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• A festival, is a celebration that focuses on the characteristics of a community, its dominant religious belief, cultures, and significant practices which are seen to be worth commemorating.
• Festivals take place all across the Philippines, all year round. Most of them are even celebrated for weeks or entire months.
• Religious festivals are celebrated in honor of a saint or any commemoration of religious practices regardless of religious denominations and sects..
• Cultural festivals are celebrations of thanksgiving that focus on aspects of tradition and heritage.
• PAHIYAS FESTIVAL is Celebrated every May 15, Pahiyas Festival is a colorful and vibrant thanksgiving festival held annually at Lucban, Quezon to honor San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers, laborers and agricultural workers. During this time, families design their houses with their harvest and the colorful “kiping” a leaf-shaped wafer made from glutinous rice.
• The Moriones Festival portrays the suffering of Christ and the story of Saint Longinus who plunged a spear into the crucified body of Jesus.
• The Moriones Festival is celebrated every Lenten season in Marinduque and in some places in Mindoro.
• in Moriones Festival, Men and women who participate in this event wear colorful Morion attire and masks which portray faces of the Roman soldiers.
• in Moriones, people march along the town as an attempt to reenact the scene of the Roman soldiers searching for Longinus, as well as some scenes about the Passion (the final period in the life of the Christ)
• The Fertility Dance is a three-day celebration which lasts from May 17-19 in Obando, Bulacan and it involves different dance rituals that are meant to honor three patron saints.
• in fertility dance, Couples –especially those who struggle with infertility—dance and pray with the hopes of bearing children, and they offer thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest.
• in fertility dance, Couples who want a male child offer dances to San Pascual de Baylon on May 17, while couples who want a female child offer dances to Sta. Clara the day after.
• in the fertility dance, The patroness of fishermen, Our Lady of Salambaw, is honored on the last day of celebration (May 19).
• Ati-Atihan is Also referred to as the “Mother of all Philippine Festivals”, Ati-Atihan is celebrated every third Sunday of January in Kalibo, Aklan to honor the Sto. Niño.
• ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL - Street dancers dress in vibrant, colorful costumes with blackened faces. The festival name means “to be like the Atis”, or the native Aetas, who are naturally darkskinned.
• SINULOG FESTIVAL - Famous for its two-steps-forward and onestep-backward dance, Sinulog Festival is the grandest festival of Cebu celebrated every third Sunday of January to honor the Señor Sto. Niño.
• Sinulog is derived from the word sulog which means “like the movement of water currents”.
• DINAGYANG FESTIVAL - On every fourth Sunday of January, Dinagyang Festival is celebrated in Iloilo.
• The name of the festival comes from the Ilonggo term “dagyang” which means “merrymaking”.
• This is held in honor of Sto. Niño wherein the participants shouted “Viva Señor Santo Niño” and dramatized an act of offerings and prayer.
• SANTA CRUZAN - a religious-historical festival held every month of May. It commemorates the search of the Holy cross by Queen Helena –a saint who re-establised Christianity in Jerusalem, and her son Constantine the Great, the first emperor who followed Christian practices.
• SANTA CRUZAN - It is celebrated in many places across the country. Participants parade the streets wearing their beautiful and colorful gowns like as though they were joining a pilgrimage.
• PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL - This month-long annual celebration is a tribute to the vibrant and beautiful flowers in Baguio City, which is otherwise known as “the summer capital of the Philippines”. This is celebrated every February.
• Masskara festival is held in the “City of Smiles”, Bacolod City.
• MASSKARA FESTIVAL -It comes from the English word “mass” which means “large crowd” and a Spanish word, ‘’cara’’, which means “face. In addition, different, colorful costumes and smiling masks are worn by the participants during the dance.
• MASSKARA FESTIVAL - This is celebrated every fourth Sunday of October.
• The Masskara festival also symbolizes the character of Negrenses (or natives of Negros): that even when there are challenges to overcome, they maintain a positive attitude.
• Kaamulan Festival is a three-day gathering in Bukidnon which begins on the second week of February until the 10th of March.
• KAAMULAN FESTIVAL - It is an ethnic festival that showcases the unique indigenous cultures of Bukidnon, specifically that of the seven tribal groups: Matigsalug, Tigwahanun, Higaunu, Umayamnun, Manobo, Bukidnon and Talaandig.
• Kadayawan Festival is one of thanksgiving for the gifts of nature and the wealth of culture. It is a colorful celebration of Davao which is celebrated every third week of August.
• It comes from the word “Madayaw” a friendly greeting of Dabawenyos meaning “good, valuable, greater and beautiful.”