philippine festival

• philippine festival are celebrations to express gratitude for a good harvest in honors of the town's patron saint
• ati atihan is known as the wildest of the philippine festival
• ati atihan means "make believe Atis"
• ati atihan is celebrated in kalibo, aklan called "Ati or Aetas"
• ati atihan is celebrate every third week of January
• people chear and shout "Hala bira!" and "Viva Santo Niño!"
• sinulog is celebrated every third sunday of January in the city of cebu
• sinulog is celebrated to honor the Santo Niño
• the people yell "Pit Senior"
• sublian us held on the twenty third of the July
• patron saint of Sublian is the Holy Cross of Bauan and Agoncillo
• sublian involves praying, eating, dancing the "Subli" and singing verses with strict melody
• subli comes from two word "subsub" means bending your body forward or downward and "bali" means broken
• moriones is held during holy week in the island of marinduque
• marinduque is known as the heart of the philippines
• moriones festival is celebrate to honor their patron Saint Longinus
• kadayawan festival is held in Davao every third week of August
• Madayaw means thanksgiving for nature's gift ; warm and friendliness greeting and to describe things that is good
• kadayawan is used to be valled apo duwaling
• the celebration kadayawan originated from the lumad and muslims
• ibalong is held in bohol region to express friendliness, enthusiasm and good will to all people.
• three heroes in the town of ibalong namely Baltog, Hadyong, Bantog
• banak is held in sta ana as a tupe of thanksgiving
• the festival is celebrage to honor the town's benefactor Saint Anne
• Taguig means taga-giik
• banak is celebrated every July 26
• Komedya


  Descended from 16th Century Spanish Comedia (play), one of the colorful theatrical traditions in the Philippine
• Traditional Philippine theater


  • Often characterized with poetic dialogues and evocative mood
  • Aimed at expressing intense feelings and emotions that will make the audience cry, laugh or even hate
• Komedya


  Used by the Spanish as a method to spread Christianity in the Philippines
• Types of Komedya


  • Secular Komedya
  • Religious Komedya
• Secular Komedya


  Usually performed in town celebrations
• Secular Komedya


  • Moro moro (popularized in 1600)
• Secular Komedya most of the time portrays the clash between Christians and Muslims
• Secular Komedya


  • The "Tibag" or "Arakyo" is performed during santa cruzan. It is a re-enactment of the search for the Holy Cross by Queen Helena and her son Emperor Constantine.
• siete palabras means seven last words
• senakulo is the lenten presentation of passion of Christ
• senakulo takes eight nights from pam sundsy to easter sunday
• sarzuela is an art form of lyrics theather drama, comical in nature and its incorporated with singing, dancing and literature
• Atang dela rama was a popular zarzuelistas
• bodabil featured comedy skits, music monologue acrobats