Good Friday processions in Baliwag

[2] is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary.

The oldest record about the procession of Baliuag can be seen on the carriage of "Sancta Maria Mater Angustia" a label engraved with 1863 under Fray Fausto Ambrosio López Palomino, O.S.A.

Rolando Villacorte, who authored the book "Baliwag Then and Now"[1] revealed that in the 291-year-old procession, life-sized antiques (religious heirlooms) are mounted on carrozas decorated with brass or wood motifs, flowers, and lights.

“Camarero” Flordeliza Trinidad-Sarmiento inherited, from her grandmother, Candelaria Trinidad, the 100 years old Saint Veronica in the “karo” which has been part of the first 17 carriages paraded since 1863.

Over 127 life-sized statues or gargantuan images depicting the Way of the Cross placed on well-lit and decorated carriages are paraded through the streets.

[10] The Good Friday procession is preceded by Ritual of "Pagtatayo ng Krus" at 6:00 a.m. followed by "Pagsundo" ("Dapit") after "serenata" of Santo Entierro, including the parade of Saint Dimas and Hestas images, followed by "Dapit" with Serenata for Mater Dolorosa, Crucifixion, 7 Sayings of Jesus on the cross, Removal from the Cross, Burial of Jesus and Mass of the Presanctified.

[11][12] In Baliuag, Bulacan, the 2013 "Prusisyon ng mga Santo" was the Lenten rite wherein 96 carrozas participated compared to some 80 religious images that were paraded through the streets in the previous years.

[13] In the Lenten procession, religious fervor and piety compelled the town people of Baliuag to launch over a hundred richly adorned giant floats depicting the passion of Jesus Christ.

[19] The solemn rite on Good Friday,[20] called the Baliuag Lenten Procession[21] was witnessed by local and foreign tourists, including the Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines' Apostolic Nuncio on that time, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, who was accompanied by his aide Msgr.