Manaoag, Pangasinan
Before Agoo, there was already Manaoag and inspite (or maybe because) of Agoo, pilgrimage to this town has increased over the past few months. The trek to the shrine of Nuestra Señora de Manaoag or "Apo Baket" or the Lady Who Calls which has come to be known as the "Antipolo of the North" has never waned. The Virgin's in the outskirt of the town is another well-visited spot for its curative springs. |
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Manaoag : "man-taoag"
When the missionaries arrived in Manaoag, the place was not yet called by its present name. The place was referred to as "Sapang". But an important religious even occurred as related by PP Baceta and Bravo in their joint work, Dictionario, and the Story of the Early Pangasinanes, which caused people from all parts of the province to come to Sapang on religious pilgrimages.So, almost all the people were called to the place as if duty-bound to perform and/or partake in religious obligations. |
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The event, as related in the above named accounts, refers to the story of a man who was walking in a woody place above the Baloking Creek. It related that the man had heard a sweet voice, and as he turned his head toward the direction from which he had herd it, he saw the image of the Virgin and her Son on her left arm standing on the branch of a tall molave tree. |
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The image appeared in rich and brilliant attire, and after long moments during which the man stood numb and speechless, the apparition disappeared. After this, other miraculous events occurred; word of these spread like wildfire among the nearby places, and then, in the entire province. Thus the name, "Manaoag" which is "man" meaning "to" prefixed to "taoag" meaning "to call" is given to the place where the apparition of the Virgin May occurred. |
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