The Dolor's traslacion ritual as conflict and compromise

• Main Author: Sarmiento, Ramon Felipe A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Catanduanes (Province : Philippines)—Religious life and customs; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint—Devotion to > Philippines > Catanduanes; Catholic Church—Philippines > Catanduanes > Customs and practices; Religion
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2539
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article traces the history and meaning of the traslacion or ritual transfer of the Marian image Dolor in Catanduanes province between the origin village and the parish center. In the course of the twentieth century, the location of the image and the control of its devotion have been contested....