Ati-Atihan Festival from Kalibo Aklan, is celebrated on 3rd Sunday of January, people cover their skin with ash to “make-believe Ati.” It is also a tribute to Santo Nino. People cheer “Viva Santo Nino” and "Hala Bira!"
Dinagyang Festival from Iloilo City, is celebrated on 4th Sunday of January, honors Santo Nino and celebratres arrival of Malay Settlers on Panay, no need to darken skin
Sinulog (Cebu) - Third Sunday of January, commemorates acceptance of Christianity/Catholicism to replace their belief of animalism. celebrates arrival of Santo Nino in Cebu. They yell out “Pit Senor”
Moriones Festival from Marinduque, is celebrated from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday, people wear morion masks to depict Roman Soldiers, re-enacts the story of Saint Longinus
Feast of Our Lady Penafrancia from Naga City, Bicol is celebrated on 3rd Saturday of September, novena in honor of the Virgin, “Long live the Virgin!”
St. Longinus is the Roman centurion that gained his eyesight when his eye was hit by Jesus’ blood when he stabbed Jesus
Pahiyas Festival (Lucban, Quezon) - May 15th, in honor of San Isidro Labrador, has kipping, a leaf-shaped multicolored rice paste wafers made of Laon, a kind of sticky rice.
Lanzones Festival from Camiguin Province is celebrated on 3rd Week of October, thanksgiving celebration for Camiguin’s bountiful harvest. Centered on Lanzones
Masskara Festival from Bacolod City, is celebrated on 4th Sunday of October, colorful masks with smiles, City of Smiles.
Festival held after a tragedy happened on April 22, 1980 where the inter-island vessel MV Don Juan collided with a tanker and 700 died.
Ibalong Festival from Legazpi City, Albay is celebrated in August, celebrates the epic story Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary heroes, Baltog, Handyong, and Bantog. People wear costumes and masks like the characters of the Epic
Kaamulan (Bukidnon) - ethnic festival celebrating the traditions of the seven tribal groups that originally inhabited Bukidnon
Matigsalug, Tigwahanun, Higaunu, Umayamnun, Manobo, Bukidnon, and Talaandig
showcases legendary stories, ancient rituals, music and dances
Kalilangan Festival (General Santos City) - February, celebrates hospitality, honors ethnic rituals of Mindanao
Metro Manila Film Festival - Philippines (MMFF-P) (Manila) - December 25 - first week of january in the following year, focusing on locally produced films with floats that represent the movies parading down Roxas Boulevard.
Panagbenga Festival (Baguio City) - February, annual flower festival created as a tribute to the city’s flowers and to rise up from 1990 Luzon earthquake.
Obando Fertility Rites (Obando, Bulacan) - Catholic festival & dance ritual celebrated in May honoring San Pascual, Santa Clara, and Nuestra Senora De Salambao.
childless couples appeal for heavenly intercession and dance to please the Virgin of Salambao
Kadayawan (Davao City) - August, thanksgiving for the gifts of nature and serenity of living
derived from the Dabawenyong word “madayaw” or goodness, values, superiority or beauty.
displays various crops, singing dancing and offering, and interfaces three aspects: tribal, industrial and arts, and entertainment
Kaamulan (Bukidnon) - ethnic festival celebrating the traditions of the seven tribal groups that originally inhabited Bukidnon
Matigsalug, Tigwahanun, Higaunu, Umayamnun, Manobo, Bukidnon, and Talaandig
showcases legendary stories, ancient rituals, music and dances
Shadow Puppetry ancient artform using cut-out figures held together by sticks or thread to create movement, shown by a thin layer of cloth/screen and a light source to create shadows.
Dance Drama drama performed through dance movements, frequently with singing or dialogue. Popular for retelling of famous national literatures.
Comedia known as Moro-Moro, earliest known form of organized theatre created by Spanish preasts. Each performance differs from each village, all are full of romance, melodrama, and the highlight (battle between Christians and Muslims)
Sarswela or Zarzuela play with song and dances usually written in prose, depicting the peculiarity of romantic love among idealized Filipino characters.
Senakulo during the season of Lent, femous for depicting stories from the Bible related to the life, suffering, and death of Jesus Christ.
Sublian Festival (Batangas City) - July 23rd reflecting the Batanguenos commitment and great love to their town’s patrons, The Holy Cross of Bauan and Agoncillio, and the Santo Nino of Batangas City.Religious ceremony involving praying, eating, dancing “Subli” and singing verses with strict skeletal melody
Komedya: play written in verse using traditional methods of
marcha: entrance/exit
batalla: choreographed fighting
magia: magical effects
colorful theatre traditions used by the Spanish to spread Christianity.
Secular Komedya: performed in town celebrations, stories that revolve around kingdoms and supernatural beings. (ex. moro moro, tibag/arakyo
Moro moro: clash between Christians and Filipino Muslims
Tibag/Arakyo: reenactment of the search for the Holy Cross during Santa Cruzan in Nueva Ecija
Religious Komedya: enhanced religious festivities, focuses on the life of religious icons
Ex:
Siete Palabras ◾ Comedia de San Miguel ◾ Senakulo
2.) Sarsuela: lyric theatre drama, comical in nature incorporated with singing dancing and dialogue. Portrays typical Filipino realities. (Ex. walang sugat)
Maria Caparena: Philippine Sarswela Star/ Nightingale of Sarswela
Severino Reyes: Lola Basyang, Father of Tagalog Sarswela
3.) Bodabil: stage show develop when city growers wanted to uplift their emotional stability to a stage presentation featuring comedy, musical, monologue, skits, impersonators, and even magical acts. Bobadil formed trends and musicians.
Disease - particular abnormal condition and a disorder of a function that appects a part or all of an organism. It is a medical condition associated with specific symptoms adnd signs
Non-communicable diseases - are not caused by pathogens or bacteria but by how people live or the conditions they are born with.
1.) Allergy - misguided reaction to foreign substances by the immune system. People prone to allergies are allergic.
allergen: substances that trigger allergy
Examples of Allergies
Hay Fever
Allergic Conjunctivitis
Allergic Eczema
Hives
Allergic Shock
2.) Asthma chronic lung disorder causing airways to be inflamed, producing lots of thick mucus which clog the airways.
3.) Cardiovascular Diseases disease of the heart and blood vessels, including heart disease and vascular diseases.
Congenital heart disease abnormality in the hearts structure you were born with
Cogenital heart failure failure of heart to pump blood with normal efficiency