The document provides information on various festivals celebrated across the different regions of the Philippines, including Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Some of the major festivals discussed include the Sinulog Festival in Cebu, Ati-Atihan Festival in Aklan, Kadayawan Festival in Davao, and Pahiyas Festival in Quezon. The festivals showcase local culture through colorful costumes, street parades, traditional dances, and food. They honor important figures in Philippine history and religion like Santo Niño and San Isidro Labrador.
3. Pahiyas Festival (Quezon)
• Celebrated to give thanks to San Isidro
Labrador for good harvest
• Quezon is made alive by the color and music
Pahiyas brings. Not to mention Quezon’s
worlds famous longanisa, and the very unique
highlight of the festival, “kiping”.
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5. Panagbenga Festival (Baguio)
• Celebrated in the month of February
• Panagbenga showcases the different culture
of its different tribes. The taste of Baguio’s
tribal culture and Tournament of Roses parade
definitely makes Panagbenga worth going to.
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7. Obando Fertility Dance (Bulacan)
• Celebrated in the month of May in honor of
Santa Clara.
• Those who wish to have a child or even singles
who wish to meet their other cos60 come
here. Not only that but the Obando Dance
itself features street dance that is present to
only few regions in Luzon.
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9. Bangus Festival (Dagupan)
• Celebrated in the month of April to pay
tribute to the city’s biggest industry.
• The festival features dancing contests, the
search for the Bangus Queen, parades, and
a citywide sale. Also the possibility of
bagging a Guinness World Record is there.
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11. Pagoda sa Wawa (Bulacan)
• This festival is held every July in honor of the
miraculous “Krus sa Wawa”.
• In a barge carrying a huge decorated float is
released along the Bocaue River and this is where
hundreds of people partake on good food and
enjoy music. It also features fluvial parade of
decorated barge and small boats, trade fairs,
beauty pageant, and art exhibits.
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13. Phil. Hot Air Balloon Festival (Pampanga)
• Celebrated in the month of February
• The festival features different kinds of aircrafts,
creating a wonderful view in the sky. Traditional
kites, spirit lanterns, air machines, radio-controlled
aircraft and almost anything that flies fills the blue
skies of Pampanga. And of course, the hot air
balloon which is the festival’s star of the show.
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15. Moriones Festival (Marinduque)
• An annual festival held on Holy Week
• Moriones Festival is highlighted by a
parade of people wearing different
colourful masks and there are also
those replicating the appearances of
biblical Roman soldiers.
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17. Higantes Festival (Rizal)
• This festival is celebrated in the month
of November in honor of San Clemente.
• The parade of higantes that are made of
paper-mache measuring 4-5 ft in
diameter and 10-12 ft in height.
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19. Suman Festival (Baler)
• Celebrated in the month of February
• This festival is a weeklong celebration marked
by trade exhibits, fairs and competitions
capped by the Search for Ms. Aurora. The
suman is used to decorate the main streets
and houses in Baler during the festivity.
22. Sinulog Festival (Cebu)
• This festival is held in the month of January in honor of
Senyor Sto. Nino de Cebu
• Most colorful and most distinguished festival in the
Philippines. Cebu’s Sinulog features different activities
such as Miss Cebu beauty pageant, the fluvial
procession, the solemn street procession, the film-
making contests, the arts contests. This also features a
street parade wherein participants dressed in bright
costumes dance to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and
native gongs.
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24. Dinagyang Festival (Iloilo)
• Celebrated in the month of January to commemorate the
Christianization of the natives and to honor the Holy
Child Jesus
• It is a very colorful parade coupled with a dramatization
in honor of the patron Saint - Sto Niño. The object of
dramatized offerings and prayers amidst the cracking of
drums and shouts of "Viva Señor Santo Niño" and the
thundering of "Hala Bira" by the tribe members makes
the celebration a lively one.
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26. Maskara Festival (Bacolod)
• It is celebrated in the month of October
• The festival is highlighted by food fairs,
mask-making contests, brass band
competitions, beauty pageants,
windsurfing regatta, drinking and eating
contests, trade fairs and exhibits.
