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  • Religious festivals
  • Non-religious festivals
• Religious festivals


  Feasts used by religious followers to honor other Gods
• Non-religious festivals


  Focused on the cultural heritage of a country
• Categories of festivals

  • Religious festivals
  • Non-religious festivals
• Kadayawan festival


  • Celebrated in Davao City
  • Festival of Thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture and the bounties of harvest and Serenity of living
  • Derived from Dabawenyong word madayao, meaning good, valuable and superior
• Religious festivals


  Feasts used by religious followers to honor other Gods
• Moriones Festival


  • Held during the Holy Week in the western side of Marinduque
  • Morion means mask or visor that covers the wearer's face, which is part of the medieval Roman armor worn in biblical times
  • Costume must be worn every day for a whole week, except during night time
• Ati-atihan Festival


  • Held on the third week of January every year on the second Sunday after epiphany in Kalibo, Aklan province on the island of Panay
  • Festival in honor of the santo niño
  • Celebrated by rejoicing and energetic merriment on the streets
  • Named after the ATI, the indigenous natives of the island
• Non-religious festivals


  Focused on the cultural heritage of a country
• Sinulog Festival


  • Celebrated in the city of Cebu
  • Commemorates the acceptance of the Filipino people of Christianity, more specifically Catholicism, to replace their belief in animalism
  • Native dance of sinulog
• Kadayawan festival


  • Celebrated in Davao City
  • Festival of Thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture and the bounties of harvest and Serenity of living
  • Derived from Dabawenyong word madayao, meaning good, valuable and superior
• Masskara Festival


  • Celebrated every third weekend of October or on the closest weekend to October 19 in Bacolod City
  • Dramatizes the steadfast characterized of the Negrenses and symbolizes what the city of Smiles, Bacolod City do best, putting on a smiling face even with face with challenges
• Moriones Festival


  • Held during the Holy Week in the western side of Marinduque
  • Morion means mask or visor that covers the wearer's face, which is part of the medieval Roman armor worn in biblical times
  • Costume must be worn every day for a whole week, except during night time
• Panagbenga Festival


  • Held in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines
  • English name is the Blooming Flowers Festival
  • Month-long annual celebration of a tribute to the city's beautifully grown flowers
  • Celebrated in the month of February
• Ati-atihan Festival


  • Held on the third week of January every year on the second Sunday after epiphany in Kalibo, Aklan province on the island of Panay
  • Festival in honor of the santo niño
  • Celebrated by rejoicing and energetic merriment on the streets
  • Named after the ATI, the indigenous natives of the island
• Santacruzan


  • One of the most popular celebrations in May
  • Also celebrated with flower offerings for the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic churches
• Sinulog Festival


  • Celebrated in the city of Cebu
  • Commemorates the acceptance of the Filipino people of Christianity, more specifically Catholicism, to replace their belief in animalism
  • Native dance of Sinulog
• Kadayawan festival is celebrated in Davao City in August
• Masskara Festival


  • Celebrated every third weekend of October or on the closest weekend to October 19 in Bacolod City
  • Dramatizes the steadfast characterized of the Negrenses and symbolizes what the city of Smiles, Bacolod City do best, putting on a smiling face even with face with challenges
• Panagbenga Festival


  • Held in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines
  • English name is the Blooming Flowers Festival
  • Month-long annual celebration of a tribute to the city's beautifully grown flowers
  • Celebrated in the month of February
• Santacruzan


  • One of the most popular celebrations in May
  • Also celebrated with flower offerings for the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholic churches
• Kadayawan festival is celebrated in Davao City in August