Bangus Festival

Bangus Festival is annually held in

Dagupan City in Pangasinan, Bangus
Festival is celebrated to give thanks to the
city’s thriving aquaculture, especially in the
bountiful bangus or milkfish harvests.
Among the highlights of this non-religious
festival are the bangus cook-off, street
party, trade fairs and of course, the
electrifying festival dance in the streets.

Since then, Dagupan has been

celebrating this festivity yearly in
the month of April. In fact, because
it is a big event, many media
entities not just from the
Philippines but across the world
are covering this annual event in
Dagupan

You can trace the Bangus Festival history back to 2002

when it all started. It was then-Mayor Benjamin Lim who
initiated this kind of festival to promote Dagupan’s most
precious gem, bangus or milkfish. And one year later, they
were recognized Kalutan ed Dagupan by the Guinness Book
of World Records as the Longest Barbecue of the World.
 Sinulog Festival Sinulog comes from the
Cebuano word “sulog” which
means “like water current
Sinulog is held in celebration of one of the
movement” which depicts the
country’s most famous historic relics:
the Santo Niño de Cebú. This was the forward-backward step of
statue of the baby Jesus that was handed to Sinulog dance. Which is held
the Rajah Humabon of Cebu by the every third Sunday of January.
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in
1521.
This was one of the most important events
in the religious history of the Philippines as
it paved the way to the birth of Christianity
in the country.

The Sinulog dance steps are also

believed to originate from Baladhay,
Rajah Humabon's adviser.

Baladhay got sick and Humabon ordered the

tribe to bring Baladhay into the room of
Santo Niño.
After a few days, Baladhay was heard shouting
and found dancing by the tribe. They asked
Baladhay why he was shouting and dancing.
He point at the image of the Santo, explained
that He was tickling him.
In turn, Baladhay danced with the little child
and explained that he was dancing the
movements of the river. To this day, the two-
steps forward, the one-step backward
movement is still used by Santo Niño devotees
who believe that it was the Santo Niño's choice
to have Baladhay dance.
 Kadayawan Festival Its “Kadayawan” name derives
from the friendly Dabawenyo
greeting “Madayaw”, meaning
good, valuable, superior or
beautiful. Hence,
the Kadayawan Festival in
Tagalog means “pasasalamat at
pagpapahalaga”. Kadayawan is a
celebration of life, a thanksgiving
for nature’s gifts, the wealth of
culture, the bounties of harvest,
and serenity.
The Kadayawan Festival of
Davao started in the year 1986 as
a group of tribal festivals put
together to showcase the
thanksgiving rituals of the
indigenous tribes of Mindanao.

the festival was originally called Apo Duwaling, named after

three natural wonders and famous icons you can find in the
Davao Region: Mount Apo, the Durian (a fruit that “smells like
hell but tastes like heaven.”), and the famous Waling-waling or
“Vanda Sanderiana”, a flower of the orchid family.