10. NATURE OF FESTIVAL
DANCES
A. CULTURAL WITH RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
B. INDIGENOUS INFLUENCE/NON
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
C. FILM
D. FLOWER FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
DANCE
This are dances characterized by movements showing reverence to a
religious icon believed to have interceded in their personal life.
This are dances which commemorate an event or acknowledge an icon
which became source of inspiration, identify and/or industry.
This are gathering of artists, film makers, directors and other people
involved in film making which are made to entertain, educate and inform
the audience.
This commemorates the season of blooming as it pays tribute to the
blooms and lush found in a particular place.
11. A. CULTURAL WITH RELIGIOUS
INFLUENCE
FESTIVAL
DANCE
NAME OF FESTIVAL WHEN WHERE ICON
ATI-ATIHAN
MORIONES
DINAGYANG
SINULOG
PENAFRANCIA
PAHIYAS
January Kalibo, Aklan Sto. Nino
Holy Monday to
Easter Sunday
Marinduque St. Longinus
January Iloilo, City Sto. Nino
January Cebu City Sto. Nino
September Naga, Bicol Virgin Mary
May Lucban,
Quezon
San Isidro
Labrador
12. B. INDIGENOUS INFLUENCE/NON RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS
FESTIVAL
DANCE
NAME OF FESTIVAL WHEN WHERE ICON
LANZONES
MASSKARA
SINGKAMAS
DINAMULAG
Camiguin Lanzones
April Bacolod City Sugar cane
February San Marcelino,
Zambales
Singkamas
March/ April Iba, Zambales Mango
(Dinamulag)
October
15. Share your own understanding on the
following hashtags:
FESTIVAL
DANCE
#FestivalDance
#Religiousfestivals
#SecularFestivals
PROCESS QUESTIONS:
Why does the Philippines have many festival dances?
How do festivals help improve one’s fitness?
16. Fill in the table below and classify each
festival in the country.
FESTIVAL
DANCE
WHERE FESTIVAL DANCE WHEN
Cebu
Dinagyang
Moriones
Kalibo Aklan
Pahiyas
September
Masskara
Legazpi City,
Albay
Camiguin
17. Fill in the table below and classify each
festival in the country.
FESTIVAL
DANCE
WHERE FESTIVAL DANCE WHEN
Cebu
Dinagyang
Moriones
Kalibo Aklan
Pahiyas
September
Masskara
Legazpi City,
Albay
Camiguin
Sinulog January
Iloilo City January
Marinduque Holy Week
Ati-atihan January
Lucban, Quezon
Naga, Bicol
Bacolod City
Penafrancia
Ibalong
Lanzones
April
August
October
May
18. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
FESTIVAL
DANCE
Search on YouTube the basic steps in
any of the festival dances discussed.
Make a video of yourself doing the
steps of the festival. You can use props
or costumes (optional). Output will be
credited to Performance Task.
(40 points)
19. Let’s call it a Day!
kaMAPEHLyas!!!
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
Editor's Notes
Hello Grade 7, I am teacher ________. Join me as we will have another fun and exciting learning adventure in MAPEH. But before that, let us offer first our day today to our Almighty father. Let us pray!
Recalling your knowledge on the folk dances and other types of dances, let us activate your prior knowledge on our first learning adventure.
Put a check mark on the column that falls under each category.
Dinagyang – what is your answer? Very good it’s festival dance
Kuratsa – You are correct. It is folk dance
Sinulog – Excellent grade 7. sinulog is a festival dance.
Subli – great job. The correct answer is folk dance
And lastly is Panagbenga – very good. It is festival dance.
Did you get all the correct answers, Grade 7? That’s great!
Now, based on the activity we have. What are the festival dances mentioned? You are correct, we have dinagyang, sinulog and Panagbenga. Which of these festival dances are you most familiar? Have you participated in any festival dances already? If yes, how does it feel engaging in festival dance?
Let us continue our adventure by watching in this short video clip. Carefully observe or take note the important points presented in the video. Are your ready Grade 7?
What was the video all about kaMAPEHlya?
Impressive, the video shown was all about Festival Dance. Today, we will travel to the different parts of the Philippines and you will learn the various festival dances all over the country. as our objectives for today are the following.
Describe the nature and origin of the festival dance;
Classify the festivals in the country through a table organizer; and
Show awareness how festivals improve one’s fitness. This is anchored from the Most Essential Learning Competencies Describes the nature and background of the dance. Code (PE7RDIVc-1) Q4, WEEK 2
Let’s go and enjoy our travel around the Philippines.
