Arts Pt 2

• Non-religious festival


  Festival that focuses on the cultural and heritage aspect of a country and is celebrated with enthusiasm and passion
• Panagbenga Festival


  • Held in Baguio City
  • English name is "the blooming Flower Festival" which means "season of blooming"
  • Celebrated in February
  • Includes street dancing presented by dancers dressed in flower-inspired costumes

  
• Masskara Festival


  • Held in Bacolod City
  • From the combination of the English word "mass" and Spanish word "kara" (which means face)
  • Dramatizes the steadfast character of Negrenses and symbolizes what the city of Smiles Bacolod City does best - putting on a smiling face even when faced with challenges
  • Displays colorful artistry in costumes and mass and through the dance performances of the participants

  
• Kaamulan Festival


  • Held in the Bukidnon Region
  • An ethnic festival that celebrates the customs and traditions of the seven tribal groups that originally inhabited the Bukidnon Region
  • Showcases the unique indigenous culture through integrating different activities of several sectors and using them into one creating a unique and wonderful celebration in ethnic fashion
  • They celebrate this festival by telling stories, reliving ancient rituals, playing and listening to ethnic music and doing traditional dances
• Kadayawan Festival


  • Celebrated in Davao City in August
  • A festival of thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture and the bounties of harvest and serenity of living that is derived from the Dabawenyong word "madayaw" or good, valuable and superior in English
  • The Festival is honored by displaying various farming implements and crops

  
• Banga Festival


  • Held in Balanga City, Bataan
  • The name "Balanga" was derived from a kind of pot used for cooking or fetching water, known locally as "banga"
  • A week-long event celebrated in the last week of April to commemorate the humble beginnings of the now progressive city

  
• Pawikan Festival


  • Held in Brgy. Nagbalayong, Morong, Bataan on November 29-30 (movable)
  • Organized to intensify the information campaign and generate public awareness on the importance of endangered baby Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) in the ecosystem
  • Highlighted by a ceremonial releasing of Pawikan hatchlings in the blue waters off South China Sea, street dancing competition where participants are dressed gaudily in turtle-like clothing, walk for a cause, trade fair, beach volleyball, graffiti painting contest, sand castling contest, coastal clean-up project, seminars and other activities