Pabasa Ng Pasyon
''Pabása ng Pasyón'' (Tagalog for "Reading of the Passion"), known simply as ''Pabása'' is a Catholic devotion in the Philippines popular during Holy Week involving the uninterrupted chanting of the '' Pasyón'', an early 16th-century epic poem narrating the life, passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The verses are based on the bible and practiced every holy week. Description Readers are usually groups of individuals taking turns in chanting verses from the book known as the ''Pasyon'', as a devotion made in fulfilment of a ''panatà'' (this may be a vow, votive offering in request, or thanksgiving). The modern-day ''Pabasa'' may be chanted ''a cappella'' or with the accompaniment of musical instruments such as the guitar, accordion, piano, or by a ''rondalla'' ensemble. There are two common styles of chanting, the first of which is the alternate singing of two persons or two groups of people. The second method has each chanter or group of chanters taking turns ...
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