Panagbenga Festival

Panagbenga is a kankanaey term for "a

season of blooming." It is also known as
the Baguio Flower Festival, a homage to
the beautiful flowers the city is famous
for as well as a celebration of Baguio's
re-establishment.
Since
February
1995, it has been held to help
Baguio forget the 1990 earthquake
that distressed much of the city.

Maskara Festival
The Masskara (a combination of
the English word mass and the
Spanish kara, meaning face).
Held every third weekend of October
it dramatizes the steadfast character
of the Negrenses and symbolizes
what the people of the City of Smiles
do best: putting on a happy face
when confronted with challenges.

Sandugo Festival
Sandugo Festival is a yearly historical event
that takes place every year on the month of
March, in the island of Bohol.
The Sandugo
treaty is called a blood compact because the
participants
drink a small amount of the
other's blood.

Dinagyang Festival
Dinagyang is the present progressive
word of the Ilonggo ,meaning making
merry or merry-making.
Dinagyang Festival is celebrated
every fourth weekend of January to
honor the Christianization of the
natives and to respect the Holy Child
Jesus. The drums and shouts of "Viva
Seor Santo Nio. and the thundering
of "Hala Bira" by the tribe members
makes the celebration a lively one.

Sinulog Festival
Sinulog festival is one of the grandest,
most distinguished and
most colorful
festivals in the Philippines. The major
festival is held each year on the third
Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the
Santo Nio. It is fundamentally a dance
ritual which remembers the Filipino people's
pagan past and their recognition of
Christianity.

Bonok Bonok Festival

Surigao is more importantly home to
one of the country's most colorful
tribes, the Mamanwas. Known for their
creative patterns, brass jewelry and
indigenous crafts, the Mamanwas fill
the streets dancing during the Bonok
Bonok Maradjao Karadjao festival on
September 9. Celebrated on the
occasion of the feast of San Nicolas de
Tolentino, the Bonok Bonok shows the

Ati-atihan
Ati-Atihan is a festival in honour of the
Santo Nio, celebrated in the third
week of January. A colorful happening
with celebrants who paint their faces in
many different ways and who are
dressed in the most exceptional
costumes. The fiesta is celebrated in
Kalibo on the island of Panay (Visayas).

Kadayawan Festival
Kadayawan in Mandaya means
anything
that
brings
fortune,
a
celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the
gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the
bounties of harvest and serenity of
living. . The festival is celebrated in the
month of August in Davao City.