Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on Fridays (hence the popularity of fish and monggo among Filipinos), or temporarily giving up certain comforts or pleasures.

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Which begs the question: Why? Why do canteens, carinderias, and countless Filipino homes prepare monggo like clockwork every Friday? Is it a divine decree? A weekly grocery habit? A lingering Lenten ...

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