Calendar of Philippine Festivals and Monthly Observances / Theme

This feast is celebrated at the heart of Manila- Quiapo. Devotees come from all over the metropolis to participate in this annual event honoring the hundred-year-old statue of the Black Nazarene.

This is an annual festival held in Cebu, which commences nine days before the third Sunday of January.

Dinagyang is a Hiligaynon word extrapolated from dagyang meaning “merrymaking” It celebrates the feast of the Infant Jesus and the pact between the Datus and the locals.

This festivity features racing events between local outriggers in the strait between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island.

This is a seven-day event showcasing the artistry, craftsmanship and various talents of the people of Taytay.

This is a ten-day series of cultural events with a focus on the unique bamboo-made organ, made by Fray Diego de la Cera, and found only in Las Piñas.

This is a relatively “new” event in the country’s summer capital. Similar to the Rose Bowl Parade of the U.S., this festival is highlighted by a parade of floats made entirely of fresh blossoms from local horticulturists.

The festival celebrates the Kalinga culture through its sports, crafts, and indigenous food.

This highlights the culture of the first settlers of Bago City before the Spanish colonizers arrived. As defined by Negros historians, the babaylan is a doctor, herbalist, artist, adviser, herbalist, seer, diviner and agriculturist.

This features cultural shows, a civic/military, agro-industrial fair, sports competition, and a beauty pageant.

World Theatre Week is an occasion for theatre artists of varied disciplines in performance and media arts to celebrate the power of Theatre to bring people together and an opportunity to share with audiences the wealth of each country’s heritage, history, habitat, theatrical traditions and expertise modeling cultural caregiving for marginalized sectors and disadvantaged youth exemplified in the Philippine program of the Earthsavers Dreams Ensemble honored as UNESCO Artists for Peace;

This is a week-long celebration of Samal’s founding anniversary held every first week of March.

This is an eight-day multi-themed annual festival that culminates on the province’s foundation day, March 8. It is a colorful and joyful celebration of the province’s rich agricultural harvests, abundant mineral resources, governance’s feats, trade and tourism fair, and a showcasing of the people’s culture and traditions. The Al-law Ng Kalomonan (Tribal Day) falls on the 7th day of Anibina.

This is a week-long event honoring Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross.  The Palm Sunday is held on the fifth Sunday of Lent where churchgoers bring palm and leaves to re-enact the arrival of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem.  Holy Thursday is held with a Visitaa Iglesia where Catholics visit at least 7 churches. A “Pasyon” or narration of Christ’s life through singing is held; On Good Friday, believers re-enact the sufferings and death of Christ on the Cross. Easter Sunday is highlighted by “Salubong” or dawn processions held in various parts of the country.*

This is a week-long celebration participated in by male penitents in costumes who parade around town. On Good Friday, they reenact the story of Longinus, a centurion, blind in one eye, who speared Jesus’ side. Christ’s blood fell on his blind eye, miraculously restoring it, leading to his conversion.

This is believed to be the origin of Marinduque’s Moriones Festival and is as colorful.

This is a procession of flagellants and devotees in biblical attire that ends in the Balaan Bukid Shrine.

This is a ritual where believers crawl through the Catilaran cave chanting prayers in the hope of gaining supernatural powers to ward off evil spirits.

Siquijor is popularly known throughout the country for “witchcraft”. A “Witches Festival” is held at Crocodile Hill overlooking the Bay of Lazi and the Mindanao Sea. When the moon is full, the sorcerers, called magbabarang gather herbs, roots and live insects, throw these into a giant cauldron filled with boiling water, then sit in a circle around it while mumbling incantations. This is followed by dancing and ends in an exclusive ritual in a secluded cave at dawn.

This is a seven-day feast in honor of our lady of sorrows highlighted by a procession and a dance (to the beat of a turumba song).

Began in 1983 by former mayor Wilfrido Furigay, the festival showcases the rich Yakan traditions. This is highlighted by a parade and a horse race.

This is mainly the re-enactment of the Battle of Mactan along the islands’ beach.

Literally translated, it means “Flowers of May”and highlights a procession honoring Virgin Mary. Coinciding with it is the Santacruzan, re-enacting the search of Queen Elena for the cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified. The town or city’s loveliest ladies grace the occasion.

This is a seaside festival and a thanksgiving day by local fishermen for a bountiful year.

