Group 2

Kinds of Festivals
 2 kinds of festival
Religious Secular
festival festival
Beliefs that Celebrated as thanksgiving or
celebration of people industry
strengthens the
and bountiful harvest.
believer’s relationship Non religious festivals
with God.
Some examples
of festivals in
the Philippines
Higantes Festival
– Place: ANGONO, RIZAL
PHILIPPINES
– Held during November 23
– Secular Celebration with giant
parades paper mache puppets
representing common people’s mockery
of the bad hacienda owners during
Spanish colonial rule
– Launches a dance march around
Angono, Rizal
– To express gratitude to the patron,
ST.CLEMENT
Penafrancia Festival
– A Religious Festival feast that is honoring
OUR LADY OF PENAFRANCIA .
With 9 days of prayer.
– Patroness of Bicol Region
– Place: Naga city, Bicol
– 2nd Friday of September
– Image of a blessed Virgin Mary in the
Philippines and a replica of a Virgen de la
Pe de Francia. Displayed on Minor Basilica
in Naga City
Dinagyang Festival
Opisyal na pangalan: PISTANG DINAGYANG
Ibang tawag: Dinagyang
Place: ILOILO CITY O LUNGSOD
NG ILOILO
URI NG ISANG RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL na
pagdiriwang at paggunita ng pagdating ng
mga Malay sa isla ng Panay.
Pagdiriwang ng mga Kristiyano sa Iloilo
bilang pasasalamat sa Mahal na Senyor
SANTO NINO.
 3RD WEEK OF JANUARY
 ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVA
 RELIGIOUS and cultural
FESTIVAL, that honors the
infant Jesus, the town’s patron.
 Place: Kalibo, Aklan
 Date: 3rd Sunday of January,
a week-long.
 Processions street-parades,
showcasing
 Theme floats, dancing groups
wearing colorful customes,
marching bands, and people
sporting face and body
paints.
 Street parades called
‘SADSAD’