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Let’s have some

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What is a FESTIVAL?an event ordinarily staged by a community,

centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of that community and its traditions, often marked as a local or national holiday, mela or eid.

to commemoration and/or thanksgiving.associated with celebration and may also

provide entertainment

Kinds of Festival

Meaning and

History

Ati-Atihan Festival3rd weekend of January | Kalibo, Aklan

• This Sto. Niño festival started it all. One of the oldest religious celebrations in the country, Ati-Atihan is characterized by a parade filled with face-painted celebrants, indigenous costumes and weapons, tribal dances, and loud drumbeats.

Moriones FestivalHoly Week | Boac, Gasan, and

Mogpog, Marinduque• This week-long celebration of the life of

St. Longinus is what makes Marinduque one of the top destinations during Holy Week in the Philippines. Morion is the helmet worn by the centurions while Moriones refers to the costumed penitents reenacting the search for St. Longinus, hunted by his fellow centurions for converting to Christianity.

Sinulog Festival3rd weekend of January | Cebu City• Cebu also has its own version of the

festival in honor of the Sto. Niño. If you find yourself attending the Sinulog Festival, “Pit Señor!” is a phrase you will hear a lot. It means “Panangpit sa Señor,” a Cebuano phrase that means to plead to the Señor Santo Niño.

Panagbenga FestivalFebruary | Baguio City• The word “Panagbenga” comes from

the Kankanaey term that means “season of blooming.” With the numerous parades of floral floats and children dressed as flora and fauna, it definitely lives up to its name, making Baguio the perfect destination for those who still have a hangover from the huge festivals in January.

Pahiyas Festival15th of May | Lucban, Quezon• One of the Philippines’ most colorful harvest

festival, May 15th marks that time of the year when people in Lucban decorate their houses with different-colored produces in an almost competitive manner.

Pintados Festival29th of June | Tacloban City• Pintados is another festival in honor of the

Sto. Niño (yes, this is the 4th of its kind in the list). It just goes to show how Filipinos want to be reminded to be childlike in their ways and to place hope in their children.

MassKara Festival19th of October | Bacolod CityMassKara is a combination of the words “mass” which means “crowd” and “kara” which means “face.” You will see participants wearing smiling masks signifying a multitude of smiling faces, solidifying Bacolod’s title as the “City of Smiles.”

Dinagyang Festival4th weekend of January | Iloilo City• Once a year, Iloilo City transforms into one big

street party — streets closed, bands in all corners, overflowing food and drinks, and towering boom boxes. To cap it all off, tribes representing different barangays and high schools perform in one very competitive street dancing contest.

Aliwan FiestaLast weekend of April | Pasay City, Manila• Aliwan Fiesta is more of a competition than it

is a festival. However, it has undeniably added great value to the growing interest in Philippine festivals. Although it just started in the early 2000s, it has already gained a strong fan-base nationwide with more than 5,000 young men and women from all over the country joining the competition.

Kadayawan Festival3rd week of August | Davao City• Kadayawan comes from the Dabawenyo word

“madayaw,” a friendly greeting which means good or beautiful. Probably the biggest festival in Mindanao, Kadayawan has everything all other festivals have: street dancing, beauty pageants, fireworks displays, floral floats.

Assignment:

Direction: choose from any of the festivals we have discussed and make a 5 minutes presentation next meeting.

THANK YOU!!!

My References:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival• http://insights.looloo.com/10-philippine-festiv

als-you-wont-want-to-miss/

Prepared by: Juvy S. Quiban BSEd – 301 MAPE Major