Festival dances in the Philippines are cultural expressions performed to celebrate patron saints or bountiful harvests, showcasing the community's heritage through music, movement, and costumes. These dances can be religious or secular, and they play a vital role in promoting unity and economic upliftment by attracting tourism. Various festivals honor multiple religious figures, with notable examples including Sinulog and Masskara, each linked to specific places and months of celebration.

2. FESTIVAL
DANCE
IN THE PHILIPPINES

3. FESTIVAL
DANCE
 festival dances are cultural dances
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 of a bountiful
harvest.

4. FESTIVAL
DANCE
 festival dances draw peoples
culture by portraying the
people’s way of life through
movements, costumes and
implements inherent to their
place of origin.

5. WHAT IS THE NATURE
OF FESTIVAL DANCES?
• Festival dances may be:
Religious
Secular or Non-
Religious

6. WHY DO FILIPINOS
DO FESTIVALS?
Filipinos do festivals primarily to
celebrate:
• We celebrate our unity amidst
the diversity of cultures and;
• We celebrate our industry
bringing about a bountiful
harvest.

7. OTHER BENEFITS FROM
DOING FESTIVALS
• Festivals have been a consistent
crowd-producing activity leading
to up-liftment of a community’s
economy due to its tourism and
entertainment value.
• It attracts foreign and domestic
tourists to visit a place eventually
leading to the elevation of the
Filipino’s quality life.

8. RELIGIOUS
FESTIVAL

9. SINULOG
SANGYAW
ATI-ATIHAN
PENAFRANCIA
HIGANTES
LONGGANISA
KINABAYO
PINTADOS DE PASI
PATTARRADDAY
DINAGYANG
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVAL
-a religious festival is a time of
special importance marked by
adherents to that religion to
celebrate a religious icon.

10. Sinulo
g
ATI-ATIHAN
PENAFRANCIA
HIGANTES
LONGGANISA
KINABAYO
DINAGYANG
Place of Origin: Cebu City
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: January

11. ATI-ATIHAN
PENAFRANCIA
HIGANTES
LONGGANISA
KINABAYO
PINTADOS DE PASI
Dinagyang
Place of Origin: Iloilo City
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: January

12. Ati-
atihan
PENAFRANCIA
HIGANTES
LONGGANISA
KINABAYO
PINTADOS DE PASI
Place of Origin: Kalibo, Aklan
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: January

13. Penafranc
ia
HIGANTES
LONGGANISA
KINABAYO
PINTADOS DE PASI
PATTARRADDAY
Place of Origin: Bicol
Religious Figure Honored: Virgin Mary
Month Celebrated: September

14. SANGYAW
Higantes
LONGGANISA
KINABAYO
PINTADOS DE PASI
PATTARRADDAY
Place of Origin: Angono Rizal
Religious Figure Honored: Saint Clement
Month Celebrated: November

15. SANGYAW
Longganis
a
KINABAYO
PINTADOS DE PASI
PATTARRADDAY
Place of Origin: Vigan City, IIocos Sur
Religious Figure Honored: Saint Paul
Month Celebrated: January

16. SANGYAW
Kinabay
o
PINTADOS DE PASI
PATTARRADDAY
Place of Origin: Dapitan City
Religious Figure Honored: James the Great
Month Celebrated: July

17. SANGYAW
Pintados de
Pasi
PATTARRADDAY
Place of Origin: Passi City, Ilo-ilo
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: March

18. SANGYAW
Pattarradd
ay
Place of Origin: Santiago City
Religious Figure Honored: Senor San Tiago
Month Celebrated: May

19. Sangyaw
ay
Place of Origin: Tacloban City
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: July

21. NON-
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS PHILIPPINES

22. NON-
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS PHILIPPINES
is a festival with a group of
people, community due to
tradition and culture

23. NON-
RELIGIOUS
FESTIVALS PHILIPPINES
BANGUS
BAMBANTI
MAMMANGUI
MANGO
PANAGBENGA
IBON EBON
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN

24. Bangus
BAMBANTI
MAMMANGUI
MANGO
PANAGBENGA
IBON EBON
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
Place of Origin: Dagupan, Pangasinan
INDUSTRY: Milkfish Industry
Month Celebrated: April-May

25. Bambanti
MAMMANGUI
MANGO
PANAGBENGA
IBON EBON
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: Isabela
INDUSTRY: Scarecrow(Farming)
Month Celebrated: January

26. Mammangui
MANGO
PANAGBENGA
IBON EBON
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: City of Iligan
INDUSTRY: Corn Industry
Month Celebrated: May

27. Mango
PANAGBENGA
IBON EBON
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: Iba, Zambales
INDUSTRY: Mango Industry
Month Celebrated: April

28. Panagbeng
a
IBON EBON
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: Dagupan, Baguio City
INDUSTRY: Flower Industry
Month Celebrated: February

29. Ibon ebon
MASSKARA
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: Dagupan, Pampanga
INDUSTRY: Migratory Birds Egg Industry
Month Celebrated: February

30. Masskara
T’NALAK
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: Bacolod City
INDUSTRY: Mask (Sugar Industry)
Month Celebrated: October

31. T’nalak
AMMUNGAN
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: South Cotabato
INDUSTRY: Tinalak Cloth Weaving
Month Celebrated: July

32. Ammungan
BINATBATAN
Place of Origin: Nueva Vizcaya
INDUSTRY: Gathering of Tribal Industries
Month Celebrated: May

33. Binatbatan
Place of Origin: Vigan, Ilocos Sur
INDUSTRY: Weaving Industry
Month Celebrated: May

34. GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What is the festival dance?
2. What are the two types of
Festival Dances?
3. Why do you think Festivals are
important to our lives as
Filipino Citizens?

35. “FESTIVAL DANCES
ARE REFLECTION
OF THE UNITY OF
THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY.”

36. LET’S PLAY!!!!

47. ANSWER

48. 1. LONGGANISA
Place of Origin: Vigan City, IIocos Sur
Religious Figure Honored: Saint Paul
Month Celebrated: January
2. SINULOG
Place of Origin: Cebu City
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: January
3. MAMMANGGUI
Place of Origin: City of Iligan
INDUSTRY: Corn Industry
Month Celebrated: May

49. 4. ATI-ATIHAN
Place of Origin: Kalibo, Aklan
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: January
5. PINTADOS DE PASSI
Place of Origin: Passi City, Ilo-ilo
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: March
6. MASSKARA
Place of Origin: Bacolod City
INDUSTRY: Mask (Sugar Industry)
Month Celebrated: October

50. 7. MANGO
Place of Origin: Iba, Zambales
INDUSTRY: Mango Industry
Month Celebrated: April
8. HIGANTES
Place of Origin: Angono Rizal
Religious Figure Honored: Saint Clement
Month Celebrated: November
9. SANGYAW
Place of Origin: Tacloban City
Religious Figure Honored: Sto. Nino
Month Celebrated: July

51. 10. KINABAYO
Place of Origin: Dapitan City
Religious Figure Honored: James the Great
Month Celebrated: July