“OSTENTATION, SPLENDOR AND SCANDAL”: CARRIAGES IN THE PHILIPPINES FESTIVITIES ON THE 18TH CENTURY

Abstract

The public festivities celebrated in Manila during the 18th century demonstrate how the carriages turned into a superlative symbol of status for the cosmopolitan Philippine society. Examples such as the solemn entrances of the archbishops in the capital of the islands, the procession of the Corpus Christi or the walk of the standard show, also foundin New Spain and in the metropolis, demonstrate howthe Philippine coach building at the end of the Ancien Régime reached a complex structure with both artistic and social significance.