FESTIVALSOF
 VISAYAS
 

Si
nul
ogFe
sti
val
 

SI
NULOG FESTI
VAL
 Cel
ebrat
edever
y3r
dwee
kofJanuaryi
nCebu
Ci
ty.

 ThisPhil
ippinefiestainVi
sayasregi
on
cel
ebrat
esCe bu'spatr
onsai
nt,theSantoNi
ño
(Chil
dChr i
st).

 This we e
k l ong e vent is ma r
ke d b y
pro
cess
ions,
stre
et dancingand parades. This
fiest
aisalocalvers
iono
ft heMardigr
as( Braz
il)
.
 

 At
i-at
ihanFe
sti
val
 

 ATI
-ATI
HAN FESTI
VAL
 A
 klan pl ays hostt o the annual Ati
-at
ihan
fe
stival,coinci
ding withthe thir
d Sundayo f
Januar y
.Liket heSinulogFesti
valofCebu,the
 At i-
atihan cele
bratesthe many mirac
lesofthe
ChildJ es
uso rSantoNino.

 A
 t
i-ati
han me ans “to be l
ike aet
as”or“ make
beli
e veati’
s.
”Ae t
aswe retheprimarys e
ttl
ersin
thei sl
andsa cc
ordingtohistor
ybo o
ks .Theytoo
aret heear l
ies
ts ett
lersofPanayI sl
and where
thepr ovi
nceofAklani s
.
 

 The fes
t i
val c
onsis
tso ftr
ibal dance
, mus
ic,
acc
ompani ed by i ndi
genous c ost
umes and
weapons,andparadealongt
hes t
reet.

 Thef esti
valispr obablymo r
ewe ll
-knownforthe
blac
k pai ntthatmo stparti
cipant
sputo nt hei
r
bodies
.The bl ack paintthatc ov
erst he who
le
bodyc ontrast
ss t
ar kl
ywi t
ht hecol
orfulco
stumes
ando rname nts.
 

Dinagyang
Festi
val

I
loi
loCi
ty
 

DI
NAGYANG FESTI
VAL
 TheDi nagyang i
s a r eli
gious andc ult
ural
fe
s t
ivalinIl
oil
o Cit
y,Phi
li
ppinesheld on t he
fo
ur th SundayofJanuary
,o rr i
ght af
tert he
SinulogInCebuandtheAti
-Ati
hani nAkl
a n.

 Itisheld bot
htoho northeSant
oNi ñoand t
o
cel
ebrat
et hearr
ivalonPanayofMal a
ysett
ler
s
andthes ubse
quentsel
li
ngoftheisl
andtothem
bytheAtis.
 

Babayl
an
Fest
ival
 

BABAYLAN FESTI
VAL
 Hel
devery19t
hofFebruar
yinBagoCi
ty,Negr
os
Oc
cide
ntal.

 Thepubl i
cge t
sar a
rev i
ewi nt
othes imulat
ed
ri
tualsofmy st
ics
,ancie
nthealer
sandpr ie
stsin
vari
ous ceremoniessuch as marr
iage,heali
ng
andha rv
e s
t.
 

Panaads
aNegr
os
 

PANAAD SANEGROS
 A
 weekl
ong c
elebr
ati
on hel
di n Bac
olo
d Ci
ty
ev
ery2ndor3rdweekofApr
il.

 It
'scal
ledthemotheroff
esti
valsasi
tisaf
usi
on
offiest
aso f13cit
iesand19t ownsoft
hewhol
e
prov
inceofNegr
osOc c
ide
ntal.

 Expec
ta c o
lor
fuldispl
ayofparade
s,baz
aars
,
cul
tur
al pr esent
ati
ons, page
ants, shows
,
fire
worksandmo re
.
 

SandugoFe
sti
val
 

SANDUGO FESTI
VAL
 Sandugo Fes ti
valwhi chli
t e
rall
y means "
one
blood"
,c el
e br
atest he bl
oodc ompact be
tween
loc
al c hi
eftai
n Dat u Sikatuna and Captain
GeneralMi guelLopezdeLegazpi.

