I was over at my sister’s and she showed me this “heart” woven from a palm frond. Her friend at church made it. It is apparently a Philippine practice, where my sister’s friend hails from. When used rather than displayed, the hearts are filled with rice and other food, cooked, and then the palm is peeled away and the food inside is eaten. If you know any more about this, I’d like to hear it. I thought the whole thing was pretty cool. My sister had it displayed with her statue of Mary, as it reminded her of the Sacred Heart.
Palm heart
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