| The Miraculous Image of Our Lady of the Assumption |
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The image of the venerated Patroness of the town has been known to be miraculous. Year- round, pilgrims from afar and wide pay homage to the Lady in her shrine. Many come to supplicate special favors and then return to thank Her and fulfill their vows as devotees whose prayers have been answered.
A “fiesta” is celebrated during the last Sunday of January each year to commemorate a miracle that happened many years back. Accordingly, many a young girls have seen the lady waving her hands as if bidding them to come near Her. In several occasions, devotees found the vestment of the image full of “amorseco”. Many believed the lady must have gotten down from her pedestal occasionally to visit them in their homes and farms. Devotees from as far as Dalaguete in Cebu province would often attend the virgin’s feast day every August 15th . It was from the faithful where stories of the lady’s sojourn and blessings were gathered. One of the stories tells of a man who possessed great healing to a “camiseta” he found in his fishing boat after a lady passenger whom he accommodated disembarked at Mariveles. Up to this time, Dalaguetenos continued to venerate and pay homage to Our Lady of the Assumption as a manifestation of their gratitude and appreciation after being healed of their ailments through the “camiseta”.
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