 Sandugo Fest
ivalis a mont
hl ong c
elebrat
ion
cul
minati
ngatTag bil
aranCit
y,Boholont he3rd
weekofJuly
.

 The fe
stivali
sc el
ebr
ated wi
thst
ree
t danci
ng,
shows,trade f
air
s,beautycont
est and o
ther
act
ivi
ties
.
 

Mas
skar
aFes
tival
 

MASSKARAFESTI
VAL
 BacolodCityho ldsitsCharterDa yonthe19thof
Octoberev e
r yye ar
.Co i
nc i
dingwi t
hitsCharter
Dayi st he Mas sKara Fe st
ival
, a week-
long
act
ivit
yt hati sc ur
rentl
ydubbe dastheFesti
val
ofSmile,at akeo nBacolod’
so wnmo ni
ckerasthe
Cit
yo fSmi l
e s.

 Unlike otherf
est
ival
si nt he Visa
yas,however,
t
heMas s
Karaisnotrel
igi
ouso rtri
balinnat
ur e
.
Ins
te ad,theFe
sti
valiro
nicall
yt r
acesit
sroot
so n
tra
ge dy.
 

 Thefes
tiv
alwasfirsthel
din1980,atat i
me
whensugarcaneandsugarpric
esplumme t
ed
andtheli
vel
ihoo
do fBac
oleno
ss uffe
r e
d.

 Itwasalsoduri
ngt haty
e art
hatat e
rribl
e
ma r
itimetr
agedyleftmorethan700Ne grenses
deadwhe ntheDonJuanandt het
anke r
TaclobanCit
ycoll
idedwitheachotherands ank.

Toe cl
ips ethet r
ag e
dy and t
hes orro
w,Bac olod
held its fir s
t Mas sKara Fest
ival. The term
 Ma ss
Ka ra wa scoi
ne dbyElySant i
ago,me aning
many f aces
.I t also bec
ame t he f e
stival’
s
tr
ademar k: s mil
ing mas ks wor n by t he
parti
cipants.
 

Pi
ntado-
Kas
adyahanFe
sti
val
 

PI
NTADO-KASADYAHAN
FESTI
VAL
 Last
ingawho l
emo nt
h,Tacl
o banCityhol
dsthe
Pint
ados
-Kas
ady ahan Fes
tival cul
minat
ing on
June29.

 Thef esti
valcommemoratesandfles hesouthow
theSpani ardssawtheearl
yFili
pinoswhe nthey
arriv
e din Ley t
e:bo
die
sfil l
ed wit
ht att
oosand
holdingwe aponswhi
chwe r
eprevi
ous l
yheatedi
n
openfir e.

 Infac
t,pintado
sishowthetat
too-
cover
e dnat
ives
werec al
led,and t
hat
’showt hefes
tivalgotits
name.
 

Bini
rayan
Fes
tival

SanJose,
 Antique
 

BI
NIRAYAN FESTI
VAL
 fies
ta datesarefrom t
he 28tht
othe 30t
hof
DecemberinSanJoseAnti
que.

 Ethnic pageant
ryr eaches a new highont he
beachesofMay batoinSanJos eandMal andong
in Hamt i
k,wheret hedramaoft hefirstMalay
sett
lementatMal andongisplayedout
.
 

ManggahanFes
tival
 

MANGGAHAN
FESTI
VAL
 Monthlongc
elebrati
onofGui
mar as’
ric
hculture
,
and thei
rf e
as to fthanksgi
ving fo
r having
bes
towedari
chl andwheredel
ici
ousmangoesare
bei
nggrown.

 Or i
ginall
y,itwasj ustawe ek-l
ongc e
lebrati
onof
Guimar asasani ndependentprovi
nces i
nceMay
22,1992,butt hrough the y
ears,with allthe
success t hat t he pr ovinc
e has at t
aine
d,
Ma nggahan Fe stival hase vol
ved to a mo re
vibrantandf un-fill
e dmonthlongevent.