REYNALYN D.

PAL
MAPEH 7 Teacher
 ARTS 7
Quarter 4 – Module 1
An Overview of Religious and Regional Festival
in the Philippines
 Objectives:

 Describe the different festivals celebrated all

over the country throughout the year;
 Categorize the different festivals as either
religious or non-religious regional festivals;
 Create a Festival Locator Map which can
locate the festivals all across the different
regions in the Philippines
Philippine Fiesta Video
 What are the common characteristics of
festivals which you observed from the video
clip?
 Have you seen any symbolic figures?
 Why do you think there are symbolic figures
shown in this video clip?
 Types of Festival

1. Religious
2. Regional/ Culture

 Celebrated in honor of a saint or any commemoration

of religious practices regardless of religious
denominations and sects.
 Celebrations of thanksgiving that focus on aspects of
tradition and heritage.
 Pahiyas Festival
 - celebrated every May at Lucban, Quezon
 A colorful and vibrant thanksgiving festival to honor
San Isidro Labrador ( farmers, laborers & agricultural
workers)
 Design their houses with their harvest & the colorful
“ kiping”
- is a traditional Filipino leaf-shaped wafer made from
glutinous rice.
 Moriones Festival
 Marinduque & in some places in Mindoro
 Portrays the suffering of Christ and the story
of Saint Longinus who plunged a spear into
the crucified body of Jesus
 Lenten Season
 Men & women were Morion attire & masks
which portray faces of the Roman Soldiers
 Fertility Dance
 3 day celebration from May 17 – 19
 Obando, Bulacan
 Dance rituals that are meant to honor three patron
saints
 Male child offer dances to San Pascual de Baylon on
May 1
 Sta. Clara on May 18
 Our Lady of Salambaw (Patroness of fishermen) on
May 19
 Ati- atihan Festival
Mother of all Philippine Festivals
Third Sunday of January in Kalibo,
Aklan
Sto. Niño
Means “ to be like the Atis” or the
native Aetas
 Sinulog Festival
Is the grandest festival of Cebu
celebrated every third Sunday of
January
Senior Santo Niño
Derived from the word “sulog” which
means “ like the movement of water
currents”
 Dinagyang Festival

 Fourth Sunday of January at Iloilo

 Comes from Ilonggo term” dagyang”
which means “ merry – making”
Participants shouted “ Viva Senior Santo
Niño”
 Flowers of May

- Spanish “ Flores de Mayo”

- May
- It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and
lasts for the entire month
- for the beneficial rain she brings that make flowers bloom after
the dry season.
- the community congregating in the afternoons to pray the
rosary, offer flowers to the Virgin Mary, and share homemade
delicacies and snacks.
-
 Santa Cruzan

 Religious festival
 “Holy Cross”
 the most-awaited parade that honors the fining of the
True Cross by Queen Helena of Constantinople (known
in the Philippines as "Reyna Elena") and her son
Constantine the Great, who would later be emperor of
the Roman Empire.
 parade of the town's loveliest ladies depicting the
search and discovery of Christ's Cross by Queen Helena
and Constantine.
Quiz 1