The New Cathedrals
by Estan Cabigas
The Philippines, a third world country is known for its many malls of which, four of the largest in the world are located in this country. It is the new community center where most of the Filipinos’s leisure time is spent. The malls provide a venue for the mainly consumerist lifestyle of the Filipinos fuelled by remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who, in 2010, sent over $18.8 billion in remittances.
It is in these circumstances: a large Catholic population (80% of Filipinos) in cities and the booming mall culture that the Roman Catholic church has extended church services to the malls.
These are the new cathedrals.
This work is part of the Noorderlicht Photo Festival 2011. More images at Pagtu-o.
2 October 2011 | 15:15
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