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Festivals in the Philippines offer people
a chance to exhibit their rich culture
and pay homage to the history and
patron or saints. They are vibrant, big
and celebrated with a lot of pomp and
show. No wonder each province has its
own Filipino Fiesta they are proud of.
Tourists from all over the world visit
the Philippines not just to see its
beautiful beaches and breathtaking
sights, but also to experience the
country’s grand festivals that,
without a doubt, makes it more fun
in the Philippines.
Festival dances are cultural dances performed to
the strong beats of percussion instruments by a
community of people sharing the same culture
usually done in honor of a Patron Saint or in
thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest.
Festival dances may be religious or secular in
nature.
Festivals dances draw culture by portraying the
people’s way of life through movements, and
costumes.
 Nature of festival dances

Religious
Secular or Non Religious
 Religious Festival

Celebrated annually for

the Feast of their
Patron Saint.
Secular or Non Religious
Festival
Opposite of religious festival.
Maybe celebration of people’s
industry and bountiful harvest.
Some famous Religious festivals
 1. Sinulog Festival
• The Sinulog or Santo Niño Festival is
an annual cultural and religious
festival held on the third Sunday of
January in Cebu City, it is the center
of the Santo Niño Catholic
celebrations in the Philippines.
• The word “Sinulog” means “graceful
dance”, wherein it all started in 1980
with a simple dance that represents
the “sulog” (or current) of a river in
Cebu.
2. Dinagyang Festival
• The Dinagyang Festival is a
famous and religious and
cultural festival in Iloilo City,
held on the 4th Sunday of
January, or right after the
Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-
Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan.
• Dinagyang is a Hiligaynon word
that means “merrymaking”.
 3. Ati-atihan Festival
• The Ati-Atihan Festival is a Philippine
festival held annually in January in
honor of the Santo Niño in several
towns of the province of Aklan, Panay
Island. The biggest celebration is held
during the third Sunday of January in
the town of Kalibo, the province’s
capital.
• Ati-Atihan Festival meaning is “to be
like Atis or Aetas (Aklan Province's
natives).”
 4. Higantes Festival
• The Higantes Festival is a local festival held annually In
Angono, Philippines, where hundreds of giant papier-
mâché puppets are paraded, representing the common
people's mockery of the bad hacienda owners of the past
during Spanish colonial rule.
• The giants, locally known as Higantes are designed to
express a person's character or a unique idea. According to
the locals, this practice began when locals in Angono
created a dummy to portray a mean landlord who was best
recognized by his foul mannerisms and an imposing height.
Some famous Secular Festivals
 1. Panagbenga
• A month-long annual flower
occasion occurring in Baguio. The
term “Panagbenga” comes from a
Kankanaey term meaning “a season
for blossoming, a time for
flowering.”
• The festival, held in February, was
created as a tribute to the city's
flowers and as a way to rise up from
the devastation of the 1990 Luzon
earthquake.
2. Masskara Festival
• The MassKara Festival is an annual
festival with highlights held every fourth
Sunday of October in Bacolod,
Philippines. The most recent festival
was held from October 8–27, 2019.
• MassKara is derived from the words
“mass” meaning “many” and
“kara” meaning “faces,” thus calling it
the Festival of Many Faces. Known as
the City of Smiles, Bacolod parades
many smiling masks worn by the locals
during this festival in the Philippines.
3. T’nalak
• T’nalak Festival, also known as
Tinalak Festival, is a festival held to
celebrate the anniversary of South
Cotabato and is observed every July.
• The festival’s unique name is
attributed to a popular piece of
colorful cloth woven by the local
T’boli women (T’boli is a tribe in the
region). The cloth is known as a
T’nalak, and is made of abaca
clothing.
4. Bambanti
• A non- religious festival in honor of the
thanksgiving, scarecrow. Farming
Industry held around January in
Isabela.
• The Bambanti Festival is an
annual celebration of the Provincial
Government of Isabela that started in
1997. The Bambanti Festival is 2018
Aliw Award's Hall of Famer for
Best Festival Practices and
Performance by being a three-time
winner from 2015 to 2017.
 ACTIVITY TIME!
Create your own version of Masskara or
any props that you can use in festival
dances.
15 minutes only.
 Festival Mask/Props Rubric
Grading Scale 10 points
Demonstrates Demonstrates high
knowledge and knowledge and
understanding proper understanding proper
drawing mask drawingmask
Demonstrates Demonstrates correct
understanding and use understanding and use of
of construction paper construction paper
Application of paper by Application of paper shows
selecting and gluing very clean and clear use of
color choices selecting and gluing color
choices
Overall Craftsmanship Craftsmanship was well
done with no obvious
errors
Project Work Ethic Project was completed in a
timely manner with no
wasted time
Total: ______/50 (can be doubled)
(A= 50-47 B= 46-43 C= 42-38
9-8 points 7-6 point 5-1 points
Demonstrates good Demonstrates fair Demonstrates poor knowledge
knowledge and knowledge and and understanding proper
understanding proper understanding proper drawingmask
drawingmask drawingmask
Demonstrates good Demonstrates fair Demonstrates poor understanding
understanding and use of understanding and use of and use of construction paper
construction paper construction paper
Application of pastels Application of pastels shows Application of pastels shows poor
shows clean and clear use fairly clean and clear use of use of selecting and gluing color
of selecting and gluing selecting and gluing color choices
color choices choices
Craftsmanship was well Craftsmanship was done Craftsmanship was poorly done
done with minor (1-2) fairly well with a few (3-4) with many (over 4) errors
errors errors
Project was completed, but Project was completed, but Project was not completed in a
some time was wasted equal amount of time was timely manner-more time was
wasted wasted than used for working
D= 37-35.5 E=35-lower)
EVALUATION: Identification
Direction: Read the statement below and identify each item. Write
your answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.

_______1. A Hiligaynon word that means “merrymaking”.

_______2. An annual festival with highlights held every fourth
Sunday of October in Bacolod, Philippines.
_______3. The festival’s unique name is attributed to a popular
piece of colorful cloth woven by the local T’boli women.
_______4. A local festival held annually In Angono, Philippines.
_______5. A month-long annual flower occasion occurring
in Baguio.
 Answer key:

1.Dinagyang
2. Masskara festival
3. T’nalak festival
4. Higantes Festival
5. Panagbenga festival
 ASSIGNMENT:
Interview your grandparents/ some elders from your
barangay about your festival or fiesta. Ask these
questions and write your answers in your MAPEH
notebook.
1. Who or what is celebrated in your barangay fiesta?
2. When did the first celebration happen?
3. What artistic skills are being used for the celebration
of your fiesta?
THANK YOU!