Flores de Mayo Festival
Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "Flowers of May") is a Catholic and Aglipayan festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month.
The Santacruzan is the pageant on the last day of Flores de Mayo, held in honour of Helena of Constantinople (known as Reyna Elena) and Constantine the Great finding the True Cross in Jerusalem. That it is held in May probably stems from the old Galician date of Roodmas, which was abolished by Pope John XXIII in 1960 in favour of the present September 14 observance.(Wikipedia)
The Santacruzan is the pageant on the last day of Flores de Mayo, held in honour of Helena of Constantinople (known as Reyna Elena) and Constantine the Great finding the True Cross in Jerusalem. That it is held in May probably stems from the old Galician date of Roodmas, which was abolished by Pope John XXIII in 1960 in favour of the present September 14 observance.(Wikipedia)