L5. CONTEMP weapons, and parade along the street.

Christians and non-Christians observe this day

PAGAN – animism/person who believes in diff religion with religious processions.
PHILIPPINES – 300+ festivals • It has inspired many other Philippine Festivals
including the Sinulog Festival of Cebu and
FESTIVAL Dinagyang of Iloilo City, both adaptations of
- The word was derived from the medieval Latin the Kalibo's Ati-Atihan Festival, and legally holds
the title "The Mother of All Philippine
“festivalis”, which came from the Latin word
Festivals" in spite of the other two festivals'
“festum” meaning “a feast”.
claims of the same title.
- Festival was first used in the early 15th century
as an adjective meaning 'relating to a feast', SINULOG FESTIVAL
with the noun meaning coming into use at the - W queen
end of the 16th century. - 1st sinulog dance was performed by HUMANAY
- Fiestas were first introduced to the Filipinos by • The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual
the Spaniards during the mid-1500s. The locals cultural and religious festival held on the third
then worshipped many Gods and had their own Sunday of January in Cebu City, and is the
set of cultures and traditions. “Center of the Santo Niño Catholic celebrations
in the Philippines”.
LIST OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN FESTIVALS IN THE • Aside from the religious aspect of the festival,
PHILIPPINES Sinulog is also famous for its street parties,
usually happening the night before and the
1. Ati-atihan
night of the main festival.
2. Sinulog
• The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano
3. Panagbenga
adverb sulog which roughly means "like water
4. Pahiyas
current movement;" it describes the forward-
5. Maskara
backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The
6. Moriones
dance consists of two steps forward and one
7. Kadayawan
step backward, done to the sound of drums.
8. Dinagyang
• Sinulog is the ritual prayer-dance honoring
9. Butanding
Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus.
10. Pawikan
• An image of the Child Jesus is said to be the
11. Bangus
baptismal gift the Portuguese conquistador
12. Tobacco
Ferdinand Magellan gave Hara Amihan
(Humanay) (asawa ni RAJA HUMABON na
ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL
adviser si BALADHAY) of Zebu (now Cebu) in
- Pagan in nature to religious in nature
April 1521.
- Pasasalamat sa mga atis na nagwelcome
• The image, believed to be miraculous, is housed
- MALAY – from BORNEO, original na sumayaw
at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in
nung 13th century
downtown Cebu City.
- SOOT – pangcolor
- Black skin n colorful costume
PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL
- No queen
- Choice if may queen
• The Ati-Atihan Festival is a feast which honor
• A month-long annual flower festival occurring in
Sto. NiÑo.
Baguio.
• 3rd Sunday of January, in the town of Kalibo,
• It came from a
Aklan in the island of Panay, Philippines.
Kankanaey/kankana-ey/kankanay/kankanai
• The name Ati-Atihan means "to be like Atis" or
(language/dialect of the ppl of SOUTH CENTRAL
"to make believe Atis", the local name for the
CORDILLERA) term meaning “season of
Aeta aborigines who first settled in Panay Island
blooming”
and other parts of the archipelago.
• The festival, held during the month of February,
• The festival consists of tribal dance, music,
was created as a tribute to the city's flowers
accompanied by indigenous costumes and
 and as a way to rise up from the devastation of
the 1990 Luzon earthquake.
• Aside from boosting the economy through
tourism, the festival also helped the younger
generation of indigenous people to rediscover
their culture's old traditions. The indigenous
people were first wary with government-led
tourism because of the threat that they will
interfere or change their communities' rituals.
PAHIYAS FESTIVAL
- religious
- Decoration of houses w agri products
- KIPING – made of glutenous rice, molded into
leaf shape, dipped into different colors (pink,
red, yellow, green)
• Lucban celebrates the Pahiyas Festival every
May 15 in honor of the patron saint of farmers,
San Isidro Labrador.
• It began in 1963, and was founded by Fernando
Cadelina Nanawa, president of the Art Club of
Lucban.
• The name of the festival comes from the word
“payas” which means decorations
• Pahiyas began as a pagan festival, but over time
it transformed into the colorful, exuberant
spectacle that we know today
• Beginning with a 6:00am mass at the Lucban
Church this festival showcases a street of
