What is Cenakulo?

Answer 1

The CenakuloThe Cenakulo is a religious ritual, theatrical extravaganza anda personal expression of faith deliciously served in a platter ofcolorful costumes, eye-catching sceneries, ingenious effects,soothing verse and high energy performances. But the mostsumptuous facet of the cenakulo is that it is a living, growingheritage; the cenakulo has become a force majeur that continuesto bring together several generations of a community of variouspersuasions in preserving folk tradition in a proud expression of theCainta Town's distinct cultural identity. Staged during Lent's Holy Week,the cenakulo derives its sequence of events from both the Gospels ofthe Bible's New Testament and from the Book Martyr of Golgotha. Itstranslation into richly textured Tagalog prose sets the tone for itsmelodramatic rendering.