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 LUZON
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
The Pahiyas Festival is one
of the most popular fiestas
in the Philippines, held in
honor of San Isidro
Labrador, Catholic Patron
Saint of Farmers. It is
celebrated annually every
May 15th (regardless of
whether it falls on a
weekday or a weekend).
The festival is a
thanksgiving feast for a
beautiful harvest. Kiping
(colorful decorations
made from dried rice
paste) are used to
decorate the houses
along with various fruit,
vegetables, and flowers.
In Obando, Bulacan every
May 17 to 19 fertility dances
are performed in the parish
church and then on the
streets of the town. The
three-day fiesta is
celebrated in honor of San
Pascual de Baylon, Sta.
Clara and Nuestra Senora de
Salambao (Our Lady of
Salambao).
Prayers are offered to the
three saints
 Sta. Clara is the patron
saint of the childless:
 San Pascual de Baylon is
the model of religious
virtue, and
 Our Lady of Salambao is the
saint to whom fishermen
pray for a bountiful catch.
Higantes Festival is a
secular celebration
initiated by the
Municipality of Angono to
express gratitude to its
patron Saint Clement, in
which the parade of
giants is held on Sunday
before the town feast on
November 23.
Base on Angono
folklore, the ‘Higante’
was used as a symbol
of agrarian protest
during the waning
years of the Spanish
colonization when
Angono was a hacienda
(large tract of lands).
Panagbenga Festival
(transl. Flower Festival)
is a month-long annual
flower occasion
occurring in Baguio.
The term is of Kankanaey
origin, meaning "season
of blooming".
 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 earthquak
e
.
The festival includes floats that
are covered mostly with
flowers, not unlike those used
in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The
festival also includes street
dancing, presented by dancers
clad in flower-inspired
costumes, that is inspired by
the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of
celebration that came from the
Cordilleras.
The Bangus Festival is an
annual celebration in
Dagupan to promote the
city’s milkfish aquaculture
industry. The celebrations
typically go on for 10 days
and involve a mixture of
sports events, trade fairs,
and street parties.
The milkfish is called
bangús in the
Philippines, and it is the
national fish.
The
Dagupan Bangus Festival is
recognized as one of the
three best festivals
celebrated in the
Philippines. The prestigious
recognition is given by the
Association of Tourism
Officers of the Philippines
and also by the Department
of Tourism.
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