Pangisdaan Festival, also called Navotas City Founding Anniversary and Navotas Day, is the annual commemoration of the founding of the city of Navotas in Metro Manila, Philippines every January 16. A week-long affair, it is also a thanksgiving celebration for abundant fish harvest and the invaluable contribution of fisher folks to the local economy. History […]
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Kaisa Festival
Kaisa Festival is the cultural festival and religious fiesta in the city of Tarlac, Tarlac, Philippines every January 20. It is held as a celebration of the city’s culture and history and in honor of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of the city. History of Kaisa Festival The city of Tarlac used to hold the […]
Feast Day of Sto. Niño de Batangan
Feast Day of Sto. Niño, also referred to as Batangas City Fiesta, is a yearly religious festival in the city of Batangas, Batangas, Philippines held every January 16. The date is also at times a special non working holiday in the city through presidential declaration, for example Proclamation 1978 in 2010. Devotion to Sto. Niño […]
Golden Harvest Festival
Golden Harvest Festival is the official cultural festival and Charter Day in the city of Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines held every January 12. The date may also be a special non-working holiday in the city such as in 2001 when Proclamation No. 432 was issued. History of Valencia City Datu Sebastian Manangkila was the leader of […]
Hinugyaw Festival
Hinugyaw Festival is the annual founding celebration and cultural festival in the city of Koronadal, South Cotabato, Philippines every January 10. The date, which is also referred to as Araw ng Koronadal (Koronadal Day), is at times declared a special non-working holiday through presidential proclamations. History of Hinugyaw Festival The word hinugyaw comes from hugyaw, […]
Baggak Festival
Baggak Festival celebrates the founding of the town of Bauang in La Union, Philippines every January 5. Activities are scheduled for three weeks which start as early as the 16th of December all the way to the first week in the succeeding year. January 5 (or the day after) is at times declared as a […]
Pili Festival
Pili Festival is cultural and fruit festival and religious fiesta in the city of Sorsogon, Philippines held every June 29. It puts a spotlight to the bountiful harvest of pili (Canarium ovatum), a fruit-bearing tree that grows abundantly in the province, and it also coincides with the patronal feast of Sts. Peters and Paul. History […]
Tagbo Festival
Tagbo Festival, also known as Panagbagat Festival, is a cultural and religious celebration in honor of Sto. Niño de Poro in the town of Poro, Cebu, Philippines every third Friday of January. It commemorates the fabled beginning of the town, which was established upon the unification of formerly feuding tribes. When Christianization came through Spanish […]
Patunob Festival
Patunob Festival is a cultural and religious festival in Binuangan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes every second Friday of February. It is one of the grandest annual Marian celebrations in Mindanao. Etymology Patunob comes from the local word that means “to be stepped on”. It describes the act of seeking […]
Sunggod Ta Kamanga Festival
Sunggod Ta Kamanga Festival celebrates the ethnic culture and tradition of indigenous Manobo people in the town of Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines every third week of February. Its festive activities may stretch up to three days and feature, among other events, the rituals of the Manobos when preparing land for tilling and worshiping Magbabaya (God). History […]