In the course of my research about the Turumba Festival in Pakil, I have come across a number of books documenting its history. One book that I came across was written by Alejandro Roces entitled, Fiestas in the Philippines. In his book Mr. Roces came across a book written in the 19th century entitled, Twenty Years in the Philippines Aventures d’un Gentilhomme Breton aux iles Philippines. Its author, Paul Proust Dela Gironiere was a French Naval surgeon lived in the town of Jala-Jala, in the province of Rizal during the 1830′s. In his book, he wrote one of the earliest descriptions of the Turumba Festival.
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