houses which are adorned with fruits,
vegetables, agricultural products, handicrafts
and kiping, a rice-made decoration, which
afterwards can be eaten grilled or fried.
MASSKARA FESTIVAL
- Non-religious
- Coconut husks gawa mask
- Sugarcane (tubo)
- Pagbagsak ng economy, ferry accident
• An annual festival with highlights held every
fourth Sunday of October in Bacolod,
Philippines.
• “Mass” (a multitude of people), and the
Spanish word cara (face), thus forming
MassKara (a multitude of faces).
• The word is also a pun on maskara, Filipino for
"mask" (itself from Spanish máscara), since it is
a prominent feature of the festival which are
always adorned with smiling faces because it is
called the city of smiles.
MORIONES FESTIVAL (MORIONES LENTEN RITES)
- Religious
- Kahoy ng puno ng dapdap at santol
• The Moriones is a lenten rites held on Holy
Week on the island of Marinduque,
Philippines.
• Originated in Marinduque in 1807.
• The "Moriones" are men and women in
costumes and masks replicating the garb of
biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by local
folks.
• The Moriones or Moryonan tradition has
inspired the creation of other festivals in the
Philippines where cultural practices or folk
history is turned into street festivals.
• This is a folk-religious festival that re-enacts the
story of Saint Longinus (sharp eye, beard,
tinusok sa tagiliran), a Roman centurion who
was blind in one eye.
KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL
- Nonreligious
- Agricultural products gamit props
- Highlight is streetdance
• The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in
the city of Davao in the Philippines.
• Its name derives from the friendly greeting
"Madayaw", from the Dabawenyo word
"dayaw", meaning good, valuable, superior or
beautiful.
• The festival is a celebration of life, a
thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth
of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity
of living.
• It is held every third week of August.
DINAGYANG FESTIVAL
- Copycat ni sinulog n ati-atihan
- Headdress symbolizes aetas
• The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural
festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the 3rd
Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog in
Cebu and the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo,
Aklan.
• It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to
celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay
settlers and the subsequent selling of the island
to them by the Aeta's.
 • Tobacco Festival of Candon City has been
celebrated since cityhood of the city that began
15 years ago.
• Every 2nd week of May, the Municipality of
BUTANDING FESTIVAL Tubao, La Union takes pride to its beautiful
- Marine life harvest of tobbaco cigars, local and foreign
- Whale shark – gentle giant smoking afficionados would certainly enjoy the
- Balik balik shark sa DONSOL pleasure of a puff.
• Butanding Festival is celebrated as a tribute and
welcome return of the whale sharks off the
coast of Donsol, Sorsogon.
• It is also known as Butanding Arribada Festival.
The feast held every April.
• Like most festivals in the country, a street
parade highlights the festivities. The main
attractions, however, are eco-trips into the sea
organized by trained tour operators and guide
for visitors who wish to see the butanding.

PAWIKAN FESTIVAL
- PILAR – name ng oldest sea turtle
- PAGONG – tortoise
- FLIPPERS – paa nila pangswim
• The Pawikan Festival is an annual event held in
the Municipality of Morong,Bataan,Central
Luzon, which celebrates conservation efforts of
the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle – one of the 5
species of Sea Turtle known to inhabit
Philippine waters.
• The word Pawikan is the Tagalog ,(Philippines
National Language), name for Sea Turtle.
• The festivities are held annually on the last
Sunday of November at the Pawikan
Conservation Center in Morong, Bataan.

BANGUS FESTIVAL
- Most celebrated fish
• The Bangus Festival is an annual celebration in
the city of Dagupan. It highlights the city’s rich
milk fish aquaculture industry in the province of
Pangasinan and in the country.
• Bangus is considered the tastiest milkfish in the
world.
• The Festival lasts over a month with most
activities happening on the month of April.
• It is the grandest festival in Pangasinan and
probably the most celebrated fish in the
Philippines.

TOBACCO FESTIVAL
- Agri products
• Tobacco Festival is the annual celebration of
fiesta of Candon Cityprovince of Ilocos Sur.