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(via abs-cbnnews.com<\/a>) Actor Robin Padilla, 42 and TV host Mariel Rodriguez, 26, tied the knot in Baguio City in a simple and very private ceremony officiated by a native priest, locally known as mambunong<\/em>, from the Ibaloi tribe.<\/p>\n The Ibaloi people live mostly in the southern part of Benguet.<\/p>\n Jimmy Ong, who performed the one-and-a-half-hour ceremony, confirmed to ABS-CBN News in an exclusive interview that the ceremony took place on Monday (September 13) , at around 3 p.m. in a compound owned by Padilla\u2019s relatives in Barangay Camp 7.<\/p>\n The bride wore a woven ethnic clothing while the groom wore bahag <\/em>during the native ceremony.\u00a0 Robin\u2019s youngest son Ali was present to witness the event.<\/p>\n Ong said he initially thought he was just attending a shooting, but was caught by surprise when he found the couple wearing traditional clothes of the Ibaloi.<\/p>\n \u201cTinanong ko si Robin kung kasal talaga ito. Sabi niya, \u2018Oo, kasal talaga.\u2019 Kaya sinimulan ko na,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n During the ceremony, he said the couple drank tapuy<\/em> (rice wine) to symbolize their love for each other.<\/p>\n They also danced Tayao<\/em>, a native dance, to show that they are officially married, he said.<\/p>\n According to him, Padilla, a Muslim and whose mother is an Igorot, and Rodriguez, included the requisite native pig sacrifice, after which the animal\u2019s blood was brushed on the couple\u2019s cheeks to seal the bond.\u00a0 This sacred ritual known as ca\u00f1ao<\/em> which means \u201cthe whole world testifies that a person has wed.”<\/p>\n \u201cAng kasal na ito ay legal sa kultura ng mga Igorot… binasbasan ko sila na hanggang kamatayan magsasama sila,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n After the traditional ceremony, the celebrity couple again got married in a ceremony officiated by a pastor and was held in a private home.<\/p>\n It was a whirlwind romance for Padilla and Rodriguez.<\/p>\n The 2 met on the set of the now defunct ABS-CBN noontime show \u201cWowowee\u201d when Padilla subbed for Willie Revillame early this year.<\/p>\n Rodriguez was one of the female hosts of \u201cWowowee.\u201d<\/p>\n Many people began to tease them, but they denied having a relationship. Weeks later, they finally admitted that they were dating.<\/p>\n On August 7, Padilla gave Rodriguez a diamond ring on \u201cEntertainment Live\u201d after declaring his love for her.<\/p>\n Ten days after the interview, Rodriguez took an \u201cindefinite leave\u201d from her new game-variety show, “Pilipinas, Win na Win!” to be with her new sweetheart.<\/p>\n – – – – – – – – – –<\/p>\n related links:<\/p>\n (via abs-cbnnews.com) Actor Robin Padilla, 42 and TV host Mariel Rodriguez, 26, tied the knot in Baguio City in a simple and very private ceremony officiated by a native priest, locally known as mambunong, from the Ibaloi tribe. The Ibaloi people live mostly in the southern part of Benguet. Jimmy Ong, who performed the one-and-a-half-hour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrity-wedding","category-kasalan-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n