Lapatilla
Residents covered in mud and wearing costumes made from banana leaves walk from a rice field to the church as they take part in a religious festival in honor of St. John the Baptist, also known locally as the “mud people” festival in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, on June 24, 2014. Farmers coated in mud paraded in Philippine villages to mark one of the Catholic nation’s most colourful religious festivals. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE