A festival is an event organized by a community to celebrate some unique aspect of its culture and traditions, often coinciding with a local or national holiday. Festivals serve several purposes, including celebration, entertainment, improving the local economy, and honoring patron saints. There are two main types of festival dances: religious festivals focused on spiritual traditions, and secular or non-religious festivals celebrating regional culture. Some examples of religious festivals in the Philippines include Ati-atihan, Sinulog, Dinagyang, and Moriones, while non-religious regional festivals include Panagbenga, Kadayawan, and Masskara. Artistic decorations are an important part of making festivals interesting for attendees.

2. Complete the Sense-O-Gram below
by jotting down any words or phrases that
activate your senses when you hear the
word, FESTIVAL.

3. Look at the pictures below. Which of
the decorations do you find most
attractive/ Why?

4. What is a festival?

5. A festival or gala is an event
ordinarily staged by a community,
centering on and celebrating some
unique aspect of that community and
its traditions, often marked as a local
or national holiday.

6. purposes:
 celebration
entertainment
to improve economy
to honor patron saint

7. 2 kinds of festival dance:
 religious festival
Secular or non religious
festival

8. Religious Festivals:
1. Aklan – Ati-atihan
2. Cebu – Sinulog
3. Iloilo – Dinagyang
4. Marinduque- Moriones
5. Lucban, Quezon – Pahiyas
6. Santacruzan
7. Obando, Bulacan – Fertility Dance

9. Non-religious / Regional
Festivals
1. Baguio- Panagbenga
2. Davao Kadayawan
3. Bacolod – Masskara
4. Bukidnon – Kaamulan

14. Have you been to any of these
festivals? Can you imagine how
the art makes the festival
interesting?

15. Prepared by:
Merra Mae Ramos