*Note: If Filipino words are used, they are translated below
Holy week usually meant that it was time for the Seradel Cruz clan to go on an outing.
Everyone would be there–my aunts, uncles, cousins, and even family pets.
My dog Pretty
It was Good Friday when my cousins and I were at the veranda of our house in Batangas.
Someone said something silly, and we all burst out laughing.
My lola looked at us and said, “Huwag kayo tumawa. Patay ang Diyos!”
Notes:
[1] Lola= grandma
[2] Huwag kayo tumawa. Patay ang Diyos= Don’t laugh. God is dead.
For more about my awesome Filipino family, check out these links:
- A Childhood in Batangas: Eating Mangoes
- A Childhood in Batangas: My Wound is Bigger than Yours, Belat
- Little Era the Bantay Bata Caller
- Little Erinn and the Suggestion Box
- Conversations With Lola: Aling Dionisia’s Illness
- Annika’s Great Escapes
- Juancho Threw a Rock at Me
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love the super wacky pics. ang kukulit nyo. haha. and your lola is beautiful, then and now.
Hahaha thanks Marmar!
I remember my grandmothers with this (both parents’ side, may their souls rest in peace). They would say the same thing. They used to admonish us every time my siblings, cousins and I made “noise” on Holy Week.
Contrary to this though, my Dad, being the liberal minded, would say it’s okay to make noise or have fun on Holy week, Jesus already saved us 2000+ years ago. There’s no point in wallowing in misery, God wants us to be happy. We remember Jesus’ sacrifice, of course, but it doesn’t mean we restrict ourselves from being ourselves. What’s important is how we live our everyday lives following the path of the righteous.
Thanks for commenting Marian! Yeah we should be allowed to have different ways to celebrate holy week.