other Filipino
towns that honour John the Baptist as patron, such as San Juan, Batangas, and
Calumpit, Bulacan. The festival was officially named Wattah-Wattah Festival (a
corruption of "water-water") by former Mayor (now Senator) JV Ejército.
The revelry is similar in form yet unrelated to the merrymaking done during the
Thai festival of Songkran and the Hindu feast of Holi
