Tadtarin is celebrated on three days at the feast of St John the Baptist and the preceding days. On the first night, a young girl heads the procession, for the second night, a mature woman and for the third night, a very old woman who dies and comes to life again.


John the baptist, he is a preacher who led a movement of Baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse that would restore occupied Israel. John followed the example of previous Hebrew prophets, living austerely, challenging sinful rulers, and promising God's justice.


(article and image source of tadtarin: http://www.pia.gov.ph/philtoday/pt03/pt0309.htm)
(article and image source of Saint John the Baptist:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist)