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Misa de Gallo

December 16-24

Misa de Gallo is the start of the Christmas season in the Philippines, blending Christian tradition with the harvest thanksgiving of the ancient Filipinos.
As the first cockcrows are heard at dawn on Dec. 16, bells of the Roman Catholic churches ring, brass bands parade through towns, children fire small bamboo cannons, and skyrockets burst—all to awaken people for the Misa de Gallo, called Cock's Mass in English and Simbang Gabi in Tagalog. Each morning of the festival families walk to churches for mass at dawn. Then, on Dec. 24, there is a midnight mass. After the services, people congregate in food stalls that have been set up around church patios or go home for traditional breakfasts of rice cakes and ginger tea or cocoa.
Legend says the Cock's Mass started in the 1700s when a Spanish priest thought that blending native custom with Catholic ritual would help spread the faith. Filipinos had long celebrated good harvests with festivals of thanksgiving, and the priest called the farmers together at harvest time to thank God for good fortune and to pray for a good harvest in the coming year.

SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 209
BkFestHolWrld-1970, pp. 144, 154
EncyChristmas-2003, p. 501
FolkWrldHol-1999, p. 703
GdWrldFest-1985, p. 151
IntlThFolk-1979, p. 289

Celebration days: Dec 16 - Dec 24

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Verzosa has instructed all regional PNP directors to provide adequate security to Catholic churches celebrating the traditional Misa de Gallo.

High alert as worshippers gather for midnight mass by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

In the Philippines, Simbang Gabi novena Masses were celebrated at dawn, when the roosters crow, hence the name Misa de Gallo or "Mass of the rooster.

The nine days before Christmas: after five centuries, the Filipino ... by Lazaro, Jolisa / U.S. Catholic