This is a festival held during the last Sunday of January in Makati City where groups are dressed as endangered

flora and fauna to express the need to preserve and conserve our natural heritage. The name of this festival came from the Spanish word for snail. Answer: Caracol sa Makati The Black Nazarene Festival, held every January 9, is one of the most popular of its kind especially among Roman Catholics here in the Philippines. Devotees, mostly wearing maroon and barefooted, join the procession along the streets of Maynila while some are throwing and waving their white handkerchiefs to the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno. When was the statue brought to the Philippines by the first group of Augustinian Recollect friars? Answer: May 31, 1606 Panagbenga Festival is an annual festival of flowers held during the month of February. It was first held to help Baguio to forget the 1990 earthquake that distressed much of the city. When was the first Panagbenga Festival held? (month and year) Answer: February 1995 This is a yearly event held every first week of May in the town of Limay, province of Bataan. The event includes the re-enactment of the search for the cross where Jesus Christ was crucified by Reyna Elena and her son Constantino. A sagala which includes all reyna in the santacruzan follows the re-enactment. What is the name of this event? Answer: Pagbubunyi During the Pawikan Festival, many tourists go to Pawikan sanctuaries during the nesting season to be able to get a chance to see turtles come up to shore at night to lay their eggs. During the Pawikan Festival, tourists are even able to "adopt a turtle" and personally hold and release a baby turtle into the sea. During what month does the Pawikan Festival happen? Answer: November The weeklong celebration of the Pawikan Festival is highlighted by a ceremonial releasing of Pawikan hatchlings in the blue waters off South China Sea , street dancing competition where participants are dressed gaudily in turtle-like clothing, walk for a cause, trade fair, beach volleyball, graffiti painting contest, sand castling contest, coastal clean-up project, seminars and other activities. Where is the Pawikan Festival held? (Town/City, and Province) Answer: Morong, Bataan A festival for the animal scientifically known as the Eretmochelys imbricate is held every year at a certain province in the Philippines. The festival is a celebration of life, with a certain emphasis on the hatchlings of these specific animal. What is the name of the animal to which this festival is named after? Answer: Pawikan