P.e pt 1

• Philippine Festival Dances

  Cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture, usually done in honor of a Patron Saint or as a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest
• Types of Philippine Festival Dances

  • Cultural with religious influence
  • Indigenous influence/non-religious festival
• Cultural with religious influence dances


  • Movements showing reverence to a religious icon
• Ati-atihan


  Annual festival in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus), biggest celebration held in Kalibo, Aklan
• Moriones


  Annual festival on Holy Week in Marinduque, men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Roman soldiers
• Dinagyang


  Religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, held every fourth Sunday of January to honor the Christianization of the natives and to respect the Holy child Jesus
• Sinulog


  Traditional and ritual dance in honor of Santo Niño, celebrated in Cebu City every third Sunday of January
• Peñafrancia


  Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, celebrated on the third Saturday of September in Naga City, Bicol, preceded by a novena (9 days of prayer)
• Pahiyas


  Celebration of thanksgiving for good harvest, celebrated annually on the 15th of May in Lucban, Quezon, in honor of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers
• Voyadores


  One of the most awaited festivals of Bicol, "Voyadores" means "mandaragat", male devotees who accompany and carry the Virgin image in a procession called "Translacion" for a novena, celebrated every 3rd week of September
• Black Nazarene


  Feast of Black Nazarene, a religious festival held in Manila, Philippines that is centered around the Black Nazarene, an image of Jesus Christ celebrated annually on January 9
• Indigenous influence/non-religious festival

  • Festivals with a group of people, community or a region due to tradition and culture
• Lanzones


  Annual thanksgiving celebration for Camiguin Island's bountiful harvest, held every 3rd week of October
• Masskara


  Began in 1980 during a period of crisis, celebrated in Bacolod City every 22nd of April, Bacolod City is known as "City of Smiles"
• Ibalong


  Celebrated in Legaspi City, Albay every month of August, festival celebrates the epic story Ibalong and its legendary heroes Baltog, Handyong, and Bantong
• Panagbenga


  Annual flower festival celebrated every February in Baguio City, "Panagbenga" comes from a "Kankaey" term meaning "season of blooming"
• Pawikan


  Annual celebration of the endangered 'pawikan' or sea turtles, usually held at the end of November up to the beginning of December in Morong, Bataan, aims to draw awareness for the pawikan and its nesting site
• Kalilangan


  Annual festivity celebrated in General Santos City in the month of February, "Kalilangan" is derived from the rootword "Kalilang" which means "to celebrate" or "commemoration" in the Maguindanaon dialect
• Longganisa


  First festivity celebrated in Vigan every year on January 22nd, the date of the cityhood of Vigan, Longganisa is a sausage similar to chorizo which is flavoured with local spices and differs considerably from region to region, the Vigan Longganisa is a fat, short little sausage which uses local garlic and sugar cane vinegar giving it a distinct flavour