This is a re-enactment of the 13th-century rite of offering chains of coconut embryos called boa to deities. They believe that doing so would mean a prosperous year.

This is an event where carabaos (water buffaloes) pull decorated bamboo carts in a 400-meter course race.

This the ritual performed by the Bagobos involving the making of medicinal oil (lana) after their pilgrimage to Mount Apo.

This commemorates the coming of the early migrants from Borneo and Celebes. It is said that they came to Agusan in balanghai or wooden boats.

This is a month-long celebration honoring the Holy Cross.

This is a fluvial festival held annually in honor of Saint Peter Thelmo, the town’s patron saint.

This is an event honoring. San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers. Carabaos are paraded and blessed by the town priest.

This is a province-wide festivity which coincides with Agusan del Sur’s  Foundation Anniversary in June 17. Incepted in 1993 during the incumbency of the late Gov. Democrito O. Plaza, the festival is a recognition of the Manobo people’s loyalty to their tribal leader, Datu Lipus Makapandong.

Literally meaning “the chosen one” the weeklong celebration showcases the indigenous people’s culture through music and dance, native products, ethnic games, and a host of sporting tournaments and special events.

The festival depicts the Agusanon culture and heritage. Natives from far-flung places of the province usually come down and display skills through tribal dances and rituals. A trade fair displaying the province’s cottage industries also takes place in Naliyagan Cultural Center Grounds at the Gov. D. O. Plaza Government Center, Prosperidad.

This is a two-day affair, which serves as a thanksgiving feast in honor of the Lord.

The city of Cotabato in Mindanao celebrates its founding with special events as the layang-layang or giant kite festival, fluvial parades, banca race and sports competition.

Crisp, golden-brown roast pigs are paraded through the streets. As soon as the best decorated roasted pig is announced, the eating commences.

The event is held in honor of St. John the Baptist and is marked with fluvial processions, parades and water sports.

This is a festival showcasing the famous and sweetest of all pineapples- the Formosa variety- abundantly growing in Daet. The week-long celebration features sports events, talent and skills competition, an investment forum, cultural shows and concerts, a food fair, an agro-industrial and trade fair, search for Bicolandia Queen, and street dancing contests.

The festival consists of three major activities: (1) Subiran Regatta – a sailboat race held at the eastern entrance of San Juanico Strait, (2) Balyuan – a pageant reenacting the historic exchange of images between Basey, Samar and Tacloban City, and (3) Pintados Festival where participants paint their bodies and dance to the rhythm of bamboo sticks.

In Piat, Cagayan, the colorful celebration is highlighted by street dancing, cultural shows and a beauty pageant. This festival commemorates the Christianization of the Ytawes region of Cagayan.

In Bocaue, Bulacan, a feast is held in honor of the Holy Cross of Wawa found in the Bocaue River. The main attraction of the affair is the fluvial parade of the pagoda or decorated barge and colorful small boats.

This coincides with the Foundation Day of Batangas City. It revives the tradition of dancing the subli, which is indigenous to the province.

The celebration of the residents of Tanjay, Negros Oriental of this 10-day fiesta features the origin of the old sinulog culture. A parade is held showcasing the clothes locals wear, while the horsefighting presentation re-enacts the battle between the Spaniards and the Muslims.

In Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, the feast is held in honor of Santa Ana (St. Anne), known to protect the residents along the Agusan River from man-eating crocodiles. The celebration includes the holding of a prayer on boats for safe passage and prosperity.

Celebrated in Bohol, this festival commemorates the blood compact between Spaniard Legaspi and Filipino Sikatuna. It includes an agro-industrial exhibit, a trade fair, a beauty contest, street dancing and a re-enactment of the blood compact.

This is a thanksgiving festival for a bountiful harvest highlighting the culture of the Sama, the indigenous people of Samal, as shown in the indigenous sports, and other culture-based competitions.

This is highlighted by a cultural presentation showing the life and times of the Ivatans.

Locals celebrate the bountiful harvest of the fruit Marang.

This is a thanksgiving festival by local fisherfolk for blessings received during seafaring, and fish-farming.

Pangasinan Bamboo Festival August 12 This is a festival showcasing bamboo products and includes bamboo planting and film exhibitions. Venue: Calasiao and Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan

“Pasaka,” the native word for Assumption, is a street spectacle in honor of Our Lady of Assumption.

