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Feb 14, 2024 · Each festival, from the rhythmic Ati-Atihan to the vibrant Kadayawan, represents a facet of the Filipino’s deep reverence for traditions and their unparalleled expression of gratitude. These events offer a spectacle of color, emotion, and devoutness, creating an immersive experience for both locals and tourists alike.
Jan 24, 2016 · Almost every province and city in the Philippines has all kind of fiestas celebrated all year round that shows the rich culture of the country. This practice has been embedded in the Filipino tradition and believed to have started even before the coming of the Spaniards.
Mar 20, 2019 · What is so special about the Filipino handaan (feast) and salusalo (get-togethers), the kamayan or boodle fight, and the festival etiquette that is associated with it? Why do we love celebrating feasts and even eating with our hands with the food served on banana leaves as a way of sharing food with the entire community?
- Trish Fontanilla
May 11, 2019 · The Philippines have loads of fiestas, but here are some of the biggest feasts and festivals celebrated in the country every year. Feast of the Black Nazarene (January 9) Quiapo, Manila
- Ati-Atihan Festival, Kalibo
- Sinulog, Cebu
- Panagbenga (Flower Festival), Baguio
- Malasimbo Festival, Puerto Galera
- Moriones Festival, Marinduque
- Maleldo Lenten Rites, Pampanga
- Pahiyas, Lucban
- Flores de Mayo
- Kadayawan SA Dabaw, Davao City
- Peñafrancia Festival, Naga City
The Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo honors the "Santo Niño", or Christ Child, but draws its roots from much older traditions. Festival participants wear blackface and tribal clothing to imitate the aboriginal "Ati" tribespeople who welcomed a group of Malay datus fleeing Borneo in the 13th century. The festival has evolved to become a Mardi Gras-like...
Like the Ati-Atihan, the Sinulog Festivalhonors the Christ Child (Santo Niño); the feast draws its origin from an image of the Santo Niño gifted by Ferdinand Magellan to the recently-baptized queen of Cebu. The image was re-discovered by a Spanish soldier amidst the ashes of a burning settlement. The feast begins with an early morning fluvial proce...
The mountain city of Baguio celebrates its flower season with - what else? - a flower fiesta! Every February, the city holds a parade with floral floats, tribal festivities, and street parties, with the scent of flowers creating a unique signature for this equally-unique celebration. The word "panagbenga" is Kankana-ey for "blooming season". Baguio...
World music fans should put this on their festival schedule: a two-day gathering of international and Filipino indie musicians, from Grammy awardees to European jazz artistes to world-renowned DJs. The Malasimbo Festival, held on Puerto Galera Island, now moves away from its namesake location to a larger venue near the sea, next to Puerto Galera’s ...
The province of Marinduque celebrates Lent with a colorful festival commemorating the Roman soldiers who helped crucify Christ. Townsfolk wear masks patterned after Roman soldiers, taking part in a masquerade dramatizing the search for a Roman centurion who converted after Christ's blood healed his blind eye. The festivities coincide with the readi...
Maleldo is best described as Extreme Lent: San Pedro Cutud village in San Fernando, Pampanga celebrates what is perhaps the bloodiest Good Friday spectacle in the world, as penitents flagellate themselves with burillo whips and have themselves literally nailed to crosses. The tradition began in the 1960s, as locals volunteered to have themselves cr...
The Pahiyas is Lucban's uniquely Technicolor way of celebrating the feast of San Isidro, the patron saint of farmers. Held to celebrate a bountiful harvest, the Pahiyas brings forth parades and traditional games – it also introduces an explosion of color through the rice wafers known as kiping. Sheets of kiping are colored and hung from houses, eac...
Communities throughout the Philippines celebrate the Flores de Mayo, a month-long flower festival that honors the Virgin Mary and retells the folk tale of the rediscovery of the True Cross by Emperor Constantine's mother Helena. The highlight of any Flores de Mayo celebration is the Santacruzan, a religiously-themed beauty pageant featuring the com...
The southern city of Davaoholds its biggest festival through the whole month of August, a whole week of parades, races, and pageants held to celebrate the incoming harvest. Kadawayan is an interesting showcase of the tribes and traditions that form part of the history behind this rather new city. Fresh fruits and flowers (two of Davao's key exports...
A nine-day fiesta honors Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City, Bicol. The celebrations revolve around a statue of the Lady, which is carried by male devotees from its shrine to the Naga Cathedral. The nine days that follow are Naga's biggest party - parades, sports events, exhibitions, and beauty pageants vie for visitors' attentions. On the last d...
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May 14, 2024 · May 14, 2024. Prepare for an exciting exploration of the Philippines’ vibrant festivals! Experience the lively Ati-Atihan and the grand Sinulog celebrations, showcasing a mix of colors, music, and local dishes. Witness masked dancers, intricate costumes, and rhythmic beats in these festivals.
Aug 5, 2011 · Philippine festivals are town fiestas celebrating moments in history that defined identity, polity and locality. Celebration of the arts and culture, albeit made central to these festivities, only comes as a texture instead of text in the whole exercise of the Festival.
