Bayung Danum
Happy Kapampángan New Year of Báyung Danum (New Water)! May the arrival of the rainy season bring abundance and prosperity to everyone this Kapampángan New Year!
BÁYUNG DANUM (‘NEW WATER’)
old Kapampángan new year welcoming the rainy season
Early Kapampángans marked the start of the year with the arrival of the rainy season.
Modern-day celebrations of coinciding feast days of Catholic saints were eventually introduced and syncretized to this ancient Kapampángan holiday.
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