This is a gathering of Mindanao ethnolinguistic groups like the Bagobos and Manobos. This is highlighted by a horse fight and a Manobo wedding.

Dabaweños celebrate the annual Kadayawan – a colorful occassion that lasts for five days – as a thanksgiving festival and a tribute to its indigenous peoples. Kadayawan is a native expression in Dabawnon tongue, which means “anything excellent that brings great fortune” from “dayaw” (good), describing a thing that is valuable and superior.

On August 19, in the town of Lucban, Quezon, townsfolk trot out their beloved gigantes or giants. Measuring about 14 feet tall, the giants come in pairs, the mag-asawa or couple, a giant man dressed in the peasant’s camisa chino or undershirt, and his wife clad in the native patadyong and kimona, a loose skirt topped with a flimsy blouse. Made from papier mache, the giants are borne on shoulders by those who have made a panata (oath) made in return for a favor received. This festivity is shared by Lucban with the town of Angono, Rizal, which holds it in November.

Buyogan focuses on the bee locally known as “buyog” from which the town’s name originated.

The festival features evening novenas participated in by more than 40 clans, which culminate in a nocturnal fluvial procession at the Tanjay River.

This features a cultural show, trade fair, and a street dance depicting the archangels’ victory over the “Black” Angels.

This is a festival of Bicol cuisine: pinangat and laing, bicol Express, inolokan or tilmak, pecadillo and cocido.

The festival features street dancers dressed as cocks swaying to the beat of ancient Samareño instruments.

This is a gathering of the major ethnolinguistic groups in the province together with representatives from Davao.

This commemorates centuries-old religious and cultural tradition based on the life of St. Michael.

This celebrates the banig and the kawayan crafts industry flourishing in Basey.

This is a festival with a delightful pre-planting feast at its core where natives share their food with everyone.

This festival highlights the performance of the history and culture of Capizeños during pre-Hispanic times.

The festival involves children of locals, dressed in costumes of UN member countries, parading around the city.

This is a grand Bacoleño celebration marked by carnivals, fairs and masked street dancers.

The image of the Virgin is paraded around town in a colorfully-decorated carriage, which resembles a ship. The image is believed to be miraculous and ensures safe voyage to anyone who prays to it.

This is a religious celebration of thanksgiving and joyous pageantry of dancing devotees of San Rafael.

This festival is marked by a streetdancing involving the pintados or dancers with tattoos or flowers on their body.

This restages the Filipino tradition of visiting relatives to lovingly remember departed loved ones.

This festival reenacts the first contact between the natives of Mindoro and traders from China.

This celebration is marked by giant papier mache effigies, natives in wooden shoes and costumes joining the procession of the statue of San Clemente around town.

This involves performances by indigenous groups of the area, and harvest-related thanksgiving rituals.

This celebrates the versatility of the Bamboo plant and its importance in the area.

This is a thanksgiving celebration highlighted by the catching of the ipon , a small but mysterious fish.

This is one of the region’s major events featuring young Cordillerans in a day-long event to “celebrate life.”

This festival re-enacts the war between the Aetas and the Christians through dance.

This features “Kiti-Kiti,” “Pastoras,” Bikol Song Festival, and other cultural events.

This is higlighted by nightly cultural presentations from the different universities in Cebu City.

This is a lantern showcase where lanterns measuring 14 to 18 feet in diameter delight spectators with their kaleidoscope patterns

This is a month-long Christmas festivity featuring cultural presentations and contests..

This features a Lantern festival, the coronation of Miss Agoo, the awarding of Bannuar ti and Dakilang Datu Awards.

This features a fireworks display, a grand parade, a food festival, and the Capiz dance festival.

Children join in the “hanging of the green” signifying the start of the Christmas season.

This is a grand celebration in honor of the city’s patroness and is highlighted by a parade of several images of Virgin Mary.

This is the Tagbanuas’ feast of thanksgiving for a bountiful rice harvest along with food offerings to deities and departed kin. The rite involves men and partaking of rice wine with the spirits. After the harvest, the Tagbanuas gather in the house of the babaylan or the priestess whom the spirits speak to.

This features the Ibaloi, Kankana-ey tribal songs and dance presentations.

