6. At the end of this lesson the students
will be able to:
1.Differentiate non religious and
religious festivals
2.Identify non religious festivals
celebrated all over the country
throughout the year
OBJECTIVES
7.
8. F E S T I V A L D A N C E S
•are cultural dances performed to the
beats of instruments, usually percussion,
by a community sharing the same
culture.
•These are usually done in honor of a
Patrol Saint or in the thanks Giving of a
bountiful harvest.
9. Religious Festivals
• A special occasion of
feasting and celebration,
feasts have long been used
by religious followers to
honor God.
17. 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
earthquake.
18.
19.
20.
21. -
Is a combination of of the English word ‘’mass and the
Spanish ‘’kara’’ meaning ‘’face’’ is a festival that started in
the early 1980’s when the world prices for sugar in
Bacolod City, the country’s sugar was hit by a major crisis
22. -
To lift the spirits of the locals and bring back the smiles
on their faces, the MassKara Festival was created. The
smiling masks were a declaration of the people of Bacolod
City that they will pull through and survive the challenges
and tragedies that they are facing.
23.
24.
25.
26. The word parol
derives from the
Spanish farol,
meaning lantern
or light. Filipinos
place much
significance on
the symbolism of
light.
27. The festival, which is
held every December,
finds its root in Bacolor
where a much simpler
activity was
held. “Ligligan Parul”
(Lantern
Competition) was said
to have started in San
Fernando in the year
1904.
28. - -the Parul Sampernandu that San
Fernando has earned for itself the title
of “Christmas Capital of the
Philippines.”
