Pasaka Festival

Colorful parade during the Pasaka Festival

Pasaka Festival is a yearly town festival held
at Tanauan, Poblacion from the 14th to the
16th of August, commencing at Canramos on
the 14th, Licud on the 15th and culminating in
San Roque on the 16th.
During the 15th of August there is a big
festivity held at the town center, composed of
two parts, the ritual presentation and the
street dancing parade. It is has three
categories, the junior (elementary) division,
the senior (High School) division and the
Merry Makers. They dressed in colorful
costumes performing dances and routines
that follows a street parade around the
municipality. The festival is called "Pasaka"
which is a waray word meaninginvitation to
progress, health, and luck for the inhabitants
for the coming year.
The festival is so popular and so merry that it
encourages expatriates to visit during this
time of year. The festival also invites people
from elsewhere who wish to join and enjoy
the festivity and are all welcomed by the
locals in their own homes regardless of
whether they know them or not.
Pasaka Festival is a socio-cultural
presentation depicting a people paying
homage to the town's Patronage, Our Lady of
Assumption as she is assumed into Heaven.
It is also an act of thanksgiving for the
blessings receives and a way of welcoming
the visitors into the homes of the
Tanauananons.
Pasaka Festival

"Pasaka," the native word for

Assumption, is a street spectacle in
honor of Our Lady of Assumption.
Venue: Tanuan, Leyte
Date: 14 August

The festival is called "Pasaka" which is a

waray word meaning invitation to
progress, health, and luck for the
inhabitants for the coming year.

The festival is so popular and so merry

that it encourages expatriates to visit
during this time of year. The festival also
invites people from elsewhere who wish
to join and enjoy the festivity and are all
welcomed by the locals in their own
homes regardless of whether they know
them or not.
...
The Pasaka Festival which runs August 1
to 15, is seen as another opportunity to
showcase the rich cultural heritage of
Tanauan, Leyte, where Tinikling, the
national dance of the Philippines, is said
to have originated.

It is during the nightly activities when

the various sectors of the municipality
are able to show their unity in paying
homage and thanksgiving to the town's
Patroness, Our Lady of the Assumption.

Showcasing the best talents and the

culture and tradition of the municipality,
will also ensure that the younger
generations are given the chance to
know the culture and tradition of their
forefathers. It is only by knowing, that
the younger generation will learn to love
and to be proud of their roots and their
cultural heritage.

Nightly cultural presentations from

August 1 to 14 features the talents in the
various schools, the local government
unit and the non-government
organizations in Tanauan.

The Pasaka Festival competition is

grouped into three categories, the senior
category participated in by high school
students, the junior category composed
of elementary pupils and the merry
makers.
August 15 which has been proclaimed as
Tanauan Day and at the same time the
feast of the town's patroness, is focused
on the religious rites, thus, the cultural
presentations are scheduled only up to
August 14.
Sourced from PIA

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