Religious Festival

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  • The Philippines is home to rich, colorful and lively festivals that are expressions of the religiosity and strong faith of Filipinos
  • Fiestas showcase Filipino ingenuity at its finest
  • The fiesta is part and bundle of Filipino culture, and there is always a fiesta going on somewhere in the country
  • The most elaborate festival of all is Christmas, a season celebrated with all the display and show the fun-loving Filipino can handle
  • Pahiyas festival

    Celebrated every 15th of May in Lucban, in honor of San Isidro Labrador and as a thanksgiving for a rich and bountiful harvest
  • Making of Kipling (leaf-shaped, multi-colored rice-paste wafers used to decorate houses)
    1. Selection of leaves
    2. Preparation of rice paste
    3. Spreading paste on leaves
    4. Steaming
    5. Drying and compressing
  • Obando Fertility Rite
    A dance ritual and Catholic festival celebrated every May in Obando, Bulacan to honor and beseech the town's three patron saints
  • Obando Fertility Rite
    • Locals and pilgrims dressed in traditional costumes, dance and sing in the town's streets
    • Couples who are childless can appeal for heavenly intercession and dance to please the Virgin of Salambao
  • Moriones festival

    A week-long festival held during Holy Week in Marinduque, where people wear colorful and realistic Roman costumes and masks depicting the story of St. Longinus
  • Moriones festival

    • Wearers' identities remain anonymous till the end of the festival, and they act as mean-tempered Roman soldiers
  • Ati-Atihan festival

    A festival in honor of the Santo Niño, celebrated with rejoicing and energetic merriment on the streets in Kalibo, Aklan
  • Ati-Atihan festival

    • People paint their faces in many different ways and dress in creative, outstanding costumes
    • Native dance competition where competitors cover their body with soot and paint their faces to portray the Ati
  • Sinulog festival
    A native dance in Cebu that commemorates the acceptance of Christianity by the Filipino people
  • Sinulog festival

    • Grand street parade with participants decked in brightly colored costumes, usually similar to the Sto. Niños they display
    • Fluvial Procession on the last day, with a decorated pump boat honoring the Sto. Niño
  • Dinagyang festival

    A festival in Iloilo that is a showcase of the rich heritage, colorful history, passionate devotion and fun-loving spirit of the Ilonggo people, in honor of Senyor Santo Niño
  • Dinagyang festival

    • Colorful costumes and headdresses, rhythmic dances of warriors in Aeta costumes, and energetic performances to the thunderous beat of drums
  • Santacruzan or Flores de Mayo

    A festival celebrated in May, with flower offerings for the Blessed Virgin Mary and pageants for the best well-dressed characters
  • Participants in the Santacruzan procession
    • Biblical Figures and Traditional Personifications
  • Obando Fertility Rite
    It is celebrated every May in Obando, Bulacan.
  • Dinagyang Festival
    A festival in Iloilo that is for the Santo Niño celebrated in January
  • Santa Cruzan
    Also called Flores de Mayo that is for Biblical Figures and Traditional Personifications
  • Obando Fertility Rite
    To honor the three patron saints:
    1. San Pascual
    2. Santa Clara
    3. Nuestra Señora de Salambaáo