This features a Misa de gallo, a cultura show and a Christmas eve choral concert at Palo Cathedral.

A week – long celebration of the MAHAGUYOG Festival, characterized by street parades, pageantry, and a lot of merry – making.  It is an annual festival every Saturday of February as a prelude to the feast day of St. Thomas of Aquinas, the town’s Patron Saint, as a gesture of gratitude and a way of thanksgiving of the farmers for the bountiful harvest of crops they reap the whole-year-round.  It also supports the One-Town, One-Product (OTOP) program of the National Government that promotes livelihood and entrepreneurship through agri-tourism.

A Colorful and lively street dancing festival that pays homage to the city’s Patron Saints and the Queen Pineapple – deemed one of the sweetest in the world and a symbol for Ormoc. Competing school contingents with hundreds of participants will be judged int he streets packed with their student peers cheering them on.  Major cash prizes are awarded to winners as well as the chosen festival queen.

Kuyamis Festival is the grandest festival in Misamis Oriental, gathering all its towns & cities in Cagayan de Oro City for a week-long non-stop merrymaking. One of the activities that highlight the event is the Kuyamis Festival Street Dancing . It is an annual festivity of thanksgiving and acknowledgment to the customs of the “lumads” who thrived in Misamis with a variety of sweet coconuts as their best food stuff.

A celebration of songs, culture and heritage of the Higaonon Tribes of Balingasag.

Celebrated annually every 3rd Sunday of January in honor of Sr. Santo Nino and in
commemoration of the arrival of the saint’s image in the Philippines and in the City of
Pagadian. The Catholic Church spearheads re­ enacbnent on the arrival of the Sto. Nino image through procession. Pasalamat Festival is highlighted with a fluvial parade (regatta), trade exhibits. the Mutya ng Pagadian beauty pageant, carnival shows as well a a civic military parade.

A Chinese New Year celebration participated by the Filipino-Chinese community (Albay Chapter) featuring various activities i.e., Dragon/Lion Dance, Chinese Cultural Program, ancestral veneration within a mass, among others.

Kagang is a crab specie common to seven (7) coastal barangays of Dapitan comprising Taguillon, Banbanan, Carang & Baylimango. Kagang Festival started way back February 2014 and is celebrated annually since then. The festival features the traditional way of cooking kagang which will be offered for visitor experience. The event was organized to revive the waning interest and preserve authentic and traditional flavorful dishes where kagang is the main ingredient.

A month long festival showcasing the region’s arts and culture, crafts and agro-industrial products of the different provinces and cities of the region. It coincides with the celebration of the National Arts Month. Various activities are lined up which include Festival parade, Essay Writing and Poster Making Contest. Laro ng Lahi, Fashion Show, etc.

The festival commemorates the 1814 catastrophic eruption of Mayon Volcano which buried the Cagsawa church and hundreds of people. To date, the Cagsawa Ruins Park which is one of the popular atractions in Bicol became the center of activities of the week-Iona festivitv.

A popular religious festival where devotees flock to the shrine of Birhen sa Lourdes to light candles to renew their vows and ask for petitions and blessings. Part of the festival are procession, parade, cultural show, and trade fair.

Patunob sa Birhen sa Lourdes is a ritual of healing officiated by women healer devotees of Binuangan. To add, Patunob is a Visayan word for “to be stepped on”. It is a rite where the image of the Blessed Virgin is lightly placed on the person’s shoulders & head.

A tradition of the first harvest offering coinciding with the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Derived from the early rituals of the ancient Bicolanos offering their harvest to their own gods as a form of thanksgiving and to seek favor for a more bountiful harvest throughout the vear.

In appreciation of the beautiful God- given nature, the Karonawan Fish-Tival is a celebration of the beauty and bounty of Bato in order to inject and instill the importance of preserving and conserving the these natural resources as major sources of food and as potential tourist attractions.

A weeklong celebration of Sibugaynon (people of Zamboanga Sibugay) is a commemoration of its founding day as a Province. Sibug – Sibug Festival is celebrated
every February with its highlight fixed on February 26. During the event, the streets are
decked with colorful buntings and filled with throng of onlookers waiting for the colorful
street dancing depicting wedding and healing rituals, way of life of indigenous people groups, and themes to communicate advocacies.

