Malasag & 14 Stations of The Cross

On the East side of Cagayan de Oro is a road that goes up a fairly steep mountain road. Eco-Village is on that mountain, and there also some kind of wilderness resort up that mountain that offers hiking, rock climbing and and overnight camping. The road is steep is my point. I can get up the mountain on my 2007 Honda Wave 125 in 2nd gear, even if it is only just me on the bike.

Along the road there are 14 crosses. Every year, for three days, the Catholics of the Cagayan de Oro area march up this road, stopping at each cross and say a Rosary. Mainly they climb the mountain at night because it is much cooler than during the day. It is not really a social event, it is more a form of self-sacrifice. In three days hundreds of thousands of people walk up this mountain. And if it is really a demonstration of self-sacrifice, why don’t more of them climb the mountain during the day, when the climb is tougher.

I did take a short video along the highway just to show the sheer volume of people that make this climb. Remember, goes on for 3 days and nights. Click here to see the Malasag 14 stations of the cross video.

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