6. 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 in thanksgiving in a
bountiful harvest.
Festival Dances draw people's cultures by portraying
the people's way of life through movements, costumes,
and implements inherent to their place of origin.
7. Basically, festivals are a form of
entertainment that attracts
foreign and domestic tourists to
visit a place eventually leading
to the elevation of the Filipino’s
quality of life.
8. Festival dances may be religious and
secular in nature
Religious Festival -are done in honor of a
certain religous icon or saint of a particular
place.
Secular Festival- celebrated in
thanksgiving or celebration in people's
industry and bountiful harvest.
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10. The Sinulog Festival originated
in Cebu City in the Philippines.
It's held on the third Sunday
of January. It commemorates
the conversion of the
Cebuanos to Roman
Catholicism and pays tribute
to the Santo Niño de Cebú,
also known as the Holy Child
Jesus.
The word 'Sinulog' was
derived from the Cebuano
adverb “sulog” which means
“like water current
movement”. It describes the
forward-backward Sinulog
dance steps
11. The Dinagyang Festival is a
religious and cultural festival in
Iloilo City, Philippines, held
annually on the 4th Sunday of
January.
"Dinagyang" which comes from
Ilonggo word “dagyang” that
means merrymaking, is an annual
religious and cultural festival in
Iloilo City in honor of Sr. Sto. Niño.
12. The Kalibo santo niño—Ati-Atihan
Festival, also simply called Ati-
Atihan Festival, is a Philippine
festival held annually in January in
honor of the santo niño
The name Ati-Atihan means “to
be like Atis” or “to make believe
Atis”, the local name for the Aeta
who first settled in Panay island
and other parts of the
archipelago.
13. A religious festival
honoring the feast day of
Our Lady of Penafrancia,
Patroness of the Bicol
Region. Main highlight is
the fluvial procession
along the Naga River. It’s
held annually in the 3rd
Sunday of January.
14. The Higantes Festival is a local
festival held annually In
Angono, Rizal, Philippines,
where hundreds of giant
papier-mâché puppets are
paraded, representing the
common people's mockery of
the bad hacienda (land)
owners of the past during
Spanish colonial rule. It has
evolved into also celebrating
the feast of St. Clement. It is
held in November.
15. Just a few days after
Longganisa Festival is the
Vigan Town Fiesta. It is a
week-long celebration in
honor of St. Paul the
Apostle that starts on
January 25. This festival
fills the streets of Vigan
with colorful exhibits,
carnivals, and locals
performing street
dances.
16. The Kinabayo Festival is
celebrated in Dapitan
every 25th of July in
honor of the city's patron
saint, St. James, and as a
reenactment of the epic
battle of Covadonga
where the Spanish
General Pelagio took his
final stand against
Sacaran.
17. Pintados de Pasi Festival
celebrated every 3rd week of
March every year in Passi
City, Iloilo is regarded as one
of the most interesting
festivals in the Visayan
Region.
In honor of ther sto. nino
A celebration of the rich
history of the Visayan Region
where tribespeople wore
extensive and intricate tattoos
all over their bodies which
made the Spaniards call the
Island “Las Islas de los
18. Sangyaw Festival is a
religious and socio-cultural
event in the Philippines. It
was revived in 2008 by the
city government of
Tacloban, Philippines.
Sangyaw means "to herald
news" in Waray language.
Various festival-
participants from different
parts of the country
participate in this tribal
procession. It was held a
day before the city fiesta.
The festival was first held
in 1974 but was cancelled
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20. It was organized not
only as a marketing
tool for Dagupan's
bangus product but
also to establish the
city's own festival. The
festival practically
paved the way for
other towns and cities
in the province of
Pangasinan to
establish their own
21. Festival celebrating
the use of bambanti or
scarecrow by the
Isabelinos in their vast
farmlands to protect
its crops is highlighted
by an agro-industrial
trade fair participated
by the 34 towns and
three cities of Isabela.
22. "Mammangui" is
"corn" in the local
Ibanag dialect. This
festival celebrates
the bountiful harvest
in the nation's fourth
largest city and corn
capital, Ilagan. Enjoy
the street dance
showdowns and
indulge in corn-based
dishes and delicacies
offered to tourists.
23. Dinamulag Festival
celebrates one of
Zambales' claim to fame,
mangoes, during the
month of March or April.
Every summer, the
province is flooded by ripe
golden mangoes, the most
famous of which is the
Dinamulag variety of
carabao mangoes—in fact
the term damulag directly
translates to the word
carabao.
24. Panagbenga Festival
is an annual flower
festival celebrated in
Baguio City every
February.
“Panagbenga” comes
from the Kankanaey
term, which translates
to “season of
blooming.”
25. The Ibon-Ebon
Festival was
celebrated every
February of the year,
where thousands of
dancers dressed-up
as birds for a street
dance parade to
celebrate the diverse
migratory birds that
visit the town every
year.
26. To lift the spirits of the locals and bring back
the smiles on their faces, the MassKara
Festival was created. The smiling masks
were a declaration of the people of Bacolod
City that they will pull through and survive
the challenges and tragedies that they are
facing.
The Masskara Festival is usually celebrated October
1-20 in Bacolod City, Philippines. The term Masskara
is created from two words: mass, meaning crowd,
and the Spanish word cara, for face; thus the double
meaning for "mask" and "many faces".
27. The festival gets its name
from “t’nalak,” a
colorful abaca cloth, create
d and woven by the
women of the T’boli tribe of
South Cotabato.
28. The term
'Ammungan'(gathering)
was popularized in 1989
and 1996 to showcase the
culture of indigenous
people in Nueva Vizcaya.
In 2009, the grand festival
paved the way to the birth
of Tribu-Biscayano-
conglomeration of the
different indigenous
peoples in the province.
29. Binatbatan dancing is connected to
Vigan's abel Iloco craft. The dance
depicts how cotton pods are beaten
with bamboo sticks to release the
cotton fluff called batbat from its seed.
This festival was started in 2002 to
showcase this traditional weaving craft
that is said to predate the arrival of the
Spaniards.
Where did Abel Weaving come from?
Inabel, sometimes referred to as Abel
Iloco or simply Abel, is a weaving
tradition native to the Ilocano people of
Northern Luzon in the Philippines.
30. 1.Why do we need to know festival
dances?
2.How do you think can festival dances
help you in embracing your fitness?
3.What is the importance of festival
dances in the Philippines?
