Editing Palm Sunday (section)

===Philippines===
{{See also|Holy Week in the Philippines}}

[[File:San Carlos Pangasinan Palm Sunday Procession 2024-03-24.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Palm fronds being blessed in [[San Carlos, Pangasinan|San Carlos]], [[Pangasinan]], Philippines.]]
In the [[Philippines]], a statue of Christ riding a donkey (the ''Humenta''), or the presiding priest on horseback, is brought to the local church in a morning procession. Congregants line the route, waving ''palaspás'' (ornately woven palm branches) and spreading ''tapis'' (heirloom "aprons" made for this ritual) in imitation of the excited Jerusalemites. At the church parvise, a house, or the town plaza, children dressed as angels scatter flowers as they sing the day's [[antiphon]] ''[[Hosanna filio David]]'' in the vernacular and to traditional tunes. The first Mass of the day then follows.

Once blessed, the ''palaspás'' are brought home and placed on altars, doorways, and windows. The Church teaches that this is a sign of welcoming Christ into the home, but folk belief holds that the blessed ''palaspás'' are [[apotropaic]], deterring evil spirits, lightning, and fires. Another folk custom is to feed pieces of blessed ''palaspás'' to [[rooster]]s used in [[Cockfight#Philippines|''sabong'']] (cockfighting); this was strongly discouraged by the [[Archbishop of Manila]], Cardinal [[Luis Antonio Tagle]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2017 |title=Ilocoslovakia and the youth in me - HERALD EXPRESS {{!}} News in Cordillera and Northern Luzon |url=https://www.baguioheraldexpressonline.com/ilocoslovakia-and-the-youth-in-me/ |access-date=May 2, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref> In other provinces, the flowers strewn by the angels during the procession are added to the rice seeds being planted, in the belief that these will ensure a bountiful harvest.