What is Festival Dance? Festival dance is a cultural dance 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 for a bountiful harvest. Festival dance may be religious or secular in nature.
The nature of festivals can be cultural with religious influence, Indigenous influence/non religious festivals, it can also be in a form of film and a celebration of flower industry.
Cultural with……..
Are you now ready to travel and explore Philippine festivals? Let’s go and enjoy our travel around the Philippines.
First stop are the festival dances identified as religious festivals.
Ati-atihan festival – ati-atihan festival is a feast held annually in January in the island and town of Kalibo, Aklan in honor of Sto. Nino. The name ati-atihan means to be like aetas or make believe ati’s.
Next is Moriones festival – Moriones is an annual festival held on Holy week (From Holy Monday to Easter Sunday) in the Island of Marinduque. The Moriones refers to the masked and costumed penitents who march around the town for seven days. This re-enacts the story of St. Longinus, a roman centurion who was blind in one eye.
Then we have the Dinagyang Festival – dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival held on the 4th Sunday of January or right after the sinulog in Cebu and ati-atihan in Aklan. This is celebrated in Iloilo City in honor of Sto. Nino.
We have now the most grandeous festival in the country, the Sinulog festival – Sinulog is held every year on the 3rd Sunday of January in Cebu City in honor of Sto. Nino. The dance is accompanied by the sound of the drums – mimicking the local term “Sulog” moving two steps forward and one step backward.
Next is the Penafrancia festival – celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of September in Naga city, Bicol. The feast day is preceded by a novena, 9 days of prayer in honor of the blessed Virgin Mary.
And then the last one is the Pahiyas Festival – one of the country’s biggest and most colorful harvest festival every 15th day of May in Lucban Quezon in honor to San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers.
Moving on are the Festivals which are secular in nature.
First is the Lanzones festival – This festival is held during third week of October as an annual thanksgiving celebration for Camiguin island’s bountiful harvest of the tropical fruit “sweet lanzones”
Next we have the Masskara festival – which is also known as the festival of smiles because of the masks worn by the performers. This is celebrated in the month of April in the Bacolof City, the city of smiles in thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest of the sugar cane.
We also have the Singkamas Festival – it is a non-religious festival held on February in the town of San Marcelino, Zambales. This festival known as the Singkamas Producing Capital of Zambales.
Next we have the Dinamulag Festival in the month of March or April celebrated in the capital town of Zambales, Iba. Mango Festival is home to some of the sweetest, juiciest most succulent mangos you will ever see in the Philippines.
Festivals does not only centered on dances and rituals. This has been also a production of films known as Film festival.
Example of this is the Metro Manila Film Festival-Philippines (MMFFF-P) which runs from December 25th to the 1st week of January which focuses on locally produced films. Another festival which is secular in nature is the flower festival.
This festival commemorates the season of blooming as it pays tribute to the blooms and lush in a particular place. The best know example of this is the Panagbenga festival, a month long annual festival occurring in Baguio, the summer capital of the Philippines.
Have you enlightened of the different leading festivals in our country? And so, let us test this time what you’ve got.
Share your ……
Do this on your activity notebook.
The first hashtag is #festivaldance, next #religiousfestivals and last is #secularfestival.
Now, have you ever think why we have festivals? Why does the Philippines have many festival dances?
How do festivals help improve one’s fitness? Write your answer on your activity notebook. Did you learn from our lesson for today kaMAPEHlyas?
And now, we will be moving on to our next learning adventure and this is to sum up and test your knowledge on our lesson for today. On your answer sheet,
Fill in the table and classify each festival in the country. I will give you 10 minutes to answer this activity.
Alright, let us check this time, if you’ve got all the correct answers.
The answer is Cebu City and Janaury
Iloilo and January
Marinduque and Holy week
Ati-atihan and January
Lucban Quezon and May
Penfrancia and Naga Bicol
Bacolod City and April
Ibalong and August and lastly,
Lanzones and October.
How’s your score Grade 7? Did you get all the correct answers? Congratulations to those who’ve got all the correct responses. And to those who haven’t, don’t be sad because there is always a next time. Good thing that we still have the last and final adventure.
Good luck Grade 7. I hope you enjoyed on our short minute of travel around the Philippines.