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28. Pintado-Kasadyahan Festival (Tacloban)
• This festival begin every 29th of June lasting a month
• The most awaited in the festival are those dancers who
are covered with paint from head to toe with the
armorlike design to imitate the early warriors whose
bodies are covered with tattoos. Those dancers parades
to every road in Tacloban. The ethnic dances that are
performed during the festival showcases the traditions
even before the Spaniards arrived in the country. The
festival ends with a feast.
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30. Ati-Atihan Festival (Kalibo, Aklan)
• Celebrated in honor of the Sto. Nino, held annually in
the month of January
• It is the wildest among Philippine fiestas and
considered as the Mother of All Philippine festivals.
Celebrants paint their faces with black soot and wear
bright, outlandish costumes as they dance in revelry
during the last three days of this two week-long
festival. Catholics and non-Catholics alike observe this
special day with processions, parades, dancing, and
merrymaking.
33. Kadayawan Festival (Davao)
• Celebrated in the month of August, the festival is a
celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature,
the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and
serenity of living.
• An event called Panagtagbo exhibits the arts and
culture of the ten indigenous tribes of Davao - finding
expression in dance, costumes, and revelry. Indak Indak
sa Kadalanan – a street dance parade and Pamulak
Floral Float – features flower-laden floats are the two
high profile parades in Kadayawan.
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35. Kalilangan Festival (Gen. Santos City)
• ‘Kalilangan’ means festival, festivity or jubilee. It is a
social gathering marked by exchanging of amenities
among traditional leaders, elders, allies and
subordinates in varying tones.
• It is also a pageantry of unique and colorful ethnic
rites and traditions like marriage, religious
ceremonies, anniversaries, funerals, enthronement of
royal dignitaries, thanksgiving and other social forms
of social, political and economic activities.
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37. Diyandi Festival (Iligan)
• Iliganons, celebrate the city fiesta on September 29,
the feast of “Señor San Miguel,” the armor-clad
patron saint of Iligan,.
• Thousands of devotees flock to the cathedral to
witness the ceremonies One of the more significant
highlights of the fiesta celebration is an Iliganon
tradition and cultural heritage — the San Miguel
Comedia. This religious musical play is one of the
country’s last surviving zarzuelas and considered a
priceless heritage.
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39. Hinugyaw Festival (Cotabato)
• Highlighting the Piyesta Korona (Korona Festival), a unique
blend of mardi gras, creative korona attire and float
competitions and the night time Street Dancing Competition.
• Hinugyaw festival is a week long celebration of the
Foundation Anniversary of Koronadal City, the center of the
Province of South Cotabato happening usually on the first
week of January every year. It is a colorful merry-making
depicting the evolution of the distinct cultures of B’laans,
Maguindanao, and Christians into a singular wave of rhythm
as a tribute to the creator, and in celebration of the spirit that
Koronadal is known for dynamic and persistent in its bound
for sustainable development.
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41. Binalbal Festival (Mis. Occidental)
• The Binalbal Festival is a celebration to welcome in the
New Year for the townsfolk of Tudela, a town in
Misamis Occidental in Mindanao, Philippines. On
January 1st people come out wearing strange masks
and outrageous outfits to represent what they think
BALBAL look like. Balbal in the Bisaya language, are
supernatural beings - ghosts, imps, fairy, witches,
vampires, ogres if you like, so this celebration is
something like Halloween on New Year Day.
