What are the festivals celebrated all over the country throughout the year? Festivals in the Philippines that are celebrated throughout the year are generally divided into two: religious and non-religious or cultural festivals. The religious festivals are celebrated mainly by those who are members of the Catholic religions in honor of their saints and patrons. Some of these have become so popular that they become great tourist attractions. Examples of these are the Ati-Atihan of Aklan, Sinulog of Cebu, Dinagyang of Hoilo, all in the Visayan Islands. In Luzon, the famous religious festivals are the Moriones Festival of Marinduque, the Pahiyas of Lukban in Quezon Province, and the Higantes Festival of Angono, Rizal.What are the elements and principles of arts as seen in Philippine festivals? Philippine: festivals are famous for their colorful and artistic costumes, masks, and props. The artistic presentation is one of the reasons why festivals attract many local and foreign tourists. It is indeed the time when the artistry of many Filipinos is exposed. It is also the time when many artistic Filipinos generate more income because of their talents. The artworks of Filipino artists who have good knowledge in the elements and principles of art tend to excel during festivals. They consider the art elements like color, lines, textures; and principles like repetition and balance in coming up with good designs.Religious Festivals Philippine Festivals, Themes _ ‘The march ofthe early Aetas | Crisscrossing of linear of Aklan while performing the | lines; repeated curve and, ‘upbeat tune of traditional dances | streamlines floral and and muse, ‘geometric designs, AtiAtihan \ Place: Kalibo, Aklan Date: Every Third Sunday of January Crisscrossing of linear lines; repeated curve and streamlines; floral and The Cebuano's transition from paganism to Catholicism. ‘geometric designs Sinulog Pace: Cebu City Date: Every Third Sunday of January The Honggos conversion Catholicism from paganism "| ne patterns, rickrack, sro dancing the ancestor! | | curviinear motifs, animalora upbeat dance using rm ‘and geometric designs. choreography Pinagyang Places lloilo Cty Date: Every Fourth week of JanuaryMoriones Place: Marinduque Date: Every Holy Week-March or Api ‘Tribute to Saint Longinus, 2 commander of the centutions in the Roman army, who was blind Inne eye, The Marinduquefions Wear masks to appear like the Roman soldiers ofthe biblical times Ctisscrossing of inear Tines repeated curve and streamlines Carabao Festival Place: Pulilan, Bulacan Date: Every 1éth-1Sthof May Paying respect to Saint sidore the Worker — the patron saint of the farmers — and the Filipino farmers work companions — the ‘arabaos or water buffalo. In this festival, carabaos are paraded on the streets and made tokneel atthe end ofthe parade. Bovid (of carabiao') lines; crisserossing of near lines; repeated curve and streamlines Pahiyas Festival Place: Lucban, Quezon Date: Every 15th of May ‘Asking for intercession when praying to Saint sidore fora Bountiful harvest Repeated loops and curves and floral designs Higantes Festival Place: Angono, Rizal Date: Every 23rd of November Raves by means of enlarging theimage of aint Cement the fisherman’ pion sin Male devotes carry the image during» procession accompanied by ‘pahadors* (devotees dressed ncolrol Toca costumes wooden shoes Sndcarying bast pale). Cisscrossing of linear lines; repeated curve and streamlines tSantacruzan The Santacruzan is a religious parade by the Catholics devotees of St. Helena. Itisheld on the last day of the Flores deMayo, ‘The Santacruzanis a procession | Floral and geometric designs where the Reyna Elena, escorted by alittle boy representing Emperor Constantine and the -sagalas or the court of the queen walk under arches decorated with colorful flowers and decorations.Non-religious/Regional Festivals celebration to pay homage to Repeated loops and curves: the beautiful flowers that bloom in| and floral designs and Baguio. ‘geometric designs Panagbenga or Flower Festival Place: Baguio City Date: Whold month of February Curvilinear motifs, grass/floral ‘celebration of positivity or 9 Eee rs roriint and geometric design ism. This started in the early 1980's when the prices of sugar went down. Images of colorful and cheerful masks help the Negrenses established their city as"the city of smiles” MossKara Festival Plc: acood ty te: Every third weekend of oxtesEvery third weekend ofKadayawan Festival Place: Davao City Date: Every third week of August A festival in celebration of the bountiful harvest of tropical fruits of durian, mangosteen, pomelos, rambutan, longans, and marang; and asking for the protection of Philippine eagles and waling-waling. Line patterns, rickracks, scrolls, curvilinear motifs, animal/ floral and geometric designs Giant Lantern Festival Place: San Fernando, Pampanga Date: Every Christmas Eve Staging the awesome dispiay of oversized lanterns handcrafted by the locals and made to light up to the tune of lively music and with breathtaking fireworks. Curvilinear motifs, animal/ floral and geometric design RATT CS