PALASPAS
palaspas
palm fronds
The Tagalog word palaspas refers specifically to palm fronds that Filipinos intricately decorate and take to church on Palm Sunday. After the fronds are blessed by the priests, Filipinos take them back home.
Linggo ng Palaspas
Palm Sunday
Domingo de Ramos
Palm Sunday
palaspasin
to hit with a palm frond or to hit in a manner akin to hitting one with a palm frond
Pinalaspas ng lalake ang babae.
The man slapped the woman right and left.