the Baptist in Manila. (AFP photo)
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A roasted pig (L) dressed as a motorcycle rider is paraded through the streets in Balayan, Batangas province, south of Manila to celebrate the feast of St John the Baptist. Roasted pigs decked out as superheroes and mud-coated farmers paraded in Philippine villages on June 24 to mark some of the Catholic nation's most colourful religious festivals and several thousand revellers marched behind mini-trucks carrying roasted hogs through Balayan, with bystanders periodically dousing the raucous procession with buckets of water. (AFP photo)
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