Flores de Mayo is a month long flower festival celebration in honor of the Virgin Mary. May is considered the flower festival month in honor of the Virgin Mary. In the rural areas, flower offerings are made daily in churches and temporary altars (tuklongs) in barrios. It culminates at the end of the month with the Santacruzan festival. A day long celebration, the statues of the Virgin Mary are dressed and paraded through streets lined by a variety of food items (bread, candies, fruits, bundles of coins) hanging from bamboo poles. The traditional procession features the Reina Elena with a little boy representing King Constantine and others biblical characters.
