Festival Dance

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.
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
1. SINULOG FESTIVAL - is the ritual
prayer-dance honoring Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus. ... The
Sinulog dance moves are basically two steps forward and one step
backward as the dancer sways to a distinct rhythm of drums. This
movement resembles the current (Sulog) of what was known as
Cebu's Pahina River.
2. DINADYANG FESTIVAL - in
Iloilo is an important function in the Philippines' events calendar.
It's marked on the fourth Sunday of January yearly, right after
Sinulog. The festival is held to show reverence of Santo Nino as well
as to mark the onset of the arrival of Malay immigrants
3. ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL
Held in the town of Kalibo, Aklan is a two-pronged
celebration to firstly honor the Santo Nino (baby Jesus) and
secondly to commemorate a peace pact between two
warring tribes back in 1210.
4. LONGGANISA FESTIVAL An
extraordinary bring home blessing in the wake of sharing in a
Vigan City Fiesta. The Festival, which will be held until Jan. 27,
corresponds with the commemoration festivity of Vigan's
cityhood and its yearly celebration out of appreciation for St.
Paul.
5. KINABAYO FESTIVAL is an annual
observance of Dapitan City’s Fiesta in honor of Saint James the
Greater, "the Moor Slayer”. Held every July, Sinug and
Kinabayo have become a festivity.
 SECULAR/
NON-RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
1. BANGUS FESTIVAL One of the
Philippines' tastiest celebrations, starting from the third of
April until the end of the month. The festival is held in the
beautiful city of Dagupan in the province of Pangasinan. The
festival is held in celebration of the city's thriving
aquaculture, specializing in bangus or milkfish.
2. BAMBANTI FESTIVAL The Ilocano
term for scarecrow, the watch guards of their fields and farms.
Their dedication for producing grains like rice and corns which
the staple food in the Philippines calls them to have an annual
festival like bambanti to show love and gratitude for all the
blessings they harvest.
3. MANGO FESTIVAL It is held to celebrate
bountiful harvest of mangoes in the provinces. In 2015, other
events unrelated to the province's mangoes such as sports
events were introduced while the province's fruit remain the
centerpiece of the festival
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__ 1. KINABAYO FESTIVAL is an annual observance of Dapitan City’s

Fiesta in honor of Saint James the Greater, "the Moor Slayer”.
__ 2. LONGGANISA FESTIVAL is an extraordinary bring home blessing
in the wake of sharing in a Vigan City Fiesta.
__ 3. ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL is held in the town of Kalibo, Aklan.
__ 4. DINADYANG FESTIVALis held to show reverence of Santo Nino
as well as to mark the onset of the arrival of Malay immigrants.
__ 5. SINULOG FESTIVAL is the ritual prayer-dance honoring Señor
Santo Niño or the Child Jesus.