45. LAHUY ISLAND
• Known for fine white sand and
hospitable inhabitant
• It has a scenic dog bone-shaped
island, amazing Malawi sandbar,
resorts, cotiva island and sabitang laya
47. GOTA BEACH
• Site of the French edition of Survivor
• Has two scenic coves, limestone
formations and cliffs, thriving and
pristine coral reefs, and island-
hopping adventure
89. WHITE BEACH
• Composed of powdery white sand
that is still cool despite of a very hot
weather against the azure water
• Commercial center of the island
97. MOUNT LUHO
• Highest point in Bora (100 m
above sea level) with a small
mountain giving a panoramic view
tourists and there are hotels as
well in the place
102. STO. NIÑO BASILICA
• A famous church dates back to the
early Spanish colonial era founded
in 16th century
• Oldest Roman Catholic church
built in the Philippines
104. MAGELLAN’S CROSS
• The Cross was originally
planted by Ferdinand
Magellan on April 21, 1521
• There is a painted mural that
depicts the cross' planting
being lashed together
106. FORT SAN PEDRO
• Built by Spanish and indigenous
Cebuano laborers under the
command of Spanish conquistador,
Miguel López de Legazpi in the early
1700s to protect against Muslim raids
108. TAOIST TEMPLE
• In 1972, it was built by Cebu's
substantial Chinese community.
• Has a towering, multi-tiered, multi-
hued attraction accessible by three
separate winding routes (300m A.S.L)
113. EDEN NATURE PARK
• Relaxing park where in one could
experience nature, adventure, leisure,
culture and eve romance
• There are hiking trails, and animals too
115. MOUNT APO
• Tallest mountain in the Philippines,
and a most climbed destination
• Apo, which means "ancestor", is flat-
topped mountain with 3 peaks and is
capped by a volcanic crater
containing a small crater lake
117. PHIL. EAGLE CENTER
• Place where they preserved species
of birds, mostly eagles
• Ideal for educational trips especially
about learning the ecosystem where
these eagles could thrive
121. DAVAO ZORB PARK
• A must-try experience where in at
least 2 people are inside a zorb
constructed from flexible plastic
sheets secured with a harness then
rolled downhill
123. Provincial
City/Town Province Population Region Regional Population
Luzon
Pahiyas Festival Lucban Quezon 1,740,638 CALABARZON 12,609,803
Cordillera Administrative
Panabenga Festival Baguio Benguet 403,944 Region 1,616,867
Obando Fertility Dance Obando Bulacan 2,924,433 Central Luzon 10,137,737
Dagupan
Bangus Festival City Pangasinan 2,779,862 Ilocos 4,748,372
Pagoda sa Wawa Bocaue Bulacan 2,924,433 Central Luzon 10,137,737
Philippine Hot Air Balloon
Festival Clark Pampanga 2,014,019 Central Luzon 10,137,737
Moriones Festival Marinduque 227,828 MIMAROPA 2,744,671
Higantes Festival Angono Rizal 2,484,840 CALABARZON 12,609,803
Suman Festival Baler Aurora 201,233 Central Luzon 10,137,737
124. Provincial Regional
City/Town Population Population
Visayas Province Region
Sinulog Festival Cebu City Cebu 2,619,362 Central Visayas 6,800,180
Dinagyag Festival Ilo-ilo City Ilo-ilo 1,805,576 Western Visayas 7,102,438
Bacolod Negros
Maskara Festival City Occidental 2,396,039 Western Visayas 7,102,438
Pintado-Kasadyahan Festival Tacloban Leyte 1,567,984 Eastern Visayas 4,101,322
Kadaugan sa Mactan Cebu City Cebu 2,619,362 Central Visayas 6,800,180
Ati-Atihan Festival Kalibo Aklan 535,725 Western Visayas 7,102,438
125. Provincial Regional
Mindanao City/Town Province Population Region Population
Kadayawan Festival Davao City Davao del Sur 868,690 Davao Region 4,468,563
General Santos
Kalilangan Festival City South Cotabato 827,200 SOCCSKSARGEN 4,109,571
Diyandi Festival Iligan City Lanao Del Norte 607,917 Northern Mindanao 4,297,323
Hinugyaw Festival Koronadal City South Cotabato 827,200 SOCCSKSARGEN 4,109,571
Municipality of Misamis
Binabal Festival Tudela Occidental 321,843 Northern Mindanao 4,297,323
Data from: http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listreg.asp
