A festival from Kalibo, Aklan that falls on the third week of January
Kadayawan
A festival held in the City of Davao which is celebrated during the third week of August
Madayaw
A warm and friendly greeting used to explain a thing that is valuable, superior, beautiful, good or profitable
Kadayawan in the Mandaya dialect
Anything that brings fortune, a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and the serenity of living
MountApo
Where the Davao's ethnic tribes reside
Moriones Festival
A folk religious event held annually during holy week in Marinduque
Morion
The visor of the helmet that is associated with the armor of Roman soldiers
Moriones
The local inhabitants who dress up in costumes and masks of Roman soldiers during biblical times
Longinus
The Roman centurion who pierced the side of the crucified Christ
Sinulog Festival
One of the grandest, most distinguished and most colorful in the Philippines, held each year on the thirdSunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Nino or the child Jesus
Ibalong Festival
Celebrated in the city of Legazpi in Albay during the secondweek of October
Special attraction
A costume and mask parade representing Bicol's ancient heroes
Sublian Festival
A two week long celebration that culminates on the 23rd of July
Fiesta is a big part of Filipino culture. A fiesta goes on in both good and bad times. Each city and barrio has at least one local festival which is the feast of its patron saint so there is always a fiesta going on somewhere in the country.
The major and most elaborate festival of all is the Christmas season which is much awaited and celebrated with much decorations that show the fun-loving side of Filipinos.
Theatres such as the Komedya, Moro-moro and Arakyo were introduced to the native Filipinos by the Spaniards when they came to the Philippines
Komedya
Used by Spain as a method to spread Christianity in the country
Types of komedya
Secular Komedya
Religious Komedya
Secular Komedya
Performed at local fiestas
Moro-moro
A type of secular komedya which portrays the clash between the muslims and christians as depicted by the forbidden romance between a prince and a princess
tIbag/Arakyo
A popular secular komedya which is featured during the annual santacruzan
People in the story of Arakyo
QueenElena
EmperorConstantino
Religious Komedya
Centers the life of Christ or of any saint and is usually seen during church celebrations
Zarzuela
A comical musical theatre that portrays typical Filipino stories and realities that the viewers can relate to
Zarza
The word that Zarzuela evolved from and is the common bramble on the European blackberry bush
Sarawela
Another term for Zarzuela, a lyric-dramatic genre that combines singing, dancing and dialogue
Bodabil
A stage show in the Philippines which became popular during the Japanese period
Luis Borromeo
A Cebuano that returned from America and Canada and introduced 'classic jazz music in the country