Escalante City Charter Anniversary commemorates the cityhood of Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines every February 28th. It was converted to a city in 2001. February 28 may also be declared as a special non-working holiday in the city. The city also celebrates the Manlambus Festival every month of May. History of Escalante City Escalante is one […]
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Bago City Charter Anniversary
Bago City Charter Anniversary is celebrated every February 19 in the city of Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is a commemoration of its cityhood and often dubbed Babaylan or Babaylanes Festival. February 19 can be a holiday such as Proclamation No. 656-A issued on February 15, 1970 and Proclamation No. 887 on January 14, 2020. […]
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Kali-Kalihan Festival
Kali-Kalihan Festival is the annual celebration of culture, bountiful harvest, martial arts, tradition, and founding anniversary in the town of Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, Philippines every February 9. It commemorates the founding of the town by virtue of Batas Pambansa Bilang 336 in 1983. In addition, it pays tribute to the ancient Filipino kali […]
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Pasidungog Festival
Pasidungog Festival is the yearly Charter Day celebration of the cityhood of Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippines every February 11 by virtue of Republic Act No. 8489. The day is at times declared a special non-working holiday in the city through proclamations issued by the Office of the President. The city of Talisay also celebrates the […]
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Marang Yagangyang Festival
Marang Yagangyang Festival is a fruit festival in the village of Colonia Divina, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines every first of September. It is a fest in thanksgiving for plentiful harvest of marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus), a tropical fruit that the village produces. Marang is a fruit that is indigenous to the Philippines. It is has […]
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Tinabuay Festival
Tinabuay Festival, also spelled alternatively as Tina-buay, is a harvest and religious festival held in the town of Murcia, Negros Occidental, Philippines every December 8. A four-day affair, it is conducted in honor of its patroness, Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, and a celebration as well as thanksgiving of bountiful harvest. History of Tinabuay Festival […]
Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival is an annual gathering of organic farms and farm workers in the last Saturday of November in Negros. A four-day event, it is a celebration that promotes farming based on organic, agricultural practices. The province of Negros Occidental is touted as the organic agriculture capital of the Philippines. History of […]
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Banana Festival
Banana Festival is an agricultural and religious festival in the town of La Castallena, Negros Occidental, Philippines every first week of April 1 to 5. It is the biggest celebration in the town and participated by constituent barangays. With a five-day calendar, it showcases varieties of banana, local products, and creativity of its people. Simultaneously, […]
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Bailes de Luces
Bailes de Luces, also called Bailes de Luces Festival, is the yearly light and Christmastime festival as well as Charter Day celebration in the town of La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Philippines every January 5. With a weeks-long schedule, its calendar stretches from the second of December to the first week of January of the succeeding […]
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Panaad sa Negros Festival
Panaad sa Negros Festival is a agricultural, cultural, and environmental festival held in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines every April. Considered the mother of all festivals in the province and also its summer festival, it gathers all of its cities and municipalities that participate in various activities, competitions, and events. It is also a […]