05 Apr ‘BIRHEN SA MAIS’ in Iligan City popular for holy week devotees
In a report from ABS-CBN news, many devotees are flocking to see the image of Virgin Mary carved on a corn in Barangay Digkilaan, Iligan City. The said image was found by a woman last 2002 and have been a popular tourist spot for Holy Week devotees.
This lady corn image was also called as “Birhen sa Mais” and was founded by Catarina Barita while busy picking corn to feed her chickens.
According to Virginia Ancho, the caretaker, as the years passed by the image grew and became clearer. The middle of the corn where the lady image wears a crown and her palms are together as if she’s praying. She added that the “Birhen sa Mais” gave her miracle in saving her grandchild after recovering a head injury.
Moreover, the “Birhen sa Mais” haven’t examined by the experts and the Catholic church since Barita doesn’t want to be away from it.
Thus, tourists are expected to come this Holy Week to visit the image of the “Birhen sa Mais” in Iligan City.
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