Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo
The colorful festival is likened to the New Orleans Mardi Grass festival. The festival includes tribal dances performed by dancers dressed in indigenous costumes and weapons dancing to tribal music along the streets.
The colorful festival is likened to the New Orleans Mardi Grass festival. The festival includes tribal dances performed by dancers dressed in indigenous costumes and weapons dancing to tribal music along the streets.
The Traslacion of the Black Nazarene is a procession that takes place every 9th January every year. The Black Nazarene is a massive statue of a fallen Jesus suffering under the weight of the cross.
Tuna festival, is an outstanding festival in the city of General Santos City, on account of the abundance of tuna fish
This is derived from a colorful piece of abaca fabric cloth that their women weave known as a T’nalak, which is the festivals motif.
From Tacloban City, Leyte province comes the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival which is a fiesta partly in honor to the region’s patron saint; Santo Niño de Leyte. It's a much-awaited event that has been celebrated since 1987 and combines the festivals of Pintados and Kasadyaan.
The Pahiyas festival of Lucban celebrates farming and the patron saint of the garden.
The capital of embroidery in the Philippines has been dedicating resources to the festival since its initiation and continue to uphold the cultural significance of the Barong Tagalog shirt as a national identity of the Philippines.
There’s a festival which the mother of all and happens every year in the Philippines where dancers enter into fierce competitions. A one million Philippines peso grand prize; coupled with the crown title are the main incentives, though the Manila fiesta is packed with cultural and ethnic annotations as well as national pride.
Dancing and strutting all the best stuff on the street and stage; the Aliwan festival involves floats, the Reyna and Tugtog.
The Aliwan Fiesta
If you’ve been to Asia specifically the Philippines, then you’ve heard of the Balut delicacy. An early morning or evening laying in your bed and you hear a vendor shouting “baloot! baloot!” this is the first experience most visitors and some locals have with the delicacy. What is Balut and what makes the aphrodisiac so special that it gets a whole festival to it name.
Balut
and Its Significance to Filipinos
Balut
is a common dish in Asia where the embryo of a duck
The Bangus festival is celebrated in the city of Dagupan annually. The celebrations are centered on the appreciation of the city’s rich milkfish aquaculture production. Other subsidiary things highlighted in the event include trade fairs, selected sports events, and street parties. The annual event is held on the 14th day of April. What is the origin of the festival? How many days does the event last? What are some benefits of the events? Who can celebrate and what is the cultural significance