Locals threw water balloons onto a passing boat during a town fiesta in the Philippines.

Footage shows the men waiting by the wooden dock and began hurling the balls filled with liquid towards the vessel in Bulacan on June 23.

Some of the people onboard the boat returned them towards the residents in a water balloon fight in celebration of St John the Baptist's feast dat.

Resident Marielle Clemente said: ‘It was a special day for all of us. The parade of boats sail in the river and people wait by the banks to throw them water balloons.'

The Philippines is the largest Catholic country in Asia and one of the largest in the world. With more than 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, Catholicism became deeply ingrained in Filipino culture, shaping social norms, politics, and daily life.

John the Baptist is best known for baptizing Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.