ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija: Residents of this Central Luzon town, 145 kilometers northwest of Manila, are upbeat as local and foreign tourists trek here today, June 24, for the annual “Taong Putik” (mud man) revelry.
They take pride, too, that paying homage to their patron saint—John The Baptist—through taong putik has brought miracles like a reduced crime rate and has also spared them from the devastating effects of typhoon and drought.
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