In Bocaue, Bulacan, a feast is held in honor of the Holy Cross of Wawa (Banal na Krus ng Wawa) found in the Bocaue River. The “Pagoda sa Wawa” is held each first Sunday of July in Bocaue, Bulacan, out of appreciation for the Holy Cross of Wawa Mahal na Krus sa Wawa. The primary fascination of the festival is the fluvial motorcade of the pagoda or enlivened flatboat and brilliant little boats. Legend states that the progenitors of Bocaue extricated the Holy Cross of Wawa from the waterway 200 years back, and the festival is in recognition of this occasion. An outstanding story recounts a lady who was spared from suffocating by a drifting cross which is attempted to be the Holy Cross of Wawa.