Sunggod Ta Kamanga” is a celebration of Manobo culture. It is a tradition of lumads in preparation of farm activities and farm implements. Live chicken and pig are sacrificed. Their blood spread on farm tools and asking the “Mambabaya’ (GOD) for the safety and for the abundant harvest through rituals.

A series of activities highlighted by the street dancing and tableau competition, Paratuan Ritual (installation of New Ethnic Leader), Padtungan ta Kasal Ritual ( A tribal Wedding Ceremony). Tribal people from the Manobo Pulangihon and Manobo Matigsalog of the rich and progressive first-class Municipality of Quezon in the province of Bukidnon were joined by the convergence of over a thousand visitors, spectators, and tourists.

An annual celebration that highlights the abundance of Crabs in the Municipality of Lala. Activities include a crab/ocean themed grand street dancing parade, crab races, biggest crab contest and an agri-trade fair

A festivity which commemorates the Cityhood anniversary of Ligao. It is highlighted streetdancing showcasing the colorful sunflowers where it abundantly grows along the Kawa-Kawa Natural Park.

As the term suggests, Bantayog festival features the storied First Rizal Monument Por ·unang Bantayog ni Dr. Jose Rizal” which is the centerpiece of the celebration. It is held in conjunction with the province foundation anniversary.

During the Holy Week, devotees journey to Camiguin island and hike around the 64 km circumferential road as form of sacrifice either in fulfilment of a vow or as penance of sins. Masses, Catholic rites and rituals, Stations of the Cross in the Old Vulcan hill are regular activities during this season.

Hold on to your horses, caballeros, its rodeo time in Masbate once again! Feel the excitement as our local cowboys pit their brains against bovine brawn in western style rodeo events like bull riding and steer wrestling, apart from our local games like the good old carabao race. So put on them boots and saddle up – its gonna be a rope-slingin’, dist- kickin’, cowpunchin’ affair.

One of the most awaited event in the province of Camarines Norte which promotes local culture and tourism in the municipality of San Vicente,

‘Sakayan’ is the local term for small boat with outrigger used for fishing. With fishing as the primary means of livelihood sakayan’ is symbol of the humble lifestyle of fisherfolks who rely on the generosity of the seas where they draw their sustenance from the sale of their daily marine harvest. The newest festival in the region, it is celebrated with dances accompanied by the rhythmic sounds of drums and kulintangan, a musical instrument of the Muslims.

A festival which aims to feature the customs, traditions and cultural arts of Malinaonons, the highlight of which is the Street Dancing Competition.

A celebration of the beauty and bountry of Caramoan Island, highlighting its industrv and cultural heritage.

In admiration of the Majestic Mayon’s beauty and splendor, this festival is dubbed as Magayon, a Bikol term which means beautiful. In essence, this is a celebration of the Albayano’s way of life and a thanksgiving for the abundance of the land’s plentiful harvest through various activities such as agricultural products display and trade fairs, cooking shows, cultural events, street parades, photo/arts exhibits, sports events, and manv more.

A colorful cultural festival of pagan origin, and is derived from the dialect “Alinsangan”, a word that describes the characteristics of the people living the in the early settlements. It is a festival showino fertilitv and thanksgiving.

Highlighted by a street dancing and agro-industrial fair which expresses local folk’s gratitude for their town’s name etymology and signifies the abundant presence of rooster available in the locality. Held also in celebration of their Black Nazarene’s Feast Day on Mav 13.

A festival that portrays and reflects the place, people and heritage linking and tie-up semblance of inspiration and pride of the people of San Pascual working as one people towards community development

P’GSALABUK is a Subanen term that means “togetherness”. It is a depiction and celebration of the peaceful unity and myriad interplay of culture of the bi-people -the Christians, Muslims, and ‘lumads’ (indigenous people groups) inhabiting the city. It is celebrated annually with pageantry and series of activities such as trade fairs and exhibits, conferences and competitions.

A festival which ushers the •Butanding” (Whaleshark) season and a thanksgiving for its blessings to the people of Donsol. Now that they are back, the festivity features regatta, fluvial parade with boats carrying colorful banners and giant images of the butanding along the Donsol River, a street parade of life-size images of the butandings on floats accompanied by barangay delegations. brass bands, drum and bugle corps, and festival street-dancing continQents.

Held in time for the town fiesta celebration, the festival focus on the advocacy of the LGU in the protection and preservation of its rich natural resources including the manta rays as well as in the promotion of ecotourism attractions in the area.

