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Philippine
Festivals
 Philippine Festivals
Fiestas are eagerly awaited events in the
Philippines. The festivals celebrate the happy
nature of the Filipinos. Whether it be for
honoring the patron saint, or a harvest rite or
commemorating a historical event, Filipinos
celebrate every event. Street dances, fluvial
processions, floral parades, reenactments are
some of the attractions of Fiestas.
 Philippine Festivals
 Cultural Festivals
 Indigenous Influence/Non-
Religious Festival
 Film Festival
 Flower Festival
Religious Festival
 Cultural Festivals
Talakudong Festival- Sultan Kudarat
Kadayawan Festival –Davao City
Longganisa Festival - Malaybalay City
Magayon Festival - Albay, Bicol Region
Mammangui Festival - Ilagan City (held on May
30)
Nilubian Festival - Rosario, La Union (held on
3rd week of April)
Pintados-Kasadyaan – Leyte
Sangyaw - Tacloban City
 Cultural Festivals
 Tugob Festival - Ormoc City, Leyte (Celebration of
Thanksgiving for the Bounty of the City)
 Meguyaya Festival - Upi, Maguindanao
 Padul-ong Festival - Borongan City, Eastern Samar
 Kariton Festival - Licab, Nueva Ecija (in honor of Don
Dalmacio Esguerra)
 Kalivungan Festival - Province of North Cotabato
 Malangsi Festival - Bayambang, Pangasinan
 Kannawidan 'Ylocos' Festival - Ilocos Sur
 Kadagayaan Festival - Davao del Norte
 Kadayawan Festival - August 16 Davao City
 Kadayawan Festival
Davao City –(3rd Week August)

Its name derives from the friendly greeting

“Madayaw”, from the Dabawenyo word
“dayaw”, meaning good, valuable, superior
or beautiful. The festival is a celebration of
life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the
wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and
serenity of living.
 Indigenous Influence/Non-Religious Festival
 Lanzones Festival - Camiguin
 Gawagaway-yan Festival- Cauayan City, Isabela
 Mammangui Festival- Ilagan City, Isabela
 Binallay Festival- Ilagan City, Isabela
 Pattaraday Festival- Santiago City
 Pav-vurulun Afi Festival - Tuguegarao City
 Ibalong Festival - Legazpi City
 Sanghiyang Festival - Alfonso, Cavite
 Pulang-Angui Festival - Polangui, Albay, Bicol
 Bangus Festival - Dagupan City
 Sinukwan Festival - San Fernando City
 Frog Festival - San Fernando City.
 Indigenous Influence/Non-Religious Festival

 Viva Vigan 'Binatbatan' Festival of the Arts - Vigan City

 Raniag Twilight Festival - Vigan City
 Buntal Hat Festival - Baliuag, Bulacan
 Sampaguita Festival-San Pedro City, Laguna,
 Kalimudan Festival-Isulan
 Kalilangan Festival-General Santos City
 Halamang Dilaw Singkaban Festival - Marilao, Bulacan
 Maubanog Festival-Mauban,Quezon
 Tuna Festival - September 5–12, General Santos City
 Indigenous Influence/Non-Religious Festival
 Bayluhay Festival(The Barter of Panay)-San Joaquin, Iloilo
 Higalaay Festival (Formerly Kagay-an Festival)-Cagayan
de Oro
 Mango Festival-Iba, Zambales
 Inug-og Festival-Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental
 Kaamulan Festival-Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
 Minasa Festival-Bustos, Bulacan
 Balot sa Puti Festival - 31, Pateros
 Sandugo Festival - Bohol
 Pahiyas Festival-Lucban, Quezon
 Masskara Festival-Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
 Tsinelas Festival- 27- May 3 Liliw, Laguna
 Pahiyas Festival
Lucban, Quezon –(May 15)

