Wooden rattles mark Holy Week in Northern Samar town

TACLOBAN CITY — The solemn observance of Holy Week in the quiet coastal town of San Roque in Northern Samar is marked not by the ringing of church bells, but by the steady, haunting rhythm of a simple wooden instrument—the matraka. From Maundy Thursday through Black Saturday, Catholic churches traditionally fall silent in mourning of

By besguerra