Bocaue,
Bulacan where enormous amount of fire crackers are manufactured also
the haven of fireworks enthusiast where most of the stocks are sold to
celebrate Christmas and New Year.
Every 1st
week of July they celebrate a fiesta that was nurtured way back 200
years ago it said to be a legend that has been pass through generations
the Pagoda Festival Bocaue River Festival, Bocaue Pagoda Festival, and
the Pista ng Mapagpalang Krus sa Wawa.
According
to locals the forefathers of Bocaue extracted the Holy Cross of Wawa
from the river 200 years ago, and the celebration is in commemoration of
this event. A well-known story tells of a woman who was saved from
drowning by a floating cross which is presumed to be the Holy Cross of
Wawa.
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