Celebrating the crystal anniversary of the Sarung Banggi Festival this year, this colorful and igniting festivity commemorates the birth of the composer of the immortal love song Sarung Banggi, Potenciano V. Gregorio. It is known for the annual Parade of the Dancing lights where every barangay showcases impressive interpretation of the song, Sarung Banggi. Contingents parade their dazzling cultural presentations along with their Spanish era portrayed costumes downtown after twilight. Another main event is the Potenciano wanna-be composers competition.

A week-long celebration of the Foundation Anniversary of the province of Camarines Sur. The festival features numerous activities such as cultural expositions, sports events, beauty pageant, procession and Grand parade.

A week-long festivity coinciding with the feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia. The festival name was taken from a local world “layag· or sail boat which is a primitive means of transportation of the early people of Rapu-Rapu. It depicts the peoole’s journey of faith

Formally known as Catanduanes Abaka Festival, Abaca Festival showcases the life and resilient spirit of the Catandunganon and its culture, as well as the uniqueness and exoticness of the island and its people. It celebrates the fiber industry and its products, which is Catanduanes’ and Bicol’s main materials for its handicrafts. Highlights of the festival include streetdance competition, float parade, trade fair, fashion show among others.

A weeklong celebration of the 62th founding anniversary the Province of Zamboanga del Norte dubbed as Saulog Festival”.  “Saulog” means thanksgiving to the Almighty for the abundant flow of blessings bestowed to the people of each municipality and the province as a whole.

It features a two-day Agri­ Tourism Investment Forum and Trade Fair, live musical band concerts, cultural presentation, Mutya ng Zamboanga del Norte, Cultural Performing Arts Competition, Nightly Cultural Shows from different agencies, fireworks display and other activities.

An annual celebration of the foundation day and town fiesta of the Municipality of Camaligan, the highlight of which is the Kamalig Street Dance Competition

The town of Camalig is famous for Bicolanos culinary specialty – the laing or pinangat, hence, the celebration of the festival which also showcases the municipality’s rich cultural heritage. It is also held in conjunction with its town fiesta.

A festival based on the roots of the town of which its name was derived. It features cultural street parade, exhibit, sail boat race, beauty pageant, fiesta celebration, etc.

A colorful festival showcasing the province’ primary agri-product, the sweetest “queen• pineapple called Formosa. Featured are float exhibition, street dancing presentation, agro- industrial fair, talent/skills beauty competition and many more interesting activities.

An annual commemoration of the City’s Founding Anniversary and the Feast of Saint John the Baptist, the City’s Patron Saint. It comprises various activities geared towards the preservation of Tabaco City’s rich cultural heritage. The Festival’s highlight is the Tabak Festival Street dancing.

The festival was derived from its town’s legend “Pulang-Angui”, a vibrant captivating woman who love to wear red-colored dresses. It celebrates, and depicts the town’s rich and unique socio-cultural talents and qualities of its people, verdant ewco-tourism assests and distinct trade and delicacies of the place.

Commemorating the Dimasalang town’s founding anniversary, the festival’s highlight is the Street Dancing and showdown competition that will showcase the dance festival of every barangay in the municipality.

The festival showcases Pili – an indigenous crop of the Bicol region, particularly abundant in Sorsogon. The festival aims to emphasize its importance, and heightens awareness of the pili’s various economic uses.

The festival depicts the reputation of the municipality as one of the shipbuilding capitals of the Bicol peninsula during the Spanish colonial period. The celebration honors its Patroness, Our Lady of Mt Cam1el and is highlighted by colorful street dance presentations.

An occasion of merriment, excitement and reckoning the value of culture, tradition and potentials of Malilipot, The festival’s highlight is the Street Presentation and Exhibition (Sayaw Paralubid). The festival also coincides with the observance of the Feast of Mt. Cam1et that will bring out the spirit of Piety amidst the days of gaiety.

As the “rice granary of Albay”, the festival reflects on the town’s main source of living, “paroy” or rice. It features various activities including street parade, sports fest, and many more.

