FESTIVAL

WHAT ARE 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 of a bountiful harvest.
 WHAT IS
THE NATURE OF FESTIVAL
•DANCES?
Festival dances may
be:
Religious
Secular or
Non- Religious
Festival dances draw
peoples culture by
portraying the
people’s way of life
through movements,
costumes and
implements inherent
to their place of
 WHY DO FILIPINOS DO
FESTIVALS?
•Filipinos do festivals primarily
to celebrate
•We celebrate our unity amidst
the diversity of cultures and;
•We celebrate our industry
bringing about a bountiful
harvest.
 OTHER BENEFITS
FROM DOING
FESTIVALS
•Festivals have been a consistent
crowd-producing activity
leading to up-liftment of a
community’s economy due to its
tourism and entertainment
 It attracts foreign and
domestic tourists to visit a place
eventually leading to the
elevation of the
Filipino’s quality life.
FESTIVAL DANCES ARE
A REFLECTION OF
THE
UNITY OF THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY
NAME OF PLACE OF RELIGIOUS FIGURE MONTH
FESTIVAL ORIGIN CELEBRATED
Sinulog Cebu Sto.Nin Januar
Festival City o y
Dinagyang Iloilo Sto. Januar
Festival City Nino y
Ati- Kalibo, Sto. Januar
atihan Aklan Nino y
Penafranci Bicol Virgin Septembe
a Mary r
Higantes Angono, Saint Novembe
Festival Rizal Clement r
Longanisa Festival Vigan City, Ilocos Saint Januar
Sur Paul y
Kinabayo Dapitan James the Jul
Festival City Great y
Pintados de Passi City, Sto Marc
Pasi Iloilo Nino h
Pattarradday Santiago Senor San Ma
City Tiago y
Sangayaw Festival Tacloban Sto. Jul
NAME OF FESTIVAL PLACE OF INDUSTR MONTH
ORIGIN Y CELEBRATE
Bangus Dagupan, Pangasinan Milkfish Industry DApril to

Bambanti Isabela Scarecro May

Januar
Mammangui Iligan w
Corn y Ma

Mango Iba, Industry

Mango Industry y
April
Panagbenga Zambales
Baguio Flower Industry February
Ibon Pampanga Migratory Birds Egg February
Ebon Industry
Masskara Bacolod City Mask (Sugar Octobe
Industry) r
T’nalak South Tinalak Cloth Jul
Cotabato Weaving y
Ammungan Nueva Tribal Industries Ma
Binatbata Vizcaya
Vigan, Ilocos Weaving Industry yMa
 SOME FAMOUS
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
 SINULOG
A Religious
Festival in FESTIVAL
honor of
Sto. Nino
held around
January in
Cebu City.
 DINAGYANG
A Religious
FESTIVAL
Festival in
honor of
Sto. Nino
held around
January in
Iloilo City.
 ATI-ATIHAN
-A
FESTIVAL
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Sto. Nino
held around
January in
Kalibo, Aklan.
 PEÑAFRANCIA
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Virgin Mary
held around
September in
Bicol or Naga
 HIGANTES FESTIVAL
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Saint Clement
held around
November in
Agono, Rizal
 LONGGANISA FESTIVAL
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Saint Paul
held around
January in
Vigan City
 KINABAYO FESTIVAL
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
James the
Great held
around July
in Dapitan
 PINTADOS DE PASI
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Sto. Niño held
around
March in
Passi City,
 PATTARADDAY
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Señor
Santiago held
around May
in Santiago
 SANGYAW FESTIVAL
-A
Religious
Festival in
honor of
Sto. Niño held
around July
in Tacloban
City
 SOME FAMOUS
SECULAR FESTIVALS
A Non- Religious BANGUS
Festival in honor of FESTIVAL
the thanks-giving
& bountiful
harvest of Bangus
held around April
to May in
Dagupan,
Pangasinan.
A Non- Religious PANAGBENGA
Festival in honor of FESTIVAL
the thanks-giving
& bountiful
harvest of Flowers
held around April
to May in Baguio
City.
A Non- Religious BAMBANTI FESTIVAL
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving , Scarecrow
– Farming
Industry held
around January in
Isabela
A Non- Religious MAMANGUI FESTIVAL
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Corn
Industry held
around May in
Iligan City
A Non- Religious MANGO FESTIVAL
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Mango
Industry held
around April in
Iba, Zambales.
A Non- Religious IBON EBON FESTIVAL
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Migratory
Birds Egg Industry
held around
February in
A Non- Religious MASSKARA FESTIVAL
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Sugar
Industry held
around October in
Bacolod City.
A Non- Religious T’NALAK
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Tinalak
Cloth Weaving
Industry held
around July in
A Non- Religious AMMUNGAN FESTIVAL
Festival in honor
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Gathering
of Tribal Industry
held around May
in Nueva Viscaya.
A Non- Religious BINATBATAN
Festival in honor FESTIVAL
of the thanks-
giving &
celebration of
peoples’ Weaving
Industry held
around May in
Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
 GUIDE
QUESTIONS
1.What are festival dances? ;)
2.What are the two types of Festival
Dances? 3.Why do you think Festivals are
important
to our lives as Filipino Citizens?