Lucban celebrates the Pahiyas Festival in honor of

the patron saint of farmers, St. Isidore. This
festival showcases a street of houses which are
adorned with fruits, vegetables, agricultural
products, handicrafts and kiping, a rice-made
decoration, which afterwards can be eaten grilled
or fried. The houses are judged and the best one is
proclaimed the winner.
 Masskara Festival
May 3
The Masskara Festival was originally instituted to
commemorate the hardships of the people of Negros
Province. The original idea behind the Masskara
Festival was to promote a time of happiness to a down
trodden people. The term Masskara is coined from
two words — mass, meaning a crowd and the Spanish
cara, the word for face. Masskara has a double
meaning, first is “mask” and the second one is “many
faces”. Cultural artist, painter, and cartoonist Ely
Santiago coined the term in 1980.
 Film Festival

Cinemalaya
Metro Manila Film Festival
Sineng Pambansa - Film Development
Council of the Philippines
CinemaOne Originals
CineFilipino
Manila Film Festival
 Flower Festival
 Panagbenga Festival - (Feb 26-
Feb 27), Baguio City
 Panagbenga Festival
Feb 26-27 (Baguio City)
Panagbenga is a flower festival which means "Panahon ng
Pagyabong" or "Panahon ng Pamumulaklak" . Tagalog
Wikepedia calls it "Pista ng mga Bulaklak ng Baguio"
which means abundance of beautifully-colored flowers
and in the Kankanaey term, it means season of blooming.
It also reflects the spirit and values of the people and the
tradition of the highlands in the Cordillera. This fiesta
serves as a sign and proof that indeed, the most beautiful
flowers of Dangwa comes from this part of the country,
filled with cool fog, making it the most ideal place to
retire in the Philippines.
 Religious Festival
 Kasadyahan sa Iligan - Iligan City (in honor of Saint
Michael the Archangel)
 Mayaw-mayaw Festival - Pinabacdao, Samar (held
on May 10 in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows)
 Silmugi Festival - Borbon, Cebu (in honor of Saint
Sebastian)
 Zamboanga Hermosa Festival - Zamboanga City (in
honor of Our Lady of the Pillar)
 Pintaflores Festival - San Carlos City, Neg. Occ. (in
honor of Saint Charles Borromeo)
 Religious Festival
Regada Water Festival - Cavite City,
Cavite (in honor of Saint John the Baptist)
Halad Festival - Midsayap, North Cotabato
(in honor of Sr. Sto. Niño)
Kinabayo Festival - Dapitan City (in honor
of Saint James the Great)
Sigpawan Festival-Lemery, Batangas
Celebrated every Easter Sunday
 Religious Festival
 Procession of the Black Nazarene – Quiapo
 Sinulog Festival - Cebu (in honor of Santo Niño de Cebú)
 Dinagyang Festival - Iloilo City (in honor of Sr. Sto. Niño)
 Moriones Festival - Marinduque (part of Holy Week;
commemorates Saint Longinus)
 Obando Fertility Rites – Obando Bulacan
 Ati-Atihan Festival - Kalibo, Aklan (in honor of Sr. Sto. Niño)
 Higantes Festival - Angono, Rizal (in honor of Saint Clement)
 Angel Festival - September 29, San Rafael, Bulacan
 Feast of Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia - 2nd to 3rd week of
September, Bicol Region
 Bonok-Bonok festival - September 10, Surigao City
 Procession of the
Black Nazarene –
Quiapo
The procession, and theJanuary 9th
accompanying Feast of
the Black Nazarene, usually the single largest
festival of the year in the Philippines and
thousands of devotees come to the district of
Quiapo to take part in the procession to
commemorate the transfer of the Black
Nazarene image (“traslacion”) from Intramuros
to Quiapo Church.
 Sinulog Festival
Cebu City– 3rd Sunday (January)

The feast is in honor of the Holy Image of

Senyor Santo Niño de Cebu. Fiesta Senyor, as it
is widely known, is the most celebrated among
Cebu’s festival where people converge along the
routes of a grand solemn procession and partake
in the gaiety amidst a mardi gras parade
immersed in wild colors and the constant beating
of drums. VIVA PIT SENYOR!
 Dinagyang Festival
Iloilo City– 4th Sunday (January)

