Ms. Jacil Maris A.

Luma-as
What is
Festival
Dance?
 NATURE OF DANCE
•Cultural with Religious Influence
•Indigenous Influence/ Non- Religious
Festival
•Film
• Flower Festival
Festival dances are cultural dances
performed to the strong beats of
percussion instruments by a
community of people sharing the
same
culture usually done in honor of a
Patron saint or as a thanksgiving
for a
bountiful harvest. ...
Festival dances may be religious or
secular in nature
 Cultural with
Religious Influence
 Ati-Atihan festival
The Ati-Atihan Festival is a feast held annually
in honor of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus), held on
the third Sunday of January in the town of Kalibo,
Aklan, Philippines, on the island of Panay.
 It originally came from Batan, Aklan, then
adopted later by some neighboring towns. The
name Ati-Atihan means "to be like Atis" or "to
make believe Atis", the local name for
the Aeta aborigines who first settled in Panay
Island and other parts of the archipelago.
The festival consists of tribal dance, music,
accompanied by indigenous costumes and weapons, and
parade along the street. Christians and non-Christians
observe this day with religious processions. It has
inspired many other Philippine Festivals including
the Sinulog Festival of Cebu and Dinagyang of Iloilo
City, both adaptations of the Kalibo's Ati-Atihan
Festival, and legally holds the title "The Mother of All
Philippine Festivals" in spite of the other two festivals'
claims of the same title.
The costumes worn at the festival is patterned after the
African tribal design like those seen at the Rio Carnaval.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-wfwq_aEBM
 The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival
 is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of
January in Cebu City, and on the fourth Sunday of January in Carmen,
Cebu, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Catholic celebrations in the
Philippines.
The festival is considered to be first and Queen of festivals in
the Philippines, with every celebration of the festival routinely
attracting around 1 to 2 million people from all over the Philippines
every year.[Aside from the religious aspect of the festival, Sinulog is
also famous for its street parties, usually happening at night before and
at the night of the main festival.
Other places like General Santos City, Kabankalan City, Maasin
City, Balingasag Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City, Butuan
City and Pagadian City also have their own version of the festival in
honor of Santo Niño.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJWuLK0NiM
 Dinagyang Festival
in Iloilo is an important event in the Philippines just
like
other festivals. The festival is held to show reverence of
Santo Niño as well as to mark the arrival of Malay
immigrants

a famous and religious and cultural festival in Iloilo

City,
Philippines held on the 4th Sunday of January, or right
after thehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGoKoupoOk0
Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo,
Aklan.
 Moriones Festival
A lenten festival held annually on Holy Week on the island
of Marinduque, Philippines. ... It is a colorful festival
celebrated on the island of Marinduque in the Philippines.
The participants use morion masks to depict the Roman
soldiers and Syrian mercenaries within the story of the
Passion of the Christ.
Now, back to the Moriones Festival – men and women
wearing the Roman soldier masks are the Moriones. The
name comes from the Morion helmets, which were worn in
16th and 17th century Spain. The festival is dedicated to
Longinus, a half-blind Roman soldier that supposedly
pierced Christ in the side with his lance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0QHQ_fD77Q
 Feast of Our Lady Peñafrancia
The feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is celebrated
on the Sunday after the Octave (8 Days) of
September 8 (The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
that usually falls on the second or third Sunday of
September in Naga City.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vcnN4rPsM4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikWczQwyGq8
 Pahiyas Festival
One extravagant festival that everyone
is excited to see is the Pahiyas Festival
in Quezon Province , which is celebrated
on the 15th of May. Quezon, formerly
known as Tayabas, is the second largest
province in the Southern Tagalog region.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6vvcEi0oXQ
Indigenous Influence/
Non- Religious
Festival
The most famous festival in Bacolod,
the city known across the Philippines as
“The City of Smiles”.
Every year different barangays (the
smallest administrative division in the
Philippines) of Bacolod take part in
street dance competitions where
participants put on colorful masks—
“kara” is taken from the Spanish cara
(face) and so MassKara literally means
 Lanzones Festival
annual event marked in the month of
October, is a four-day festival held to
celebrate bounty harvests of
the Lanzones fruit. The origin of
Lanzones in Southeast Asia has
made it a critical part of this festival
 Ibalong Festival
a non-religious festival in Legazpi City,
Albay, Philippines based on the Ibalong Epic, and is held
on August. The festival celebrates the epic
story Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary
heroes, namely Baltog, Handyong, and Bantong. People
parade in the streets wearing masks and costumes to
imitate the appearances of the heroes and the villains,
portraying the classic battles that made their way into the
history of Bicol. The Ibalong Festival aims to express
warmth and goodwill to all people; visitors and tourists are
encouraged to celebrate with the Bicolanos. The Ibalong
Festival is also known as the Ibalon Festival.
 Kalilangan Festival
Kalilangan is derived from the rootword “Kalilang” which typically means
celebration or commemoration in the Maguindanaon dialect.
In a broader perspective, kalilang projects a positive and dynamic meaning for it
engulfs the artistic, humane and altruistic aspects of social interaction that takes place
in any occasion or celebration.
Kalilangan means festival, feastivity or jubilee. It is a social gathering marked by
exchanging of amenities among traditional leaders, elders, allies and subordinates in
varying tones.
It is also a pageantry of unique and colorful ethnic rites, rituals and traditions like
marriage celebrations, religious ceremonies, anniversaries, funerals, enthronement of
royal dignitaries, thanksgiving and other social forms of social, political and
economic activities.
It is not just an economic activity, but a continuous season of merriment, gaiety and
merrymaking accentuated by sharing of gifts, traditional sports competition, dancing,
singing and instrument rendition and other forms of exhibition games, entertainment
and amusement.
Kalilangan is a noble tradition. It is a compleat work of art nourished and nurtured a
rich cultural heritage that has withstand the test of time from generation to
generation. General Santos is a part of this tradition. Let us enshrine the “Kalilangan
sa Heneral Santos” in the golden pages of its history.
Film
Metro Manila Film Festival is the brainchild of
the Metro Manila Development Authority. The annual
event, just as the name suggests, is held in Metro
Manila. This local festival is held to honor and
celebrate all industry players in the
local movie industry
Flower Festival
Panagbenga Festival (transl. Flower Festival) is a
month-long annual flower occasion in Baguio The
term is of Kankanaey origin, meaning "season of
blooming".[1] The festival, held in February, was
created as a tribute to the city's flowers and as a way to
rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon
earthquake. The festival includes floats that are
covered mostly with flowers not unlike those used
in Pasadena's Rose Parade. The festival also includes
street dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-
inspired costumes, that is inspired by the Bendian,
an Ibaloi dance of celebration that came from
the Cordilleras.
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