Kinabayo is an annual observance of Dapitan  City’s Fiesta in honor of Saint James “the Greater and the Moor Slayer”.  Held every July, Sinug and Kinabayo have become a festivity. Sinug’ is purely veneration using San Francisco Leaves raised high, dancing through the rhythm of the gong or beating of drums as the throng of devotees brings the saint’s image to his chapel. On the other hand, Kinabayo is a unique dramatization of the triumph of the Catholic faith over Mohammedanism believed to have happened through the intercession of the saint in view of his apparition during the battles of Clavijo and Covadonga and the appearance of the Lady of the Pilar.  Modernity has added more color to the festival with the allegorical dance drama presentation of the two events.

It is a fishermen’s celebration of thanksgiving for the blessing and bounty during the seafaring, fishing expedition and fish farming endeavors. The event is also a moment of retrospect and recognition of Mother Nature for having endowed Mercedes with a gift of vast fishery resources, magnificent shorelines and other aquatic potentials and the wise utilization and preservation of ecological balance for the attainment of environmental dignity and beauty.

A showcase of events highlighted by a street presentation participated in by the town’s different public and private schools and sectors gives a week-long of fun and merriment to visitors and local people.

The religious package of devotion and prayer in honor of Albay’s patroness, Nuestra Seiiora de Salvacion (Our Lady of Salvation) is the peak event of the festival, colorfully drawing thousands of devotees and religious groups through a long maritime procession of different local sea vessels on the sea spray of the serene pacific ocean going to the quiet barangay of Joroan, the home of the miraculous image.

An annual celebration of thanksgiving in honor of the town’s Patroness, St. Clare of Assisi. Festival highlights include the Ylau-Raya Grand street Dancing Competition, Special Program in the Arts Dance and Musical Night, Tig-Aw Farmers’ Festival, among others

A festival showcasing the cultural and natural heritage of the town, showcasing the unique and tasty longganisa products, with the event’s highlights to include the Street Dancing and the Culinaria Longganisa Cooking and Making Contest. Toe festival also coincides with the town fiesta celebration in honor of its Patroness, the Our Lady of Assumption.

A festival depicting Bicol’s earty beginnings as portrayed by the characters in the epic – IBALONG. The name was the nomenclature of Bicol region. It showcases many supemeroes such as Handiong, Ballog, Bantong, among others. Highlight is the street presentation as well as the Mayon Triathlon participated by national and international triathletes and adventure enthusiasts.

A festival based on the epic Busig_on of Labo town, which exemplifies heroism and Bicolano values. The festival features the town’s distinct historical values and sentiments through talent and skills competitions featuring the town’s places of interest.

Traslacion is the transfer of the Image of INA from the Basilica to Naga Cathedral, carried by hundreds of male devotees. It marks the start of festivity and the 9-day Novena Mass in honor of the Feast of the Our Lady of Penafrancia, Patroness of the Bicol Region.

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.

“Dahunog” is one of the most ceLebrated festivals in Dipolog where marching bands converge for a parade and compete by showcasing talents to produce the most thunderous, lively and entertaining musical revelry.’ Dahunog [da.ht.i.nug.}is a Cebuano word which means rumbling sound. During the event the city streets resonate with the sounds played by the bands specially the drums, thus the name of the festival.

It is a weeklong celebration of the solidarity of the various cultural groups held every September on the occasion of the province’s founding day. The Philippines in known for its colorful and lively festivals (the fiestas) which derive their forms from the unique and diverse culture of different people groups populating the archipelago. One of these festivals is the Megayon Festival of Zamboanga del Sur. Spearheaded by the Provincial government, it features and highlights trade and travel products, culture and traditions of different municipalities including their local festivals.

It is a local dance art festival that originated from the graceful movements of hovering birds known as seagulls or the LAPAY, found abundant in Barangay Bantigue, Masbate. Flocks of lapay seagulls created a marvelous scenery and inspired the old folks to come up with a local folk dance, that since then has exited and has become an important aspect of the local culture of the people of Brgy. Banitgue and the entire Masbate.

The Kasanggayahan Festival is largest celebration for the whole province of Sorsogon. It commemorates the dedaralion of Sorsogon as a province. This festival is included in the Department of Tourism’s list of festivals and celebrations in the Philippines. Wrth the term “kasanggayahan· meaning prosperity, the festival showcases the local products including products from the pili tree and other agricultural products.

