The document discusses several major festivals in the Philippines, including religious and cultural celebrations. The Dinagyang festival honors Jesus in Iloilo City in January and has been recognized as one of the best tourism events. The Panagbenga Festival in Baguio in February pays tribute to the city's flowers. The MassKara Festival in Bacolod brings smiles with masks in October. The Kaamulan Festival gathers different ethnic groups in Bukidnon to celebrate their culture from February to March. The Kadayawan Festival in Davao in August gives thanks for nature, culture, and harvests.

1. Festivals and
Fiestas
in the Philippines

2. RELIGIOUS
FESTIVAL

3. Dinagyang
4thSundayof January
The Dinagyang is a religious and
cultural festival to honors the child
Jesus or the Santo Niño held in Iloilo
City, Philippines held on the fourth
Sunday of January
Dinagyang was voted as the best
Tourism Event for 2006, 2007 and
2008 by the Association of Tourism
Officers in the Philippines.

4. Dinagyang

5. NON
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVAL

6. Pan ag b en g a F es t iv al
Whole Monthof February
The festival in Baguio was created
as a tribute to the city’s flowers
and as a way to rise up from the
devastation of the 1990 Luzon
earthquake.
The festival includes floats that
are decorated with flowers like
those used in Pasadena’s Rose
Parade.

7. The term “Panagbenga” comes
from a Kankanaey term meaning
“season of blooming”. This festival
reflects the history, traditions and
values of Baguio and the
Cordilleras.

8. Pana g b e n g a Festiva l

9. M as s K ar a F es t iv al
3rdweekendnearestto19th October

The MassKara Festival is a week-long
festival held each year in Bacolod City, the
capital of Negros Occidental province.
 Bacolod is known as the City of Smile.
People celebrate the MassKara Festival to
uplift the spirits of and bring back the
smiles on their faces. They originally
celebrated the event because of two main
tragedies― a ferry accident and the collapse
of sugar prices in the 1980s.

10. M a s s K a r a F e s t i v a l

11. K a a m u l a n
secondhalf of Februaryto March10
 The Kaamulan Festival is a BUKIDNON ethnic-
cultural festival, from the Binukid word Amul, “To
gather”, is an indigenous Bukidnon term for a
gathering for any purpose.
 The Festival is held in Malaybalay City from the
second half of February to March 10, the
anniversary date of the foundation of Bukidnon as a
province in 1917, to celebrate the culture and
tradition of the Seven ethnic tribal groups—
Bukidnon, Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo,
Matigsalug, Tigwahanon and Umayamnon, that
originally inhabited the province.

12. Kaamulan F e s t i v a l

13. K A D A Y A W A N
THIRDWEEKOF AUGUST
 The Kadayawan Festival is an annual
festival in the city of Davao in the
Philippines. 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.

14. KADAYAWAN F e s t i v a l