DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

Masked Halloween Mystery      Decked out for Halloween, a masked woman on roller skates—most likely a random addition to her costume—poses in 1910.     Masquerade parties in the United States were much more common a hundred years ago, when people dressed up not just for Halloween but also for several other holidays, including Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve, according to Lesley Bannatyne, author of the forthcoming book Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night.     Private social clubs often threw Halloween parties for their members, as it was the first major holiday after most people had returned from their summer homes. That said, it's "not like Halloween [in the early 1900s] was an East Coast phenomenon or a high-society phenomenon"—people of all classes donned costumes across the country, even in small Western mining towns, she said.     The "early 20th century also was the beginni...

The History     5000 years ago, people don’t have surnames, they are only identified through their occupation.  Labrador  (meaning laborer) identifies those who perform hard work in the fields. San Isidro is one of them, a tenant of a certain land. Despite his tardiness he always finishes his tasks for that day. His landlord wondered how the laborer finished his work despite being late, so one time he went to the field to see for himself how San Isidro does his job. Upon arriving at the field he saw an angel plowing the field. In shock and awe the landlord knelt, a scene immortalized in various images of San Isidro Labrador. The Festival     Pulilan Carabao Festival  was created in honor of the  carabao,  the farmer’s companion in the fields and his helping hand during plantation and harvest, but the main reason on why it was created is to honor their patron saint,  San Isidro de   Labrador. ...