The Pantomina sa Tinampo is one of the features of the Kasanggayahan Festival that makes it different from the other thanksgiving festivals in the country. Pantomina sa Tinampo is a native regional dance, which is the dance of the doves. This pantomime (pantomina) dance of love and courtship is done on the streets (tinampo). because of which it was month-long celebration commemorating Sorsogon·s Foundation Dav.

“Unod” Festival expresses thanksgiving of the people of Castilla, a celebration of the bountiful harvest of root crops of the town and the value of being industrious people.· The festival’s highlight is the street dancing competition.

A 12–day celebration done simultaneously with the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar. It showcases the town’s cultural heritage and the growing aspirations of its people. During this event. families, relatives and friends get together, renew kinship and enjoy the festivities.

A celebration held to coincide with the town fiesta. It features the town’s cultural heritage through the conduct of various activities which include Street Dancing, Cultural Presentation. Sports fest and many more.

Held to coincide with the Feast of the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, the festival aims to forge unity and cooperation among the local community, promote culture and arts, which are all geared towards advancement and economic growth of the town.

A festival celebrated by people of Duhaylungsod Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur who are well known  for their peace-loving nature. Through the years, the Subanen’s main source of living is planting rice which is an important aspect of their culture. For the Subanen, harvest season is a time for merrymaking where they come together as one, family and friends, not only for the harvest but also sharing of bountiful blessing, singing, dancing, chanting and feasting altogether on home-made delicacies and ‘pangase’, a rice wine fermented through a traditional process kept and handed down through ancestral lines. The celebration happens every October in time for the harvest season.

A festival showcasing the culture of Basud. The highlights include the Grand Rahugan ParadeBikol Floksong Singing Competition, among others.

Celebration of the province’ anniversary and tribute to its founder. The festival’s major component is the International Surfing Competition at Puraran, Baras, Catanduanes.Other activities include: street dance “Pantomina”, beauty pageant, agro-industrial fair, grand parade. and surfing competition.

A festival showcasing the socio-cultural heritage of Pioduran. The festival highlight is the street dancing parade and competition.

An annual celebration in honor of its Patron, SL Andrew the Apostle. The festival is filled with activities depicting greatness and thanksgiving to the God- given wealth of the sea, the highlight of which is the streetdancing competition

The Zamboanga Hermosa Festival or Fiesta Pilar is an annual celebration in honor of the patroness of the City of Zamboanga -Our Lady of the Pillar. The Zamboanguenos are known for their fervent devotion to Our Lady of the Pillar or better known to them as ‘”Nuestra Senora La Virgen del Pilar” because of the miracles believed she performed as inscribed in history books on Zamboanga.  The Spaniards enshrined her image at the elevated part of the frontispiece which used to be the entrance of Real Fuerza de Senora Virgen del Pilar, a fort-turned-shrine in Her honor. People gather to pay homage especially on her feast day October 12.

Capiztahan is the annual province-wide celebration commemorating the founding
anniversary of the Civil Government of Capiz, which will celebrate its 124th year in
2025. The civil government was established on April 15, 1901, by the U.S. Philippines
Commission through Act No. 115. The province now includes one city and sixteen
municipalities across two districts.

Among Capiztahan’s highlight events are (1) Maragtas sang Capisnon, a grand
parade featuring elaborate floats and a dance drama competition, showcasing
Capiz’s rich history from pre-colonial to post-colonial times; (2) Surambaw Seafood
Feast and (3) Saot Capiz: Capisnon Folk Dance Competition that showcases the
province’s published folk dances. Capiztahan also features other cultural, social,
sports and special events, and coincides with the death anniversary of Pres. Manuel
A. Roxas. Capiztahan is a clever fusion of words, where the province name “Capiz”
dances seamlessly with “kapistahan,” the Filipino term for “festivity,” creating a
name that communicates vibrancy of celebration.

The Zamboanga Hermosa is the GRANDEST festival of the city which celebrates the anniversary of the city being chartered as well as honoring the city’s patron saint, the Nuestra Señora de la Virgen del Pilar. The festival encapsulates every facet of Zamboanga City in a month-long celebration that showcases the magnificent culture, tradition, and history of the city with stunning colorful vinta displays, mesmerizing mascota and badju dresses, a fiesta food-crawl, balikbayan night, an energetic streetdance, exciting Regatta race, an appetizing sardine-based food boodle, and a dazzling parade of lights.