Music

• Theater - from the greek word theatron which means " a place of seeing"
• Sarswela - the scene is sang by the actors and is introduced by the spaniards
• Senakulo - stage re-enactment of christs passion and death. also known as pasyon y muerte
• Moro-moro - focused in muslim and christian battles
• Dance Drama - often classified as a sport, consisting of sequence of movements with aesthetic and often symbolic values
• Festival - cultural dances performed to the strong beats
• Ati-atihan - festival of kalibo aklan, they shout "viva sto. nino" or "hala bira" in honor of sto.nino. celebrated every 3rd week of january
• Sinulog - celebrated every 3rd sunday of january in cebu city in honor of sto.nino
• Maskara festival - held in bacolod city every october. maskara means many faces and is painted in happy faces
• Bambanti - thanks giving festival of isabela, scarecrow festival and celebrated every 4th week of january. 1st leader is benjamin dy
• Balamban - every may 5 (founding anniversary of santiago city). Butterfly festival and the 1st name is pataragday festival. 1st held in dariuk hills
• Moriones - re-enactment of the crucifixion of jesus christ and help during holy week
• Kadayawan - celebration of life and thanks giving
• Shadow Puppet play - started since the time of Jose Rizal when he staged the play entitled "carillo" or shadow puppet play