Dinagyang Festival continues to showcase the celebration

of the Filipino spirit, our rich heritage, colorful history,
and passionate devotion of our countrymen. It is to
commemorate the Christianization of the natives and to
honor Sto. Niño - the Holy Child Jesus whom Ilonggos
believe was very miraculous in times of famine and
drought. It also shows the oneness of Ilonggos as it has
become a community activity where schools, civic
organizations, civil society, youth, professionals and the
barangay residents.
 Moriones Festival
Marinduque – Holy Week (April)
The “Moriones” are men and women in costumes and
masks replicating the garb of biblical Roman soldiers
as interpreted by local folks – Morion means “mask”
or “visor,” a part of the medieval Roman armor which
covers the face. The Moriones or Moryonan tradition
has inspired the creation of other festivals in the
Philippines where cultural practices or folk history is
turned into street festivals. This is a re-enactment of
how Jesus suffered and was crucified according to
Christian dogma.
 Obando Fertility Rites
Obando, Bulacan –(May 17-19)
The Obando Fertility Rites are a Filipino dance ritual.
The men, women and children wear traditional dance
costumes to dance on the streets followed by the
images of their patron saints San Pascual Baylon (St.
Paschal), Santa Clara (St. Clare) and Nuestra Señora
de Salambao (Our Lady of Salambao), while singing
the song Santa Clara Pinung-Pino. What makes the
Obando fiesta unique among Philippine festivals is
the dance performed in the streets by the childless
women.
 Obando Fertility Rites
bando, Bulacan –(May 17-19)

 "Santa Clarang pinong-pino / Ako po ay bigyán mo / Ng

asawang labíntatló / Sa gastos 'di magreklamo!"
 ("Saint Clare, most refined / Unto me giveth thou / Spouses
thirteen in all / For the expense, I shan't complain!")
 A variation: "Santa Clarang pinong-pino / Ang pangakò ko
ay ganitó / Pagdatíng ko sa Obando / Sasayáw ako ng
pandanggo."
 ("Saint Clare, most refined / My promise is like so / When I
arrive at Obando / Dance shall I the fandango.")
 Ati – Atihan Festival
Kalibo, Aklan – 3rd Sunday
(January)
The very first Ati Atihan festival was held to seal
a pact between two races, the Malays from
Borneo and Panay island’s Atis. The Malays
painted their faces and arms with black soot to
look more like their hosts to show gratefulness
for the warm welcome. This festival has been
observed since then in Kalibo to commemorate
the peace treaty that happened years ago. HALA
BIRA!
 Bonok-Bonok Festival
Sept. 10 Surigao City
“Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw” means “Rain
Showers, All the very best!” The Festival is reflection
of Surigaonons rich cultural heritage and strong faith
in God thru the intercession of Saint Nicholas de
Tolentino- the city’s patron saint. Bonok-Bonok dance
traces its origin from Mamanwas- the natives of
Surigao. During ancient times and until now the
dance steps are performed by this tribal group during
their wedding ceremonies, thanksgiving, worship, and
celebrations.
 Higantes Festival
Nov. 5-23 (Angono, Rizal)

Angono celebrates the “Higantes Festival” which

coincides with the Feast of Saint Clement, the Patron
Saint of Angono. The higantes are made of papier-
mache. Higantes measures four to five feet in
diameter and ten to twelve feet in height.
Traditionally, it began in the last century when
Angono was a Spanish hacienda. This higantes was
influenced by the Mexican art form of paper-mache
brought by the Spanish priests to the Philippines.
 Apribada Festival
Donsol, Sorsogon -- 4th week of January

The feast of the Apribada festival is a week

long fiesta celebration in Bicol Region,
South of Luzon, intended to commemorate
the prosperity that the town had in the
previous year and in recognition of the whale
shark known as the Butanding for the
bountiful harvest and prosperity that it helps
bring to Donsol.
 Pintados de Passi Festival,
Iloilo City - March

What makes Pintados de Passi a popular festival is its

visual appeal as symbolized by the Pintados, which refers
to the painted street dancers and performers. They are
fascinating to watch since their bodies are covered by the
traditional tattoos particularly the arms, torsos and legs. It
is even more interesting to note that the tattoos are not
mere ornaments but these tell different stories about the
rich cultural history of the place. The dance itself utilized
heavy and sometimes aggressive movements, and very
theatrical, hence make for memorable viewing.
Thank you!
JANICE ADE
FERNANDEZ