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Festivals
- are elaborate celebrations, which the Spaniards taught Filipinos as part of the
Catholic religious activity
- usually takes a day or two
- the preparation takes a week and sometimes months
- usually honors the patron saint of the town
Biniray Festival
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Is celebrated in Romblon
Celebrated every January 9
Honors Sto. Nino

Buling- Buling
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Means well-polished
Celebrated on the third Sunday of January in Pandacan, Manila
Participated by hundreds of men, women, and children dressed in colorful
Spanish- era costume

Santacruzan
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It is celebrated every May in almost all provinces in the country

It is a celebration of the discovery of the Holy Cross by St. Helena.
It is led by elegantly dressed ladies

Sandugo Festival
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Commemorates the beginning of Spanish colonization in the Philippines

Is held every July in Bohol
Begins with a street dancing of colorfully dressed dancers followed by other
activites and presentations like martial arts and beauty pageant

Dinagyan
Celebrated in Iloilo every fourth weekend of January

Begins with a mass in San Jose Church in Iloilo City

Honors Sto. Nino
Mardi Gras style is participated in by different tribes who wear unique

costumes made of native materials like bamboo, sea shell, and coconut leaves
The bodies of the participants are painted in black representing the Aetas

Moriones Festival
Is a famous celebration every Lenten season in Marinduque
Moriones means mask
Is a reenactment of the Way of the Cross and how the Roman centurions
crucified Christ

Kadayawan
Is celebrated annually with a parade of different floats decorated with

orchids
There is also street dancing of different ethnic tribes in their colorful
tribal costumes

Ati- atihan
Is a famous celebration which is usually participated by many visitors and

guests including celebrities and foreigners

It is celebrated on the third week of January in Kalibo, Aklan in the island

of Panay
Honors Sto. Nino

Salakyan Festival
Salakayan means attack
It depicts the struggle between the ancient people of Miag-ao and their

enemy, the bandits

Salakyan contest is the highlight of the celebration

Panagbenga
Is the flower festival of the Philippines which is celebrated the whole month

of February in Baguio City

Is highlighted by a parade floats artistically decorated with flowers
Participated from different tribes of Baguio are all dressed in their colorful
costumes

Guling- Guling Festival

Is celebrated in Paoay, Ilocos Norte the day prior to Ash Wednesday with a

grand party on the streets

The male Paoayenos are dressed in native kamisa de chino and abel trousers
And the ladies are in their abel kimono and pandiling

Penafrancia Festival
Is a religious and cultural affair
Starts with a procession of barefooted men carrying the Virgin Mary from
Penafrancia Shrine in Camarines Sur to the Metropolitan Cathedral

MassKara Festival
Is celebrated in Bacolod every third weekend of October or on the closest

weekend of October to commemorate the founding anniversary of the city

Is celebrated with Mardi Gras style of colorful dancers wearing gaudily
decorated mask dancing on the street to the Latin American beat

Panayana
Is a cultural presentation based on historical event like the battle of Panay
Pahiyas
It is made up of kiping or decorative leaves
Is a festival celebrated in Lukban, Quezon in honor of San Isidro Labrador