This document discusses religious and non-religious festivals in the Philippines. It provides examples of three non-religious festivals: Panagbenga flower festival in Baguio City, MassKara festival in Bacolod City which started due to an economic crisis, and Parul festival in San Fernando which began as a lantern competition. Religious festivals are occasions of feasting and celebration to honor God, while non-religious festivals celebrate tradition, culture or give thanks without religious affiliation. The document aims to teach students the difference between and examples of religious and non-religious festivals celebrated in the Philippines.

2. Let’s play
Which
is
Which?

3. Which of these is non-religious festival?

4. Which of these is non-religious festival?

5. Which of these is non-religious festival?

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

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.

10. Non-Religious Festivals
• is a festival with a group
of people, community due
to tradition and culture.

11. Non-Religious Festivals
• form of thanks giving
celebration, or it is called
as ‘’pasasalamat’’

12. NON RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS

15. - Panagbenga is an annual flower festival
celebrated every February which takes
place in Baguio City, Philippines

16. The term
“Panagbenga
” comes from
a Kankanaey
term meaning
“season of
blooming”

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.

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.

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.”

29. 10 BEST Religious and Non
Religious Festivals in the
Philippines

41. G E N E R A L I Z A T I O N
1. What do you think is the
importance of having a Festival
Dance in a community?

42. E V A L U A T I O N
Write 3 examples of Religious and Non-Religious Festival
and its origin
Religious Festival Non-Religious Festival
1 1
2 2
3 3

43. A G R E E M E N T
• Read about Representative
Philippine Theatrical Forms