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Happy St. John’s Day & June Solstice! Kapampángans celebrate the coming of the rainy season with several traditions, such as this water-throwing ritual held every feast of St. John the Baptist!


SANGWÁNAN • (suhng-WAH-nuhn)
Kapampángan water-splashing ritual on the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24); one of several celebrations coinciding with the ancient Kapampángan New Year of Báyung Danum (New Water) at the start of the rainy season
Also: Sanjuánan, San Juan Basâ


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