The popular Obando fertility rite dates back to the 14th century, but it was converted into a Catholic festival by Spanish friars when Bulacan was Christianized.

People participate in the annual Obando Fertility Dance Festival in Bulacan Province, the Philippines, on May 18, 2018. Obando Fertility Dance Festival is held to honor the town's patron Saint Clare, ...

There was dancing yesterday in the streets of Obando town in northern Philippines, as people feted patron saints they believe bring spouses, fertility and good harvests. Costumed Catholics carrying ...

OBANDO, Bulacan, Philippines — Swaying their hips again at the three-day annual fertility dance in this town, the couples who were finally blessed with children after joining the ritual have ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary is paraded during a religious fertility dance festival on May 17, 2017, in Obando, Bulacan, in the Philippines. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters ...

Devotees in Obando, Bulacan, observed the town’s fertility rites this year with safety precautions such as social distancing amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Obando orational (fertility) dance has a few characteristics that set it apart in the pantheon of Philippine fiestas. The chief one being that it is not dedicated to one or two saints, but three.

OBANDO, Bulacan – In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, many believe the answer to infertility lies in the church. A yearly dance ritual brings hundreds of hopeful couples to Obando ...

There was dancing in the streets of Obando town in the Bulacan on Wednesday as people feted patron saints they believe bring spouses, fertility and good harvests.

The Obando fertility dance happens in May. Childless women, often with husbands in tow, flock to Obando, Bulacan to fervently pray and dance to the patron saints of fertility Paschal, Claire, and Our ...

Fertility dance thought to be part of a tradition dating back before arrival of Christianity People dance in the streets of Obando in Bulacan with the hope that their prayers will be answered.