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3. A TI-A TIHA N F E S TIV A L
3rd Sunday of January
The Ati-Atihan Festival is a feast held in
honor of the Santo Niño held annually in
January concluding on third Sunday, in
the town of Kalibo, Aklan in the
Philippines.
Celebrants paint their faces with black
soot and wear bright, outlandish
costumes as they dance in revelry during
the last three days of this two week-long
festival.
5. SINULOG
3rd Sunday of January
The festival honors the child Jesus, known as the
Santo Niño (Holy Child), patron of the city of
Cebu. It is a dance ritual that commemorates the
Cebuano people’s pagan origin, and their
acceptance of Christianity.
The festival features a street parade with
participants in bright-colored costumes dancing
to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native
gongs.
7. DINAGYANG
4th Sunday of January
The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural
festival 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.
9. P A N A G B E N G A F E S TIVA L
Whole Month of 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 unlike those used in Pasadena’s
Rose Parade. The festival also includes street
dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-
inspired costumes, that is inspired by the
Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration that
came from the Cordillera region.
11. KA A MUL A N
second half of February to March 10
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.
13. MORIONES
Holy Week
The Moriones is an annual festival held on
Holy Week on the island of Marinduque.
The “Moriones” are men and women in
costumes and masks replicating the garb
of biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted
by local folks – Morion means “mask” or
“visor,” a part of the medieval Roman
armor which covers the face.
15. MA L E L D O / C UTUD L E N TE N
RITE S Good Friday
Every year on Good Friday or the Friday
before Easter a dozen or so penitents –
mostly men but with the occasional
woman – are taken to a rice field in the
barrio of San Pedro Cutud, 3km (2 miles)
from the proper of City of San Fernando,
Pampanga and nailed to a cross using
two-inch (5 cm) stainless steel nails that
have been soaked in alcohol to disinfect
them.
17. T UR UMB A
Between April and May
Every year during the months of April and may,
the people of Pakil, in the province of Laguna
celebrates the Turumba Festival.
It commemorates the seven sorrows of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. It is held 7 times each year
between the months of April and May.
The first is held on the Friday before Palm
Sunday and the last falls on Pentecost Sunday.
19. Flores de Mayo & Santacruzan
1st May – 31st May
Flores de Mayo is a Catholic festival held
in the Philippines in the month of May.
Santacruzan is the queen of Maytime
festivals. It is a novena procession, in
commemoration of Saint Helena’s finding
of the cross. Saint Helena was the mother
of Constantine the Great.
21. C A R A B A O F E S TIV A L
14th May – 15th May
Begining May 14th, the people of Pulilan in
Bulacan Province, San Isidro in Nueva Ecija
Province, and Angono in Rizal Province
celebrate for two days.
On the first day, farmers pay pay homage to the
beast of burden which is the farmer’s best
friend – the lowly carabao.
In the afternoon, farmers lead their carabaos to
the church square to be part of the procession.
At the church, the carabaos kneel for their
blessings.
On the second day, the carabaos compete in a
friendly race.
23. P A HIYA S F E S TIV A L
15th May
Lucban celebrates the Pahiyas Festival in
honor of the patron saint of farmers, St.
Isidore.
This festival showcases a street of houses
which are adorned with fruits,
vegetables, agricultural products,
handicrafts and kiping, a rice-made
decoration, which afterwards can be
eaten grilled or fried. The houses are
judged and the best one is proclaimed
the winner.
25. O BANDO FERTILITY RITES
17th May – 19th May
“Santa Clarang pinong-pino, Ang pangako ko ay ganito,
Pagdating ko sa Obando, Sasayaw ako ng pandanggo.”
The Obando Fertility Rites are a Filipino dance ritual. Every
year during the month of May, to the tune of musical
instruments made out of bamboo materials, the men,
women and children of Obando, Bulacan, Philippines wear
traditional dance costumes to dance on the streets
followed by the images of their patron saints San Pascual
Baylon (St. Paschal), Santa Clara (St. Clare) and Nuestra
Señora de Salambao (Our Lady of Salambao), while singing
the song Santa Clara Pinung-Pino.
