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Flores de Mayo
Through May, Filipino children bring flowers to the Virgin Mary each afternoon.
What happens
Flores de Mayo, the Flowers of May, is a month of devotion to the Virgin Mary in the Philippines. Each afternoon children dressed in white bring flowers to the parish church or village chapel and lay them before her image, after prayers and a hymn. May is the start of the rains, when gardens bloom again. The month closes with the Santacruzan, an evening procession in which young women walk in gowns beneath arches of flowers carried over their heads.
The flowers
More flowers and customs of Flores de Mayo
DecorationOriginal text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Flores de Mayo" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source