The feast days or dance festivals are held for three
consecutive days: May 17 for St. Paschal, May 18 for St.
Claire and May 19 for the Our Lady of Salambaw.
What makes the Obando fiesta unique among Philippine
festivals is the dance performed in the streets by the
childless women.
27. PINT ADO S FES T IVAL
29th June
The Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival is a merry-
making event lasting a whole month, highlights
of which include the Leyte Kasadyaan Festival
of Festivals, the Pintados Festival Ritual Dance
Presentation and the Pagrayhak Grand Parade.
The Leyteños celebrate a religious festival in a
unique and colorful way. Since the Visayans are
experienced in the art of body tattooing, men
and women are fond of tattooing themselves.
29. S AN D UG O F E S T IVA L
July 1-2
The Spanish colonization of the Philippines
began with a blood-sealed peace treaty on the
shores of Bohol. This historic event is
remembered today with an all-out fiesta at the
island's capital city.
Check out the Sandugo street dancing parade
featuring ten colorfully-dressed groups dancing
to the beat of drums.
There's also a traditional Filipino carnival, a
martial arts festival, and Miss Bohol Sandugo
Beauty Pageant, among the dozen of other
exciting activities.
31. KADAYAWAN FES TIVAL
Third week of August
The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in
the city of Davao in the Philippines.
Its name derives from the friendly greeting
“Madayaw”, from the Dabawenyo word
“dayaw”, meaning good, valuable, superior or
beautiful.
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.
33. P E N A F R A N C IA F L UVIA L
Third Saturday and Sunday of September
The Peñafrancia Festival in Naga City, Camarines
Sur, Bicol Region. During the festivities, people
attend church services, followed by parades on
the streets, fireworks, and feasting.
The ninth day, usually falling on the third
Saturday of September, is marked by a fluvial
procession.
The image of the Virgin Mary is carried on a
barge which is trailed by thousands of devotees
in boats gliding alongside. People who line the
river banks shout “Viva la Virgen! as the Virgin
passes by.
35. ZAMB O AN G A HERMO S A
F ES T IVAL
Date: October 10-12
All roads in Mindanao lead to Zamboanga, as
the "City of Flowers" celebrates its grand,
annual Hermosa Festival.
The vintas, those colorful native sea boats,
once again make their appearance in a fast-
paced, race-till-you-drop regatta.
There's also a wealth of cultural and flower
shows, art exhibits, and trade fairs. It's an all-
out celebration of life - Chavacano style!
37. MA S S KA R A F E S TIVA L
3rd weekend nearest to 19th October
The MassKara Festival is a week-long festival held each
year in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental
province.
The festival features a street dance competition where
people from all walks of life troop to the streets to see
colorfully-masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm of
Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety,
coordination and stamina.
The word MassKara has a double meaning. First, it is a
fusion of the English word “mass” or many and “kara”,
the Spanish word for “face.” MassKara then becomes a
“mass of faces,” and these faces have to be smiling to
project Bacolod already known in the late 70’s as the
City of Smiles.
39. L A N ZO N E S F E S TIVA L
25th October
Each year there is a Lanzones Festival
held in October. The week-long festival is
one of the more colorful events in the
Philippines.
The Lanzones festival celebrated its 30th
Anniversary last October 2009.
41. HIG A N TE S
23rd November
Angono celebrates the “Higantes Festival” which
coincides with the Feast of Saint Clement, the Patron
Saint of Angono.
Higantes Festival is now promoted as tourism-
generating event in the country. This attracts numerous
tourist from all over the world.
The higantes are made of paper-mache. Higantes
measures four to five feet in diameter and ten to
twelve feet in height.
Traditionally, it began in the last century when Angono
was a Spanish hacienda. This higantes was influenced
by the Mexican art form of paper-mache brought by the
Spanish priests to the Philippines.
43. G IA N T L A N TE R N S F E S TIVA L
December – Saturday before Christmas Eve
The Giant Lanterns Festival is an annual
festival held in December (Saturday
before Christmas Eve) in the City of San
Fernando in the Philippines.
The festival features a competition of
giant lanterns. Because of the popularity
of the festival, the city has been
nicknamed the “Christmas Capital of the
Philippines”.
